Social Commentaries
Of inclosing a Common
From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 4
Social Commentaries
A Lord, that purpos'd for his more auaile,
To compasse in a Common with a rayle,
Was reckoning with his friend about the cost
And charge of euery reule, and euery post:
But he (that wisht his greedy humour crost)
Said, Sir, prouide you posts, and without fayling,
Your neighbors round about wil find you rayling
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Codex Note
Book 4, Epigram 68
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