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  • Where it is euident that a dampe being but a breath or vapour, and not to be discerned by the eye, ought not to haue this _epithete (darke,) _ no more then another that praysing his mistresse for her bewtifull haire, said very improperly and with an vncouth terme.

    The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham

  • Where it is euident that a dampe being but a breath or vapour, and not to be discerned by the eye, ought not to haue this epithete (darke,) no more then another that praysing his mistresse for her bewtifull haire, said very improperly and with an vncouth terme.

    The Arte of English Poesie 1569

  • 2710: The poysonous dampe of night dispunge vpon me,

    Antony and Cleopatra (1623 First Folio Edition) 1623

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