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						Sonnet XXX: Whether the Turkish New Moon by Sir Philip Sidney 
						
						Whether the Turkish new moon minded be  To fill his horns this year on Christian coast;  How Poles' right king means, with leave of host,  To warm with ill-made fire cold Muscovy; 
  If French can yet three parts in one agree;  What now the Dutch in their full diets boast;  How Holland hearts, now so good towns be lost,  Trust in the shade of pleasing Orange tree; 
  How Ulster likes of that same golden bit  Wherewith my father once made it half tame;  If in the Scotch court be no welt'ring yet: 
  These questions busy wits to me do frame.  I, cumber'd with good manners, answer do,  But know not how, for still I think of you. 						 
						
						
						
						
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