Social Commentaries
Epigram 46 (Bitus desired Porus of his grace,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 7
Social Commentaries
Bitus desired Porus of his grace,
That in his seruice he might haue a place.
He sayde he was of of honest occupation.
He could no lye nor false dissimulation,
He knewe no wicked meanes to fill his purse,
But Porus answred, he likes him the worse.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 46 (Bitus desired Porus of his grace,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/286/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 46 (Bitus desired Porus of his grace,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/286/.
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