Poem by John Heywood

Of a Hand-gun and a Hand

Thou hast a good hand-gun, but what’s thy hand
When thou shootest of [’t], out of danger to stand?
No standing more sure, in any place or plat,
Than to stand close to the mark thou shootest at.

1. Of Holding an Inn
2. Of Treading a Shoe Awry
3. Of Dogs and Thieves
4. Of a Lanthorn and Light
5. Of Foreknowledge

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