Social Commentaries
Epigram 14 (Fishing, if I a fisher may protest,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 6
Social Commentaries
Fishing, if I a fisher may protest,
Of pleasures is the sweet'st, of sports the best,
Of exercises the most excellent.
Of recreations the most innocent.
But now the sport is marde, and wott ye why?
Fishes decrease, and fishers multiply.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 14 (Fishing, if I a fisher may protest,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/214/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 14 (Fishing, if I a fisher may protest,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/214/.
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