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The _huitain_ or staffe of eight verses, hath eight proportions such as the former staffe, and is because he is longer, he hath one more then the
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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The huitain or staffe of eight verses, hath eight proportions such as the former staffe, and because he is longer, he hath one more then the settaine.
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