Social Commentaries

Epigram 20 (He that will in the mid'st of dronkennesse,)

by Thomas Bastard 1565/6–1618

From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 2

Social Commentaries

He that will in the mid'st of dronkennesse,
Learne how he may miraculously be fresh:
And in one instant honger after cates,
Which his cramde surfeyting with loathing hates.
And ipso facto cure the rume destilling,
And that which heere to name I am not willing,
Vnlesse Tabaccho vanish his disease.
He must stay longer or he can haue ease.

MLA

Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 20 (He that will in the mid'st of dronkennesse,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/60/.

Chicago

Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 20 (He that will in the mid'st of dronkennesse,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/60/.

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