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Old 17-Nov-2005, 23:04
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Default Re: as good be an addled egg as an idle bird
1578 LYLY Euphues I.325
If I had not bene gathered from the tree in the buddle, I should beeing blowne haue proued a blast, and as good it is to bee an addle egge as an idle bird.

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