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Ill seemes (sayd he) if he so valiant be, That he should be so sterne to stranger wight For seldom yet did living creature see That courtesie and manhood ever disagree.

Edmund Spenser

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Edmund Spenser
Died: 1599
Died: January 13
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London
England
Edmund Spencer
Ill
Stranger
Wight
Creatures
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Courtesy
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Manhood
Seldom
Disagree
Creature

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Man's wretched state, That floures so fresh at morne, and fades at evening late.
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