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The Argument.
This Duke of Suffolke, William, to advanceA Lady, long belov'd of him in France,
His Mistris, Margaret, that Duke Rayners Child,
Himselfe who of Jerusalem instyl'd
The King: this Poole, his Darling to preferre,
Betwixt young Henry, nam'd the sixt, and her,
Concludes a Marriage; and her Syre to gaine,
Gives up the Towne of Mauns, Anjou, and Main,
To Rayner for her: for which lawlesse fact,
The Peeres him five yeeres Banishment enact;
When for his latest farewell of the Queene,
These two Epistles passe them two betweene.
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