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Steadfast of thought, Well made, well wrought, Far may be sought, Ere that ye can find So courteous, so kind As merry Margaret, This midsummer flower, Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower.

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  1. There is nothynge that more dyspleaseth God, Than from theyr children to spare the rod.
  2. Gentle Paul, laie doune thy sweard For Peter of Westminster hath shaven thy beard.
  3. He ruleth all the roste.
  4. Old proverbe says, That byrd ys not honest That fyleth hys owne nest.
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  7. When I remember again How my Philip was slain, Never half the pain Was between you twain, Pyramus and Thisbe, As then befell to me. I wept …
  8. Maide, wydowe, or wyffe.

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