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On Cheveril the Lawyer

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On Cheveril the Lawyer by Ben Jonson

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.

Form: Heroic Couplet

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