Social Commentaries
Epigram 11 (Pvblius hath two brothers fowle and cleane.)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 4
Social Commentaries
Pvblius hath two brothers fowle and cleane.
The fowle is honest, and the cleane a foole:
He in the middest maketh vp the meane,
Sitting in vertues place: so saith our schoole:
Of his extreames neither alowe he can
The cleane foole, nor the filthy honest man.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 11 (Pvblius hath two brothers fowle and cleane.).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/131/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 11 (Pvblius hath two brothers fowle and cleane.).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/131/.
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