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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
Wight
Stranger
Valiant
Creatures
Courtesy
Living
Manhood
Ever
Seldom
Disagree
Creature

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