The Greater Testament · 1878
Stanza CXXXIV
Translated by John Payne (1878; Mosher edition, 1909)
CXXXIV
Item, since Madame de Bruyeres
Her bible knows, to publish it
(Barring the Gospels) unto her
And to her damsels I commit,
To bring each glib-tongued wanton chit
To book ; but be the preachment not
Within the churchyards; far more fit
'Twere in the net-market, God wot.
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Villon, François. The Greater Testament, Stanza CXXXIV. Translated by John Payne. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/greater-testament-payne/21/.
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Villon, François. The Greater Testament, Stanza CXXXIV. Translated by John Payne. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/greater-testament-payne/21/.