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Bot a sentens to follow may suffice me

Quote byGavin Douglas · 1474–1522

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Eneados (1513), Bk. 1, prologue, line 356.

English (original)

Bot a sentens to follow may suffice me: Sum tyme I follow the text als neir I may, Sum tyme I am constrenyt ane other way.

— Gavin Douglas

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