The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) excluding Seneca and Manilius Introduced and Annotated by F. J. Van Beeck |
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On Mancinus a Prating Braggart.
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On Mancinus a Prating Braggart.
Thou mad'st thy Brags that late to thee a FriendA hundred Crowns did for a Present send:
But four days since (when with the Wits we met)
Thou saidst Pompilla too (or I forget)
Gave thee a rich Suite worth a thousand more,
(Scarlet of Tyre with gold embroyder'd o'r:)
And swor'st that Madam Bassa sent thee late
Two Em'rald Rings, the Lady Cælia, Plate.
And yesterday, when at the Play we were,
At comming forth, thou told'st me in my Ear,
There fell to thee that Morning, the best part
Of Fourscore Pounds per Annum next thy Heart.
What wrong have I thy poor Friend done thee, that
Thou thus should torture me? Leave, leave this Chat
For pitties sake; or if thou'lt not forbear,
Tell me then something that I'd gladly hear.
| The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) | |