Social Commentaries
Evacuation of the foure humours
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Mans head is purg'd (as Galens sonnes declare)
Of Blood and Phlegme by th' Nose, and by the Haire
Of melancholicke drosse; but choler will
Have him by th' eares, and that way vents her ill.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Evacuation of the foure humours.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/139/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Evacuation of the foure humours.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/139/.
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