History & Politics
Of the Earle of Essex
From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 3
History & Politics
GReat Essex, now of late incurred hath
His Mistris indignation and her wrath:
And that in him she chiefly dissalouth,
he sent him North, he bent him to the South:
Then what shall Essex do? Let him henceforth,
Bend all his wits, his power and courage North.
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Codex Note
Book 3, Epigram 31
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