Social Commentaries
Epigram 21 (The Printer when I askt a little summe,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 1
Social Commentaries
The Printer when I askt a little summe,
Huckt with me for my booke, & came not nere.
Ne could my reason or perswasion,
Moue him a whit; though al things now were deere,
Hath my conceipt no helpe to set it forth?
Are all things deere, and is wit nothing worth?
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 21 (The Printer when I askt a little summe,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/21/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 21 (The Printer when I askt a little summe,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/21/.
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