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The public is the lees of vulgar slaves

DMI number:
20376
Poem Aliases
Dryden. Troilus and Cressida, or Truth Found Too Late.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
Shakespeare. Troilus and Cressida.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
The public is the lees of vulgar slaves
Last Line:
From all their beings could not raise a man
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work
Themes:
Social order
Related People
Author:
John Dryden
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from Troilus and Cressida, or Truth Found Too Late Act 3 Scene 2. Calif. XIII (1985): 305. Significantly derived from Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.
Author:
William Shakespeare
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from Dryden's Troilus and Cressida, or Truth Found Too Late Act 3 Scene 2. Calif. XIII (1985): 305. Significantly derived from Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.
Content/Publication
Title:
Thesaurus Dramaticus [II] [T134540] [ecco]
Page No(s):
p.149
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Sh. Tro. Cress.
Attributed To:
William Shakespeare