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A Metrical History of England

Or, Recollections, in Rhyme, Of some of the most prominent Features in our National Chronology, from the Landing of Julius Caesar to the Commencement of the Regency, in 1812. In Two Volumes ... By Thomas Dibdin

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Spices.

“There was ike wexin many a spice,
“As clowe, gilofre, and licorice,
“Gingiber, and grein de Paris,
“Canell at sette wale of prys,
“And many a spice delitable,
“To eten when men rise fro' table.”