Too weak are laws and edicts vain
- DMI number:
- 1532
- First Line:
- Too weak are laws and edicts vain
- Last Line:
- She saved her self and damned the law
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Comic verse
- Themes:
- Sex / relations between the sexes
- Translated from:
- Giovanni Boccaccio
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears II: 794. 'Wrongly attributed to Prior'.
- Author:
- Thomas Brown
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Brown (1715) I: 123-126.
- First Line:
- Too weak are laws and edicts vain
- Last Line:
- And saved her life but damned the law
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of merry poems [N27710] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.30-32
- Poem Title:
- A Tale from Bocas, or a Cure for Cuckoldom.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of poems on several occasions [T95169]
- Page No(s):
- pp.50-56
- Poem Title:
- The Edict of Prato, in Italy. From Boccace.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A new years gift for batchelors: or, a looking glass for cuckolds [T225979]
- Page No(s):
- pp.1-8
- Poem Title:
- The Tryal of a Wife, or a Looking-Glass for Married Men.
- Attribution:
- By another Hand
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A second collection of miscellanies [N61159]
- Page No(s):
- pp.30-38
- Poem Title:
- The Edict of Prato: Or, Cuckoldom Defended. A Tale from Boccace.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Letters poems and tales: amorous satyrical and gallant [T119975]
- Page No(s):
- pp.30-38
- Poem Title:
- The Edict of Prato: Or, Cuckoldom Defended. A Tale from Boccace.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Beau's Miscellany [Part II] [T80397] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.16-20
- Poem Title:
- The Cure for Cuckoldom. A Tale from Boccace.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The merry companion or, a cure for the spleen [T301231] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.30-32
- Poem Title:
- A Tale from Bocas, or a Cure for Cuckoldom.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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