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Produced by Distributed Proofreaders THE ISLE OF UNREST BY HENRY SETON MERRIMAN TO LUCASTA GOING TO THE WARS Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True: a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field;
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