Social Commentaries

Epigram 35 (Dareus nose when time of death drew neere,)

by Thomas Bastard 1565/6–1618

From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 3

Social Commentaries

Dareus nose when time of death drew neere,
So hideously did swell, none could suppose
What was the cause, two beds prepared were,
One for Daneus, to'ther for his nose.
One said it bredd a wolfe: againe an other.
Did iudge the tympany the cause of rising:
Some sayde it was tormented with the mother.
Some with the scurvies for not exercising.
Being ript vp, the cause of death was spied.
Ten thousand iestes were found, wherof it died.

MLA

Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 35 (Dareus nose when time of death drew neere,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/116/.

Chicago

Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 35 (Dareus nose when time of death drew neere,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/116/.

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