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That thy wife coughs all night and spits all day

DMI number:
6329
Poem Aliases
Martial. Book 2 Epigram 26.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
That thy wife coughs all night and spits all day
Last Line:
She will not die but wheedles like a jade
Poem Genre / Form:
Epigram, Quatrain abab, and Imitation / translation / paraphrase
Themes:
Illness, injury, Marriage, and Money / wealth
Related People
Translated from:
Martial
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Pinto (1928) I: 57.
Content/Publication
Title:
A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixed, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [Vol. I] [ESTC T130692]
Page No(s):
CCCXLI.
Poem Title:
[No title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
A collection of epigrams. To which is prefix’d, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [ESTC T41]
Page No(s):
CCCXXXIX.
Poem Title:
[No title]
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
The poetical works of the honourable Sir Charles Sedley Bar...with a new miscelany of poems by several of the most eminent hands [T132211]
Page No(s):
p.86
Poem Title:
To Bithinicus. Lib. 2. Ep. 12.
Attribution:
Collected under Sedley's name.
Attributed To:
Sir Charles Sedley
Title:
The poetical works of the honourable Sir Charles Sedley Baronet...with a new miscellany of poems by several of the most eminent hands [T72752]
Page No(s):
p.86
Poem Title:
To Bithinicus. Lib. 2. Ep. 12
Attribution:
Collected under Sedley's name.
Attributed To:
Sir Charles Sedley