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That subtill serpent, seruile flatterie,
Seldome infects the meaner man, that feares
No change of state through fortune’s treacherie:
She spits her poison at the mightiest peeres,
And with her charmes inchants the prince’s eares:
In sweetest wood the worme doth soonest breed,
The caterpiller on best buds doth feed.
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