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The Poetical Works of The Rev. Samuel Bishop

... To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author By the Rev. Thomas Clare

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EPIGRAM CCVII.

[To 'scape litigious folly's headstrong ruin]

SUB JUDICE LIS EST.

To 'scape litigious folly's headstrong ruin,
Keep two plain maxims evermore in view;
Know what the law is, ere you think of suing;
Know what your lawyer is, before you sue!