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Note 160 — II 1325-1521

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Another sister, D. Philippa de Lencastre (1437-97), lived in retirement in the convent of Odivellas near Lisbon, and as a dedicatory poem to her translation of the Gospels wrote the simple, impressive lines beginning

Non vos sirvo, non vos amo, Mas desejo vos amar.

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