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“_Rondeaux_, BALLADES,
_Chansons dizains_, _propos menus_,
_Compte moy qu’ilz sont devenuz_:
_Se faict il plus rien de nouveau_?”
CLEMENT MAROT, _Dialogue de deux Amoureux_.
“I love a ballad but even too well; if it be doleful matter, merrily
set down, or a very pleasant thing indeed, and sung lamentably.”
_A Winter’s Tale_, Act iv. sc. 3.