History & Politics
To the Parliament
From Epigrams (1616)
History & Politics
There's reason good, that you good laws should make:
Men's manners ne'er were viler, for your sake.
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Codex Note
Epigrams, no. 24.
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Jonson, Ben. “To the Parliament.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/72/.
Chicago
Jonson, Ben. “To the Parliament.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/72/.
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