Social Commentaries
The Author to a Daughter of nine yeere olde
From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 1
Social Commentaries
THough pride in Damsels is a hatefull vice,
Yet could I like a Noble-minded Girle,
That would demand me things of costly price,
Rich Veluet gownes, pendents, and chaines of Pearle
Carknets of Aggats, cut with rare deuice,
Not that hereby she should my minde entice
To buy such things against both wit and profit,
But I like well she should be worthy of it.
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Codex Note
Book 1, Epigram 75
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