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...household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber reading Phaedo Platonis in Greek, and that with as much delight as...salutation and duty done, with some other talk, I askcJ her why she would lose such pastime in the park ? Smiling, she answered me : ' I wis, all their...

...and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber, reading a dialogue of Plato in Greek, and that with as much delight, as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Bocace. After salutation and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her, why she would lose such...

...beholden. Her parents, the Duke and Duchess, with all the household gentlemen and gentlewomen were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber reading "...salutation and duty done, with some other talk, I asked why she would lose such pastime in the park ? Smiling, she answered me : " I wist all their sport in...

...household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park ; I found her in her chamber reading Phaedon Platonis in Greek, and that with as much delight, as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Bocace. After salutation, and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her why she would lose such...

...gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber, reading Phcedon Plutonis hambers Bocace. After salutation and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her, why she would lose such...

...gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber reading the ' Phsedon ' of Plato, in Greek, and that with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccaccio. After salutation and duty done, with some other talk, I asked her why she should lose such...

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...published 1670-1, says, when speaking of Lady Jane Grey:—"I found her in her Chamber, reading Pbsedo Platonis in Greek, and that with as much Delight,...some Gentlemen would read a merry Tale in Boccace." Later on he laments the increasing taste for Italian literature, which he considers more corrupting...