Social Commentaries
Epigram 11 (Among abuses which you speake vnto,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 6
Social Commentaries
Among abuses which you speake vnto,
And iustly discommend (I know you doe.)
(For vice is stronge, and which I wonder more,
By multiplying stronger then before)
The paynting of the face which you detest,
Is one, and not the least among the rest.
But you paint sermons to Gods wordes disgrace,
Thymus I would you did but paint your face.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 11 (Among abuses which you speake vnto,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/211/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 11 (Among abuses which you speake vnto,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/211/.
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