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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
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Manhood
Seldom
Disagree
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Ill
Stranger
Wight
Creatures
Valiant
Living
Courtesy

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