Poem by John Heywood

Of a Buying a Coat

“I must buy a new coat for shame.”
“To get shame?” “Nay, t’ avoid the same.”
“T’ avoid shame? Thou mayest desire it,
But ten new coats will not hire it.”

1. Of Holding an Inn
2. Of a Hand-gun and a Hand
3. Of Treading a Shoe Awry
4. Of Dogs and Thieves
5. Of Foreknowledge

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