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187. Inordinate Love Defined
Dicam quid sit Amor: Amor est insania mentis,
Ardor inextinctus, insaciata fames,
Dulce malum, mala dulcedo, dulcissimus error,
Absque labore quies, absque quiete labor.
Ardor inextinctus, insaciata fames,
Dulce malum, mala dulcedo, dulcissimus error,
Absque labore quies, absque quiete labor.
The furyosite and wodnes of mynde,
A instynguyble brennyng fawtyng blys,
A grete hungre ynsaciat to fynde,
A dowcet ylle, a yvell swetness blynde,
A ryght wonderfulle sugred swete erroure,
Wyth-owte labor rest, co[n]trary to kynde,
Or wyth-owte quyete to haue huge laboure.
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