Social Commentaries
Epigram 8 (When Carus dy'de these were the last he ...)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 7
Social Commentaries
When Carus dy'de these were the last he spake,
O friend's take heed Tobaccho was my death.
You that can iudge tell me for Carus sake,
He which dy'de so, dy'de he for want of breath?
If so he did, then am I more in doubt
How breath being taken in, may blow breath out?
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