Social Commentaries
Epigram 27 (Lalus is drunke, and able scarse to speake,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 2
Social Commentaries
Lalus is drunke, and able scarse to speake,
He sweares he is not drunke; when by an by
The nimble licour foyles him on his necke,
How durst ye Lalus giue your Ale the lie,
Next time if you will be beleeu'd, confesse,
That when you haue not drunk, you are not fresh.
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MLA
Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 27 (Lalus is drunke, and able scarse to speake,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/64/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 27 (Lalus is drunke, and able scarse to speake,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/64/.
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