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Excerpt from The Poems of Phineas Fletcher, B. D., Rector of Hilgay, Norfolk, Vol. 1 of 4: For the First Time Collected and Edited; With Memoir, Essay, and Notes Pretty{! In amber to Observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or grubs, or worms! The things we know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. (epistle to Arbuthnot l, At this late day I have been agreeably surprized with my own success in adding to our knowledge of our two Worthies - albeit one has the conviction that such men must have left behind them Letters and other Manuscripts of rare preciousness. Would that I or some one else could hap on them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.