Social Commentaries
The same in Latine by the Author
From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 4
NEc populo infenso, nec ruptis legibus vllis,
Lelus noster habet pingue sacerdotium,
Vnde sed hoc venit, vaen it tibi personet eccho,
Eccho, misodes, dicito an emit, emit.
Ilia ducentem, fructum que : senilibus annis
Illi patronus vendit auarus equum,
Aurea pro vetulo dat bis centena caballo,
Cui nec Turca pater, nec patria Italia est:
Ergo sacerdotium Regina pecunia donat,
Magno equitat precio, praedicat exiguo.
Codex Note
Book 4
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