Religion
Epigram 24: Who dares for Gluttony the Pope accuse
From The Sculler (1612)
Religion
Who dares for Gluttony the Pope accuse,
Or gainst voluptuous dyet make's complaints?
His Holynes so many Fasts doth vse,
As , and fasting dayes, and Eeues of Saints.
Yet where Pride, , and Auarice are found,
Heart gnawing Enuy, and fell murdering Wrath,
There rauenous Gluttony must needs abound,
Else other vices will be out of breath.
For Papists fasts are generally more deare,
Then feasts of with all their cheare.
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Taylor, John. “Epigram 24: Who dares for Gluttony the Pope accuse.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/29/.
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Taylor, John. “Epigram 24: Who dares for Gluttony the Pope accuse.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/29/.
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