A wife who as our own by law we hold
- DMI number:
- 6760
- First Line:
- A wife who as our own by law we hold
- Last Line:
- And a false woman is a matchless curse
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Marriage and Money / wealth
- Author:
- Edward Ward
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Translated from:
- Petronius Arbiter
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of the best english poetry by several hands [vol II] [T71]
- Page No(s):
- pp.9-10
- Poem Title:
- On a Wife...beginning Uxor, legitimus debet quasi Census amari &c.
- Attribution:
- By the Author of the London Spy
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The charms of liberty...to which is added epigrams, poems and satyrs [T30528]
- Page No(s):
- pp.9-10
- Poem Title:
- On a Wife...beginning, Uxor, legitimus debet quasi Census amari, &c.
- Attribution:
- By the Author of the London Spy
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The charms of liberty...to which is added epigrams. Poems and satyrs [T30527]
- Page No(s):
- pp.9-10
- Poem Title:
- On a Wife...beginning Uxor, legitimus debet quasi Census amari, &c.
- Attribution:
- By the Author of the London Spy
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The works of Petronius Arbiter translated by several hands [T17788]
- Page No(s):
- pp.251-252
- Poem Title:
- On a Wife...beginning Uxor, legitimus debet quasi Census amari, &c.
- Attribution:
- By the same [i.e. Ward]
- Attributed To:
- Edward Ward
- Title:
- The works of Petronius Arbiter translated by several hands [T17789]
- Page No(s):
- pp.251-252
- Poem Title:
- On a Wife...beginning Uxor, legitimus debet quasi Census amari, &c.
- Attribution:
- By the same [i.e. Ward]
- Attributed To:
- Edward Ward
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