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The Argument.
Henry the eight, firme friendship to unite
With France, bestowes the Lady Mary bright,
His younger sister, on King Lewes, then
Being lame and aged; but she of all Men,
Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolke, most affected,
One whom her Brother highly had respected,
And had advanc'd: but scarsely had she beene
Five months in France, when the brave beautious Queene
Buried the old King; who no sooner dead,
But she in Heart determining to wed
Her long-lov'd Brandon, this Epistle writes,
Who backe to her, the Answere soone indites.
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