Here lives the wolf justice and butcherly knave

DMI number:

42318

First Line:

Here lives the wolf justice and butcherly knave

Last Line:

We'll die at our doors ere in Smithfield we'll burn

Poem Genre / Form:

Lampoon, Topical satire, and Couplet

Themes:

Corruption, People[Sir William Scroggs.], Politics, Religion, The law, and Personal insults

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Author:

Stephen College

Confidence:

Confident (50%)

Comments:

POAS II (1965): 288-89.

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First Line:

Here lives the wolf justice a butcherly knave

Last Line:

We'll die at our doors ere in Smithfield we'll burn

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Comments:

Content/Publication

Title:

The second part of the collection of poems on affairs of state [ESTC R10478]

Page No(s):

p.23

Poem Title:

A Copy of Verses flung into Justice S------ Chamber.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed