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c. 1400.  Ywaine & Gaw., 1067. I have a wele rinand page, Wil stirt thider right in a stage.

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1697.  Dryden, Æneis, Ded. (e) 2. If I shou’d instruct some of them to make well-running Verses, they want Genius to give them strength as well as sweetness.

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