Epitaphes, Epigrams, Songs and Sonets with a Discourse of the Friendly affections of Tymetes to Pyndara his Ladie. Newly corrected with additions, and set out by George Turbervile |
Of a deafe Plaintife, a deafe Defendant, and a deafe Iudge.
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Of a deafe Plaintife, a deafe Defendant, and a deafe Iudge.
By hap a man that could not hearebut borne deafe by kinde,
Another cited to the Court,
much like himselfe to finde,
Whose bearing Sense was quight bereft:
the Iudge that of the Case
Should giue his verdit, was as deafe
as deafest in the place.
To Court they came: the Plaintife praide
to haue the vnpaid rent.
Defendant saide, in grinding I
this wearie night haue spent.
The Iudge behelde them both a while,
is this at last (quoth hee)
Of all your stirred strife the cause?
You both hir children bee:
Then Reason willes, and Law allowes
your Mother should haue aide
At both your handes that are hir Sonnes.
When thus the Iudge had saide,
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this well discussed case
Twixt two deafe men, and thought him fit
to sit in Iudges place
Upon so blinde a matter that
was deafe as any rock:
And thus the simple men were shamde,
the Iustice had a mock.
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