ON MAMURRA'S MISTRESS.

That Ametina, worn-out whore,

Me for a myriad oft would bore,

That strumpet of th' ignoble nose,

To leman, rakehell Formian chose.

An ye would guard her (kinsmen folk) 5

Your friends and leaches d'ye convoke:

The girl's not sound-sens'd; ask ye naught

Of her complaint: she's love-distraught.

Ametina, out-drainèd maiden, worries me for a whole ten thousand, that

damsel with an outspread nose, _chère amie_ of Formianus the wildling. Ye

near of kin in whose care the maiden is, summon ye both friends and

medicals: for the girl's not sane. Nor ask ye, in what way: she is subject

to delusions.

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