Social Commentaries
To his wife, at the birth of his sixt Child
From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 2
Social Commentaries
THe Poet Martiall made a speciall sute
Vnto his Prince, to grant him vnder seale,
Right of three children, which they did impute
A kinde of honour, in their Common-weale.
But for such sute, my selfe I need not trouble,
For thou do'st seale to me this Patent double.
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Codex Note
Book 2, Epigram 19
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