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And looketh upon a lion, and goeth in the darkness; and when he hath stolen, spoiled, and robbed, he bringeth it to his love.
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Wherefore a man loveth his wife better than father or mother.
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Yea, many there be that have run out of their wits for women, and become servants for their sakes.
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Many also have perished, have erred, and sinned, for women.
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And now do ye not believe me? is not the king great in his power? do not all regions fear to touch him?
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Yet did I see him and Apame the king's concubine, the daughter of the admirable Bartacus, sitting at the right hand of the king,
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And taking the crown from the king's head, and setting it upon her own head; she also struck the king with her left hand.
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And yet for all this the king gaped and gazed upon her with open mouth: if she laughed upon him, he laughed also: but if she took any displeasure at him, the king was fain to flatter, that she might be reconciled to him again.
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O ye men, how can it be but women should be strong, seeing they do thus?
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Then the king and the princes looked one upon another: so he began to speak of the truth.
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O ye men, are not women strong? great is the earth, high is the heaven, swift is the sun in his course, for he compasseth the heavens round about, and fetcheth his course again to his own place in one day.