Social Commentaries
Against Ielousie. To my friend
From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 2
Social Commentaries
RIght terrible are windes on waters great,
Most horrible are tempests on the sea,
Fire mercilesse, that all consumes with heat,
Plagues monstrous are, that Citties cleane decay:
Warre cruell is, and pinching famine curst:
Yet of all ills, the ielouse wife is worst.
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Codex Note
Book 2, Epigram 49
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