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As fair Aurora in her morning-grey,
Deck'd with the ruddy glister of her love,
Is fair Samela.
Like lovely Thetis on a calmed day,
Whenas her brightness Neptune's fancy move,
Shines fair Samela.

— Robert Greene Menaphon (1589)

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