Social Commentaries
On the Invention of Printing and Guns
From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 2
Social Commentaries
A Souldier found at first the way to Print,
And 'twas a German Munk did Guns invent:
Thus like arm'd Pallas, learning doth depend
On arms, nor can they without this, defend.
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Heath, Robert. “On the Invention of Printing and Guns.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/195/.
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Heath, Robert. “On the Invention of Printing and Guns.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/195/.
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