Social Commentaries
To Doctor Empiric
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language (ed. James Parton)
Social Commentaries
When men a dangerous disease did 'scape,
Of old, they gave a cock to Aesculape;
Let me give two, that doubly am got free;
From my disease's danger, and from thee.
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Jonson, Ben. “To Doctor Empiric.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/27/.
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Jonson, Ben. “To Doctor Empiric.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/27/.
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