Social Commentaries
Epigram 17 (Sextus vpon a spleen, did, rashly sweare,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 6
Social Commentaries
Sextus vpon a spleen, did, rashly sweare,
That no newe fashion he would euer weare,
He was forsworne for see what did ensue.
He wore the olde, till the olde was the newe.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 17 (Sextus vpon a spleen, did, rashly sweare,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/217/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 17 (Sextus vpon a spleen, did, rashly sweare,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/217/.
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