Much Like The French (or Like Ourselves, Their Apes), Who With Strange Habit Do Disguise Their Shape

Much Like The French (or Like Ourselves, Their Apes), Who With Strange Habit Do Disguise Their Shape

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Much like the French (or like ourselves, their apes),
Who with strange habit do disguise their shapes;
Who loving novels, full of affectation,
Receive the manners of each other nation.
-- Du Bartas (1544-1590)
-- Divine Weekes and Workes, Second Day

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