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RHYME TO LISBON by JOHN WILMOT

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First Line: A HEALTH TO KATE!
Last Line: WHO MADE HER BONE HIS BONE.
Subject(s): CATHERINE OF BRAGNZA, QUEEN OF ENGLAND; RHYME; TOASTS;
A health to Kate!
Our sovereign's mate,
Of the royal house of Lisbon;
But the Devil take Hyde,
And the bishop beside
Who made her bone his bone.



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