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Lopez de Vega
A BURLESQUE OF THE FOLLOWING LINES OF LOPEZ DE VEGA.
AN IMPROMPTU.
Se a quien los leones vence Vence una muger hermosa, O el de flaco avergonze, O ella di ser mas furiosa..
If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof, that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.
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