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Page 232 - I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry : be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery, go : farewell. Or, if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool ; for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them. To a nunnery, go, and quickly too. Farewell.
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| Title | The Lancashire library: a bibliographical account of ... literature relating to the county palatine |
| Author | Henry Fishwick |
| Published | 1875 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 27 Jul 2006 |
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