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6. HINDRANCES.


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He that will sow his field with hopefull seed,
Must every bramble, every thistle weed;
And when each hindrance to the graine is gone,
A fruitfull crop shall rise of corn alone.
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[al. ‘liberat,’ ‘resecat.’ Boethius, lib. iii. metr. 1.]