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QUATRAIN ON ACHILLES by CATHERINE DES ROCHES

First Line: ACHILLES CHOSE A MEANER TASK WHEN HE
Last Line: THE OTHER SLITS THE CORDE.
Subject(s): ACHILLES; MYTHOLOGY - CLASSICAL; SWORDS;
ACHILLES chose a meaner task when he
Threw downe the distaff and took up the sworde:
One weaves the raiment of humanitye,
The other slits the corde.



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