Upon Reape.
Reape's eyes so raw are that, it seems, the flies Mistake the flesh, and fly-blow both his eyes; So that an angler, for a day's expense, May bait his hook with maggots taken thence.
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"Reape's eyes so raw are that, it seems, the flies..."
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