Union First Line Index of English Verse

13^th-19^th Century (bulk 1500-1800)

First Line: Treason is like a Basiliscus eye

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Title: [couplet on `treason'; cf. T3315]

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Last Line: First seeing kills, first being seen doth die.

Library: Bod

Shelfmark: Eng. poet. e. 97

Folio: p. 114

Ref Nbr: Crum T3314

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Names Mentioned: Brooke, Fulke Greville, lord (d. 1628)
Greville, Fulke

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