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THE LAW OF LOMBARDY. 7

No, Sophia! I would not violate the meanest right Of my least subject, for the fear or promise Of any isue. Is my child, my daughter, (Sweet, duteous, amiable, born free and royal) Less charter'd from oppression than a stranger? A self-invited wooer here he sojourn'd, To thrive as your approving gave him licence: I fed him not with promise, you with hope,