Social Commentaries
Epigram 39 (The princes good is good to all: but ...)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 2
Social Commentaries
The princes good is good to all: but yeat
The good of all to her good doth not tende.
She one defends vs all what euer threat,
And yet we all can not her one defende.
For the kings euell none but kings can cure.
Yet the kings euill more then kings procure.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 39 (The princes good is good to all: but ...).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/78/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 39 (The princes good is good to all: but ...).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/78/.
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