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The Works in Verse and Prose

(including hitherto unpublished Mss.) of Sir John Davies: for the first time collected and edited: With memorial-introductions and notes: By the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart. In three volumes
Davies, John (1569-1626)

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VOL. I: VERSE.
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Nosce Teipsum.
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Orchestra.
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[Dedications.]
  
Orchestra,
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Hymnes of Astrœa.
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Minor Poems.
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Epigrams, with Additions.
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Appendix to Epigrams:
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Hitherto Unpublished Poems.
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Miscellaneous Poems.

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In Quintam. 4.

Quintus the dancer useth euermore,
His feet in measure and in rule to moue:
Yet on a time he call'd his Mistresse, ‘whore’
And thought with that sweet word to win her loue:
Oh had his tongue like to his feet beene taught
It neuer would haue uttered such a thought.
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