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Translated out of Latine.

by Thomas Churchyard c. 1520–1604

Translated by Thomas Churchyard (1580) · From Churchyardes Chance (1580)

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TRue wedlocke is, true bondage treble fold,
A double greef, of feeble fleshe and spreete:
So man is drawne, as Oxe in market sold,
That he maie be, for endlesse labour meete.
Who takes a wife, is ledde in yoke to drawe,
And feelyng paine, to paine he yeelds from birth,
Takyng, is caught, and bryngs hym self in awe:
And seruyng still, is made a drudge on yearth,
The text showes here, who beste by marrage winns,
In wearie Lome, a webbe of woe he spinns.

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Translated out of Latin (source not named)

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Churchyard, Thomas. “Translated out of Latine.” Translated by Thomas Churchyard. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/churchyard/29/.

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Churchyard, Thomas. “Translated out of Latine.” Translated by Thomas Churchyard. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/churchyard/29/.

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