Social Commentaries

The Devills child, the Devills lucke

by Thomas Bancroft fl. 1633–1658

From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II

Social Commentaries

Iudas, that did the Khapsacke beare;
Like a false-hearted Souldier,
The bloody colours did forgoe
Of his deare Lord, to serve his foe
For helish pay, yet in the close
Had not one crosse to helpe his woes;
But (with his empty bagge by's side)
Was hang'd, and broke, and poorely dy'd.

MLA

Bancroft, Thomas. “The Devills child, the Devills lucke.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/261/.

Chicago

Bancroft, Thomas. “The Devills child, the Devills lucke.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/261/.

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