Social Commentaries

Of Whoores, and their Masters

by Thomas Bancroft fl. 1633–1658

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

Social Commentaries

Who will not foule veneriall acts forbeare,
But ready are to mixe with all they meet,
Are like those creatures which to Peter were
Presented in a trance, beasts in a sheet.

MLA

Bancroft, Thomas. “Of Whoores, and their Masters.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/432/.

Chicago

Bancroft, Thomas. “Of Whoores, and their Masters.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/432/.

Read this poem with the Codex →

More by Thomas Bancroft