Social Commentaries
Mocking's Catching
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Ieere they that list, whose follies are profest:
With sinnes or swords it is not safe to jest.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Mocking's Catching.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/216/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Mocking's Catching.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/216/.
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