The tragicall death of Sophinisba. Written by Dauid Murray. Scoto-Brittaine

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The tragicall death of Sophinisba. Written by Dauid Murray. Scoto-Brittaine
Author
Murray, David, Sir, 1567-1629.
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At London :: Printed [by George Eld] for Iohn Smethwick, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstans Church-yard in Fleetstreet, vnder the Diall,
1611.
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"The tragicall death of Sophinisba. Written by Dauid Murray. Scoto-Brittaine." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07925.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.

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5. Sonet.

MY griefes increase still urg'd me to impart, My soules felt-paine vnto my fairest faire, And that she might b' acquainted with my care: I choos'd my tongue the agent for my heart, Which being well instructed as I thought, In all the passions which oppresse a minde, And being glad to shew how I was pin'd: With swift wing'd hast I Caelias presence sought: But I no sooner had attain'd her sight, When loe my tongue betra'd me to her eyes, And dastard-like into my throat straight flies, Leauing me cleane confounded with his flight, Beat backe with sighes, yet it return'd againe▪ But spake of pleasure when it should of paine.
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