Social Commentaries
Epigram 16 (Brillus is neither proud nor timerous,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 5
Social Commentaries
Brillus is neither proud nor timerous,
Nor of the swearing cutt, as many be.
He is not false, he is not couetous,
He is not amorous, he is not he.
He is not giuen to the sinn of wine,
And yet he is not honest for all this,
How euer secretly he doth decline.
I cannot but commend him for the misse.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 16 (Brillus is neither proud nor timerous,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/176/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 16 (Brillus is neither proud nor timerous,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/176/.
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