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168 Or, vent'ring to be brisk and wanton. Do penance in a paper lanthorn? All this you may compound for now, By suff'ring what I offer you; Which is no more than has been done By knights for ladies long agone. Did not the great La Mancha do so For the Infanta Del Toboso? Did not th' illustrious Bassa make Himself a slave for Miss's sake? And with bull's pizzle, for her love. Was taw'd as gentle as a glove? Was not young Florio sent, to cool His flame for Biancafiore, to school, Where pedant made his pathic bum For her sake suffer martyrdom? Did not a certain lady whip, Of late, her husband's own lordship?