Ben Jonson


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XXXVII. — ON CHEVERIL THE LAWYER.   

No cause, nor client fat, will CHEVERIL leese,
But as they come, on both sides he takes fees,
And pleaseth both : for while he melts his grease,
For this ; that wins, for whom he holds his peace.


  
Source:
Jonson, Ben.  The Works of Ben Jonson.
Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co., 1853. 788.
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