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On Cheveril

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On Cheveril by Ben Jonson

LIV. — ON CHEVERIL.  [II] CHEVERIL cries out my verses libels are ; And threatens the Star-chamber, and the Bar. What are thy petulant pleadings, CHEVERIL, then, That quit'st the cause so oft, and rail'st at men ?

Form: Heroic Couplet

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