Social Commentaries
Epigram 4 (Gaeta from wooll and weauing first beganne,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 5
Social Commentaries
Gaeta from wooll and weauing first beganne,
Swelling and swelling to a gentleman.
When he was gentleman, and brauely dight
He left not swelling till he was a knight.
At last, (forgetting what he was at furst)
He swole to be a Lord: and then he burst.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 4 (Gaeta from wooll and weauing first beganne,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/164/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 4 (Gaeta from wooll and weauing first beganne,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/164/.
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