Poem by Ben Jonson

To Doctor Empiric

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

1. Epitaph on the Countess of Pembroke
2. A Hymn to God the Father
3. On Poet-Ape
4. To Censorious Courtling
5. His Supposed Mistress

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