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A SWEET NOSEGAY: 34 by ISABELLA WHITNEY

First Line: SHE THAT IS AN ADULTRESSE
Last Line: AND HUSBAND DOTH DECAY.
Subject(s): UNFAITHFULNESS; INFIDELITY; ADULTERY; INCONSTANCY;

She that is an Adultresse
of evylles is a sea:
Her wickednesse consumes her selfe
and Husband doth decay.



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