Social Commentaries
Epigram 15: The Law hangs Theeues for their vnlawfull
From The Sculler (1612)
Social Commentaries
The Law hangs Theeues for their vnlawfull stealing,
The Law carts Bawds, for keeping of the dore,
The Law doth punish Rogues, for roguish dealing,
The Law whips both the Pander and the whore,
But yet I muse from whence this Law is growne,
Whores must not steale nor yet must vse their owne.
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Taylor, John. “Epigram 15: The Law hangs Theeues for their vnlawfull.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/52/.
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Taylor, John. “Epigram 15: The Law hangs Theeues for their vnlawfull.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/52/.
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