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EPIGRAM: ON GYPSY by BEN JONSON

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First Line: GYPSY, NEW BAWD, IS TURNED PHYSICIAN
Last Line: FOR WHAT SHE GAVE, A WHORE; A BAWD, SHE CURES.

Gypsy, new bawd, is turned physician,
And gets more gold, than all the college can:
Such her quaint practice is, so it allures,
For what she gave, a whore; a bawd, she cures.



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