Social Commentaries
To I. P. an old Fencer
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Jacke, thou hast often ventur'd for the Prize
Of Fortitude, and art reputed wise:
For, being beaten to the World, and well
Stricken in yeares, thy prudence may excell.
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