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To do all that love wills

“When she knew who William was, it gave such great joy to her heart that she utterly abandoned herself to him. With her arms about his neck, she kissed him, and nothing now can frighten her away from her desire to serve him, to kiss him, to caress him, and to do all that Love wills. Neither eyes nor hands nor lips were still; they kissed one another ardently and clung together, nor did they try to conceal their passion. And they acted so as to reach the peak of joy between them.”

Flamenca, II 5934-5946 (Quoted in: The Book of Courtly Love: The Passionate Code of the Troubadours, by Andrea Hopkins.)

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