Social Commentaries
A rule to Play
From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 4
Social Commentaries
LAy down your stake at play, lay down your passion:
A greedy gamester still hath some mis-hap.
To chafe at play, proceeds of foolish fashion.
No man throws still the dice in fortunes lap.
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Codex Note
Book 4, Epigram 33
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