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In these verses Dunbar imagines himself in the dance, and reveals his affection for
Mistress Musgrave, or Musgrove, an English lady in waiting and Mistress of the Queen's wardrobe, despite their disparity in social status. She was probably the wife of Sir John Musgrave. She was known as the "Lady
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Mastres", the Lady
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