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The wits paraphras'd

Stevenson, Matthew (fl. 1654-1685)

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Phillis to Demophoon.

Hermione to Orestes.

Leander to Hero.

Hero's Answer to Leander.

Laodamia to Protesilaus.

The Foregoing EPISTLE OF DIDO TO ÆNEAS

ACONTIUS TO CYDIPPE.

CYDIPPE HER ANSWER TO ACONTIUS.

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The Foregoing EPISTLE OF DIDO TO ÆNEAS

By another hand.

So in the fallows of Menander,
The mournfull Goos gaggl's for Gander.
Not that I doubt a greater mischance,
Or hope t'enjoy thee at this distance;

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But having lost my better half,
Why shou'd I fear to cast my Calf?

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And so forward, for it is so like the former Epistle, that one may indifferently serve for both, and I am loath to trouble the Reader with needless Repetition.