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Self-preservation is the first of laws

DMI number:
20392
Poem Aliases
Dryden. Spanish Friar.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Self-preservation is the first of laws
Last Line:
To cut for them when self-defence requires it
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work
Themes:
Advice / moral precepts
Related People
Author:
John Dryden
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from The Spanish Friar Act 4 Scene 2. Calif. XIV (1993): 169.
Content/Publication
Title:
Thesaurus Dramaticus [II] [T134540] [ecco]
Page No(s):
p.154
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Dr. Sp. Friar.
Attributed To:
John Dryden