
LES LOUPS GAROUX.
Gens inhumains, Satallites iniques,
Servans aux faictz des vouloirs tyranniques,
Entretenans l’excessive despense
D’un violent Seigneur: qui rien ne pense
Fors seullement qu’a ses subjectz manger,
Et jusque aux os leur substance ronger.
En sa maison bruslante de l’arsure
De Gourmandise, Avarice, & Luxure.
Faux serviteurs, qui soubz nom de service
Pour eux nourrir, & du Seigneur le vice,
Trouvent tousjours quelque moyen urgent,
(Soit force, ou Droict,) de luy fournir argent,
Par Fraude, Dol, Extorse, Pillerie,
Par Force aussi, Rapine, & Vollerie.
Non plus ayans des hommes le corps cher:
Que de brebis preste à escorcher.
N’est pas servy tel seigneur par des Loups?
Sont ilz pas Loups pire que Loups Garoux?
O verité du proverbe: en beaucoup
De faictz, disant que l’homme à l’homme est Loup.
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