Social Commentaries
On Cheveril
From Epigrams (1616)
Social Commentaries
Cheveril cries out my verses libels are;
And threatens the Star-chamber, and the Bar.
What are thy petulant pleadings, Cheveril, then,
That quit'st the cause so oft, and rail'st at men?
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Codex Note
Epigrams, no. 54.
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Jonson, Ben. “On Cheveril.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/98/.
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Jonson, Ben. “On Cheveril.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/98/.
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