On generall luxury
Details
Type: Index
Record number: INDEX/BCMSV/4247 (Lt q 18 )
Title: On generall luxury
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: [Latin]; Lucan
Language: Latin
Date(s): 165- ?
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/102170
Description
Notes: (This eating usury)
First lines: This eating usury doth feed
All our extortions hence proceed
Last lines: Which warre the bankrupts harvest breed
Length: 3
Verse form: Monorhyme
Contents: Epigram on gluttony as the cause of usury, leading in turn to extortion and war