Ben Jonson


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XIII. — TO DOCTOR EMPIRIC.  

When men a dangerous disease did 'scape,
Of old, they gave a cock to Æsculape :
Let me give too, that doubly am got free ;
From my disease's danger, and from thee.


[ AJ Notes:
   l.3    Too, two. ]
 		Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691). Rooster & Hens.
Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691). Rooster & Hens.
From CGFA.
Source:
Jonson, Ben.  The Works of Ben Jonson.
Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co., 1853. 786.
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