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.
Cite this Item: "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.

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Epig. 46. Socrates.

THou Socrates the wisest Sage foretold,
That was on eath, while that on earth thou breth'st
Wast not so wise yet, for to choose that Scold,
To be thy wife; thou wisedome herein leau'st.
Vnlesse it were thy patience, for to trie,
If so, our dayes yeelds thee many a fry.