Social Commentaries
Maides and Wives
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Maides are white papers, which no hand did bind:
But wives are blotted bookes, and interlin'd.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Maides and Wives.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/154/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Maides and Wives.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/154/.
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