Social Commentaries
On the same (Woman was once a Ribbe, (as Truth hath said))
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Woman was once a Ribbe, (as Truth hath said)
Else, sith her tongue runnes wide from every point,
I should have dream'd her substance had beene made
Of Adams whirle-bone, when it was out o'th'joynt.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “On the same (Woman was once a Ribbe, (as Truth hath said)).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/75/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “On the same (Woman was once a Ribbe, (as Truth hath said)).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/75/.
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