Chrestoleros :: :: University of Virginia Library

Chrestoleros

Seuen bookes of Epigrames written by T. B. [i.e. Thomas Bastard]

Bastard, Thomas (1565 or 6-1618)

[section]

[dedication]

[If I my Pen an higher taske should set]

Collapse All | Expand All expand section

129

Epigr. 40.

Some vnderstand my meaning as it is:
Some vnderstand it worse; againe some better:
They doe me right which read, and doe not misse.
But to the other two I am a detter.
The best I will requite the best I may.
The worst shall trust me if I cannont pay.