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Page 83
... fair human beloved was for the lover ' a stayre ( as it were ) to climbe up to another farre higher than it .... And thus shall he beholde no more the particular beautie of one woman , but an universall , that decketh out all bodies ...
... fair human beloved was for the lover ' a stayre ( as it were ) to climbe up to another farre higher than it .... And thus shall he beholde no more the particular beautie of one woman , but an universall , that decketh out all bodies ...
Page 109
... fair speech . For all that hetherto hath long delayd This gentle knight from sewing his first quest Though out of course , yet hath not bene missayd To shew the courtesie by him profest ... xii . 2 Missayd is mis - assayed and mis ...
... fair speech . For all that hetherto hath long delayd This gentle knight from sewing his first quest Though out of course , yet hath not bene missayd To shew the courtesie by him profest ... xii . 2 Missayd is mis - assayed and mis ...
Page 111
... fair ' , and Bessy - Eliza - Isabel , as we saw . The reply in the singing contest is , in every way but one , a contrast . Cuddie's piece , made by Colin Clout , is courtly , Italianate , in long lines of smoothly running eloquent ...
... fair ' , and Bessy - Eliza - Isabel , as we saw . The reply in the singing contest is , in every way but one , a contrast . Cuddie's piece , made by Colin Clout , is courtly , Italianate , in long lines of smoothly running eloquent ...
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