With a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner. (Philip Sidney)

With a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.

Philip Sidney

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