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Amoretti and Epithalamion. Written not long since by Edmunde Spenser
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Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.
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amoretti_n and_o epithalamion_n write_a not_o long_o since_o by_o edmunde_n spenser_n print_a for_o william_n ponsonby_n 1695._o to_o the_o right_n worshipful_a sir_n robart_n needham_n knight_n sir_n to_o gratulate_v your_o safe_a return_n from_o ireland_n i_o have_v nothing_o so_o ready_a nor_o think_v any_o thing_n so_o meet_v as_o these_o sweet_a conceit_a sonnet_n the_o deed_n of_o that_o wield_v serve_v gentleman_n master_n edmond_n spenser_n who_o name_n sufficient_o warrant_v the_o worthiness_n of_o the_o work_n i_o do_v more_o confident_o presume_v to_o publish_v it_o in_o his_o absence_n under_o your_o name_n to_o who_o in_o my_o poor_a opinion_n the_o patronage_n thereof_o do_v in_o some_o respect_n proper_o appertain_v for_o beside_o your_o judgement_n and_o delight_n in_o learned_a poesy_n this_o gentle_a muse_n for_o her_o former_a perfection_n long_o wish_v for_o in_o england_n now_o at_o the_o length_n cross_v the_o sea_n in_o your_o happy_a company_n though_o to_o 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