Religion
Book IV, 26: On SERVIO
From Divine Fancies (1633), Book IV
Religion
Servio, 'Tis scarcely worth thy paines, to smother
Or to subdue one Sin, and hugge another:
Beleeve it Servio, he that is in thrall
To one, is a potentiall Slave to all.
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