Social Commentaries

A Tale of a Rosted Horse

by Sir John Harington 1560–1612

From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 1

Social Commentaries

ONe Lord, 2. Knights, 3. Squires, 7. Dames at least,
My kind friend Marcus bade vnto his Feast,
Where were both Fish and Flesh, and all acates,
That men are wont to haue that feast great States.
To pay for which, next day he sold a Nagge,
Of whose pace, colour, Raine, he vs'd to bragge.
Well, Ile ne're care for red, or fallow Deere,
And if a Horse thus cookt can make such cheere.

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Book 1, Epigram 23

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Harington, John. “A Tale of a Rosted Horse.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/17/.

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Harington, John. “A Tale of a Rosted Horse.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/17/.

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