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 * "1 Lord. Sir, we have a maid in Mitylene, I durst wager,

"Would win some words of him.
 * "Lys. 'Tis well bethought.

She, questionless, with her sweet harmony And other choice attractions, would allure, And make a battery through his deafen'd parts, Which now are midway stopp'd: She, all as happy as of all the fairest, Is, with her fellow maidens, now within The leafy shelter that abuts against The island's side."


 * "Per. Wherefore call'd Marina?
 * "Mar. Call'd Marina,

For I was born at sea.