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EPIGRAM (5) by MATTHEW PRIOR

First Line: WHEN PONTIUS WISHED AN EDICT MIGHT BE PASSED
Last Line: "BUT FIRST, MY DEAR, I'D HAVE YOU LEARN TO SWIM."
Subject(s): CUCKOLDS;
When Pontius wished an edict might be passed
That cuckolds should into the sea be cast,
His wife, assenting, thus replied to him:
'But first, my dear, I'd have you learn to swim."



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