Social Commentaries

Of Don Pedro's debts

by Sir John Harington 1560–1612

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

Social Commentaries

DOn Pedro's out of debt, be bold to say it,
For they are said to owe, that meane to pay it.

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Book 1, Epigram 64

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Harington, John. “Of Don Pedro's debts.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/43/.

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Harington, John. “Of Don Pedro's debts.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/43/.

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