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EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 40. LOVE BOUGHT AND SOLD by PHILIP AYRES

First Line: OF OLD THE SETTLEMENT THAT LOVERS MADE
Last Line: AND THE SAME BARGAIN SERVES FOR WIFE AND BEAST.
Subject(s): LOVE - MATERIALISM;
OF old the settlement that lovers made
Was firm affection: jointure was a jest:
But love is now become a Smithfield trade
And the same bargain serves for wife and beast.



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