Too weak are laws and edicts vain
- DMI number:
- 12211
- First Line:
- Too weak are laws and edicts vain
- Last Line:
- And saved her life but damned the law
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Narrative verse and Couplet
- Themes:
- Marriage[Adultery - Cuckoldry], The law[Unequal treatment of men and women], and Women / the female character[Sexual desire]
- Translated from:
- Giovanni Boccaccio
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears II: 794. 'Wrongly attributed to Prior'.
- Author:
- Thomas Brown
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Variant from 'A Tale from Bocas, or a Cure for Cuckoldom'. Brown (1715) I: 123-126.
- First Line:
- Too weak are laws and edicts vain
- Last Line:
- She saved her self and damned the law
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellanies, written by Jonathan Swift ... The Fourth Edition [T39486] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.171-175
- Poem Title:
- The Edict of Prato: Or; Cuckoldom Defended. A Tale from Boccace.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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