Social Commentaries
Of Don Pedro [THe wise Vlisses loathing forraine Iarres]
From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 2
Social Commentaries
THe wise Vlisses loathing forraine Iarres,
Fain'd himselfe mad, to keep him from the wars:
But our Don Pedro seekes our Martiall schooles,
Prefers before wise cowards Martiall fooles.
And fearing faining mad will not suffice,
To stay him from the warres, faines himselfe wise.
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Codex Note
Book 2, Epigram 83
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