Social Commentaries
On Fusk
From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 2
Why should Fusk of his wife so jealous be
Unless his own sins taught him jealousie?
(For we are often more suspicious far
Of that wherein our selves most guilty are:)
Some rather think Fusk insufficient,
And 'cause he cannot give his wife content
Therefore he fears she seeks abroad, for why
Women they wil be satisfi'd, or cry:
Some say he thinks she's wiser far then he,
And so turns Envie into jealousie:
Stil the fault lies in him not her, you see,
While Fusk grows lean with triple jealousie.
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Heath, Robert. “On Fusk.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/260/.
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Heath, Robert. “On Fusk.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/260/.
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