Social Commentaries
Epigram 29 (And was not death a sturdie strugler,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 6
Social Commentaries
And was not death a sturdie strugler,
In ouerthrowing Iames the iugler?
Which when he liu'de small trueth did vse,
That here he lies may be no newes.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 29 (And was not death a sturdie strugler,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/229/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 29 (And was not death a sturdie strugler,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/229/.
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