Social Commentaries
Epigram 38 (Ye Cookes and Pothecaries be my friend,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 7
Social Commentaries
Ye Cookes and Pothecaries be my friend,
For ye of all, my booke dares not offend,
I made him for the homely countries tast,
They loue not spice, they vse not feede on past.
If he haue salt enough then let him go.
You haue no neede to put in pepper to.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 38 (Ye Cookes and Pothecaries be my friend,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/278/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 38 (Ye Cookes and Pothecaries be my friend,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/278/.
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