Social Commentaries
Epigram 43: A French and English man at dinner
From The Sculler (1612)
Social Commentaries
A French and English man at dinner sate,
And neither vnderstanding others prate,
The Frenchman sayes, mange proface Mounsieure,
The Englishman begins to storme and sweare:
By all the Deuills, and the Deuills dams,
He was not mangie but ith wrists and .
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Taylor, John. “Epigram 43: A French and English man at dinner.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/80/.
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Taylor, John. “Epigram 43: A French and English man at dinner.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/80/.
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