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ON CHEVERIL THE LAWYER by BEN JONSON

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First Line: NO CAUSE, NOR CLIENT FAT, WILL CHEVERIL LEESE
Last Line: FOR THIS: THAT WINS, FOR WHOM HE HOLDS HIS PEACE.
Subject(s): LAW & LAWYERS; ATTORNEYS;

No cause, nor client fat, will Cheveril leese,
But as they come, on both sides he takes fees,
And pleaseth both. For while he melts his grease
For this: that wins, for whom he holds his peace.



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