Religion
Of the Bishopricke of Landaffe
From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 2
Religion
A Learned Prelate late dispos'd to laffe,
Hearing me name the Bishop of Landaffe:
You should say, he aduising well hereon,
Call him Lord Aff: for all the land is gone.
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Book 2, Epigram 2
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