Social Commentaries
On Lieutenant Catch
From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1
Social Commentaries
Catch brags much of his learning; and how wel
In letters verst, he many doth excel:
Thou wert indeed a cunning letter'd knave,
Thy learning from the gallowes thee did save:
No Samian e'r so letter'd was, as you,
Twice thou wast burnt i'th' hand, and once i'th' brow.
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Heath, Robert. “On Lieutenant Catch.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/92/.
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