Social Commentaries
Epig. de Monsieur Maynard (Some Men of Sense, and who pretend to be)
Translated by Charles Cotton (1689) · From Poems on Several Occasions (1689)
Some Men of Sense, and who pretend to be
Ancient Well-willers to your Family,
Photi[…], give out, that Baud Men may thee call
And do thy modesty no wrong at all.
Thou swear'st they Infamously lye
And that no Word of Verity
They ever spake, then; or before:
And yet it cannot be deny'd
But by thy Cuckold Husbands side,
Thou every Night dost lay a Whore.
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Cotton, Charles. “Epig. de Monsieur Maynard (Some Men of Sense, and who pretend to be).” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/243/.
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Cotton, Charles. “Epig. de Monsieur Maynard (Some Men of Sense, and who pretend to be).” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/243/.
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