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Thou shalt come out of a warme Sunne into God's blessing.

John Lyly

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John Lyly
Died: 1606
Died: November 18
Novelist
Playwright
Politician
Writer
Kent
England
John Lilly
John Lylie
John Lyly
Sun
Come
Sunne
Shalt
Thou
Blessing

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