A woman honest first and then turned whore

DMI number:

13885

Poem Aliases

Dekker. Honest Whore. Part 1. Act 4.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

A woman honest first and then turned whore

Last Line:

Has oft been heard that woman hardly found

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Virtue / vice

Related People

Author:

Thomas Dekker

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Bowers (1953-61): II, 78 (extract from 'The Honest Whore', Part 1, Act 4, Scene 1).

Content/Publication

Title:

The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [T131617] [ecco]

Page No(s):

p.115

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Dekker's First Part of the Honest Whore

Attributed To:

Thomas Dekker