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Page 347
... gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne . For a man by nothing is so well bewrayd , As by his manners , in which plaine is showne Of what degree and what race he is growne . For seldome seene , a trotting Stalion get An ambling Colt ...
... gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne . For a man by nothing is so well bewrayd , As by his manners , in which plaine is showne Of what degree and what race he is growne . For seldome seene , a trotting Stalion get An ambling Colt ...
Page 356
... gentle bloud , how euer it be wrapt In sad misfortunes foule deformity , And wretched sorrowes , which haue often hapt ? For howsoeuer it may grow mis - shapt , Like this wyld man , being vndisciplynd , That to all vertue it may seeme ...
... gentle bloud , how euer it be wrapt In sad misfortunes foule deformity , And wretched sorrowes , which haue often hapt ? For howsoeuer it may grow mis - shapt , Like this wyld man , being vndisciplynd , That to all vertue it may seeme ...
Page 365
... gentle hart it selfe bewrayes , In doing gentle deedes with franke delight , Euen so the baser mind it selfe displayes , In cancred malice and reuengefull spight . For to maligne , t'enuie , t'vse shifting slight , Be arguments of a ...
... gentle hart it selfe bewrayes , In doing gentle deedes with franke delight , Euen so the baser mind it selfe displayes , In cancred malice and reuengefull spight . For to maligne , t'enuie , t'vse shifting slight , Be arguments of a ...
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FOWRE HYMNES | xxxvii |
INTRODUCTION BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL | 1 |
THE LEGEND OF BRITOMARTIS OR OF CHASTITIE | 141 |
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