Social Commentaries
On Ioane Easie
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Ioane turn'd a Trador in the Stewes, when sent
To lead a pure life in a Nunnery:
And herein Ioane as Ionas did, that bent
His course to Tarsus, balking Ninivy.
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