He that doth ask Saint James doth say shall speed
- DMI number:
- 41951
- First Line:
- He that doth ask Saint James doth say shall speed
- Last Line:
- O that King James would answer so my need
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Distich
- Themes:
- Patronage[Petitioning.] and The monarchy (heads of state)
- Author:
- Sir John Davies
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Alexander B. Grosart comments that this and other epigrams 'have the ring of Davies in them'. Grosart, ed., The Works in Verse and Prose [...] of Sir John Davies, 3 vols (1869-76), I: 311, 353.
- Title:
- A help to discourse [ESTC R218198]
- Page No(s):
- p.98
- Poem Title:
- Epig. 10. In Jacobum.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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