Social Commentaries

On Tucca

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1

Social Commentaries

Tucca e'r while went to a Bawdy house,
Where for his entrance he not paid a sous:
Oh conscience Tucca! 'las! it is their trade;
I care not he replies, I'm sure I'm paid.
'Tis just; who e'rs caught stealing in the act
If he scape death, shu'd be burnt for the fact.

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Heath, Robert. “On Tucca.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/154/.

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