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A Pilgirm's Solace (1612), #9. Encoded and edited by Sarge Gerbode.

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So long, so long your weight, so long, so long your weight - hath

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lain up- on my breast, That lo I live, that lo I
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live for- e- ver bless'd, En- joy- ing peace, en- joy- ing
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