Social Commentaries
On Captayne Milward, lying dead upon Trent banke
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Behold (like treasure in the Banke) a sonne
Of Mars, that had his fathers honor wonne
Out of the fire, yet in water dy'd,
And thus his thirst of glory satisfi'd.
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