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Small poems of Divers sorts

Written by Sir Aston Cokain

Cokain, Aston (1608-1684)

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111. Of high-spirited women.

Histories of all ages do declare
High-spirited women noble things have done:
One shall serve mention'd in particular,
And she the brave Ioenian Amazon.
Bonduca long the Romans force withstood,
And seal'd her love t'her Countrey with her blood.