On Gut

CXVIII. ? ON GUT.         GUT eats all day and letchers all the night,    So all his meat he tasteth over twice ; And striving so to double his delight,    He makes himself a thorough-fare of vice. Thus, in his belly, can he change a sin, Lust it comes out, that gluttony went in.  

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