Living

In dilapidantes sibi credita aliena

by Henry Peacham 1576?–1643?

From Minerva Britanna (1612)

Living

THE Houndes, sometimes the Fox had put in trust,
From Towne, to Towne, to beg for their releife:
Who was a while in's office very iust,
But shortly after, proou'd an errant theife:
By eating, or embezling, of the best,
And casting to, the sterued Houndes the rest.

Of Regnards kind, there is a craftie crew,
Who when at death of frendes, are put in trust,
Doe robbe the Church, or Infantes of their dew,
Disposing of anothers as they lust:
Whome being bound, in Conscience to preserue,
They suffer oft, in open streete to sterue.

MLA

Peacham, Henry. “In dilapidantes sibi credita aliena.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/68/.

Chicago

Peacham, Henry. “In dilapidantes sibi credita aliena.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/peacham/68/.

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