I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of…

Dryden, John. "The Conquest of Granada, Part 1." The Works of John Dryden, edited by John Loftis, David Stuart Rodes and Vinton A. Dearing. Vol. 11. University of California Press, 1978, act 2, sc. 2

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Dryden, John. The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards. King's Company, 1670, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, pt. 1, act 1.

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