Emilia Lanier, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (1611), "Eve's Apology in Defence of Women"
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You came not in the world without our pain, Make that a bar against your cruelty; Your fault being greater, why should you disdain Our being your equals, free from tyranny?

— Emilia Lanier on Women

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Emilia Lanier

About Emilia Lanier

Emilia Lanier (1569 - 1645) was an English poet and writer.