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We might well call this short Mock-play of ours
A Posie made of Weeds instead of Flowers;
Yet such have been presented to your noses,
And there are such, I fear, who thought 'em Roses.

— George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham The Rehearsal (1671)

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