Social Commentaries
Of two that were married and vndone
From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 4
A Fond yong couple, making haste to marry,
Without their parents will, or friends consent,
After one month their marriage did repent,
And su'd vnto the Bishops Ordinary,
That this their act so vndiscreetly done,
Might by his more discretion be vndone.
Vpon which motion he awhile did pause:
At length, he for their comforts to them said,
It had beene better (friends) that you had staid:
But now you are so hampered in the Lawes,
That I this knot may not vntye (my sonne)
Yet I will grant you both shall be vndone.
Codex Note
Book 4, Epigram 90
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Harington, John. “Of two that were married and vndone.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/256/.
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