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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A ROBBERY, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Ridway robbed duncote of three hundred pound
Last Line: The courtier is become the greater thief.
Subject(s): Crime & Criminals
First Line: Ridway robbed duncote of three hundred pound
Last Line: The courtier is become the greater thief.
Subject(s): Crime & Criminals
Ridway robbed Duncote of three hundred pound,
Ridway was ta'en, arraigned, condemned to die;
But, for this money was a courtier found,
Begged Ridway's pardon: Duncote, now, doth cry,
Robbed both of money, and the law's relief,
The courtier is become the greater thief.
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