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The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 2 of 2.

Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626; Grosart, Alexander Balloch, 1827-1899 [Editor]· 2 chapters· 42,431 words

Quintus the dancer useth euermore, His feet in measure and in rule to moue: Yet on a time he call'd his Mistresse, 'whore' And thought[14] with that sweet word to win her loue: Oh had his tongue like to his feet beene taught It neuer would haue uttered such a thought.

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2. Part I. pp. 76-81. There seems no question that these Sonnets belong

to Sir John Davies. Besides the "J. D." and "Mr. Dauyes" of the MS., his most marked turns of thought and epithet are readily discernible in them. See critical remarks on them a...

1. iii. 81) and, if he explains it rightly, the allusion is to one of the

Quintus the dancer useth euermore, His feet in measure and in rule to moue: Yet on a time he call'd his Mistresse, 'whore' And thought[14] with that sweet word to win her loue:...