Linsi-woolsie. Or Two centuries of epigrammes. Written by William Gamage Batchelour in the Artes
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Title
Linsi-woolsie. Or Two centuries of epigrammes. Written by William Gamage Batchelour in the Artes
Author
Gamage, William.
Publication
London :: Printed by Aug. Mathewes for Henry Bell, and are to besold [sic] at his shop in Bethelem without Bishops Gate, at the signe of the Sunne,
1621.
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Subject terms
Epigrams, English -- Early works to 1800.
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"Linsi-woolsie. Or Two centuries of epigrammes. Written by William Gamage Batchelour in the Artes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01428.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.
Pages
Epig. 69. On franticke Fiscus.
THe Prouerbe is, a Dame Mony can do All;It instigates the Theefe to kill and steale.It Spurres the Merchant On, to Round the BallOf this vast Orbe, to'enrich his Common-weale.What can it not? It causeth vs runne mad,And Fiscus too, being therewith ouerclad.