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98 So some diseases have been found Only to seize upon the sound. He that gets her by heart, must say her The back-way, like a witch's prayer. Meanwhile the Knight had no small task To compass what he durst not ask: He loves, but dares not make the motion; Her ignorance is his devotion: Like caitiff vile, that for misdeed Hides with his face to rump of steed; Or rowing scull, he 's fain to love, Look one way and another move; Or like a tumbler that does play His game, and look another way, Until he seize upon the coney; Just so does he by matrimony.