Social Commentaries
Epigram 40 (My merry exercises of conceipt,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 4
Social Commentaries
My merry exercises of conceipt,
When I was once in a seuerer veyne.
Had felt one dash, my fury was so great,
Vp was my pen and scarse could I refraine,
When two or three be speake which I lik't best,
And for their sakes I pardon'd all the rest.
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