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ow it so chanced with her by whosemeans I had thus long time concealed mydesire, that it behoved her to leave the dtyI speak of, and to journey afar : wherefore I,being sorely perplexed at the loss <A. soexcellent a defence, had more trouble thaneven I could before have supposed. Andthinking that if I spoke not somewhatmournfully of her departure, my formercounterfeiting would be the more quicklyperceived, I determined that I would make agrievous sonnet" thereof; the which I willwrite here, because it hath certain words init whereof my lady was the immediate cause.
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