Social Commentaries

To the right Worshipfull and my euer good friend, Sr. ROVVLAND COSTON Knight

by John Taylor 1580–1653

From The Nipping and Snipping of Abuses (1614)

Social Commentaries

To Read, to like, to laugh, I send you this,
Desiring pardon where their's ought amisse.
When Graner matters trouble not your head,
With former fauour let my lines be read.

MLA

Taylor, John. “To the right Worshipfull and my euer good friend, Sr. ROVVLAND COSTON Knight.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/164/.

Chicago

Taylor, John. “To the right Worshipfull and my euer good friend, Sr. ROVVLAND COSTON Knight.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/164/.

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