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[Sonnet XXXII.] This is still continued in many churches in Westmoreland.

It takes place in the month of July, when the floor of the stalls is strewn with fresh rushes; and hence it is called the 'Rush-bearing.' 358.

_George Dyer_.
'Teaching us to forget them or forgive.' [Sonnet XXXV.l.

10.] This is borrowed from an affecting passage in Mr.George Dyer's History of Cambridge.
359.

_Apprehension_.
-- --'had we, like them, endured Sore stress of apprehension.' [Sonnet XXXVII.l.


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