A sneaking cur the master's spy
- DMI number:
- 1777
- First Line:
- A sneaking cur the master's spy
- Last Line:
- The cur was hanged ye mastiff cleared
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Much altered version of The cur and the mastiff. Dearing and Beckwith (1974) II: 336.
- First Line:
- A sneaking cur the master's spy
- Last Line:
- The cur was hanged the mastiff cleared
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Fables and other short poems [II]
- Page No(s):
- f. 22r.
- Poem Title:
- The Cur and the Mastiff
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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