Social Commentaries

Of one that gaue a Benefice

by Sir John Harington 1560–1612

From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 3

Social Commentaries

A Squire of good account, affirm'd he went,
A learned man a Liuing to present:
But yet that Squire, in this did breake no square,
He purposed thereof to keepe a share;
o set two sonnes to schoole, to make them Clarks,
He doth reserue each yeere an hundred markes.
Ah, said the Priest, this card is too too cooling,
I set your sonnes; nay, they set me to schooling

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Book 3, Epigram 27

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Harington, John. “Of one that gaue a Benefice.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/163/.

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