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Katharine first married to Arthur, Prince of
Wales, and afterward to Henry the 8.
King of England.
I read that in the seventh King Henries Raigne,
Faire Katharine, Daughter to the Castile King,
Came into England with a pompous traine
Of Spanish Ladies which shee thence did bring.
She to the eight King Henry married was,
And afterwards divorc'd, where vertuously
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In working with the Needle curiously,
As in the Towre, and places more beside,
Her excellent memorialls may be seene:
Whereby the Needles prayse is dignifide
By her faire Ladies, and her selfe, a Queene.
Thus for her paines, here her reward is iust,
Her workes proclaime her prayse, though she be dust.
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