Social Commentaries
Misacmos of himselfe
From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 2
Social Commentaries
MVse you, Misacmos failes in some endeuour.
Alas, an honest man's a Nouice euer.
Fie, but a man's disgrac'd, noted a Nouice.
Yea, but a man's more grac'd, noted of no vice.
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Codex Note
Book 2, Epigram 17
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