Social Commentaries
Epigram 15 (Ienkin is a rude clowne; go tell him ...)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 3
Social Commentaries
Ienkin is a rude clowne; go tell him so.
What neede I tell what he himselfe doth know?
Perhaps he knowes not, then he is a sott,
For tell me, what knowes he which knows not that?
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 15 (Ienkin is a rude clowne; go tell him ...).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/94/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 15 (Ienkin is a rude clowne; go tell him ...).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/94/.
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