Notebook 63 - The Hebrew Nation did not write it

1st reading:[1]

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The Hebrew Nation did not write it.
Avarice & Chastity did shite it. [2]

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2nd reading:[3]

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The Hebrew Nation did not write it Avarice & Chastity did shite it

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  1. ↑ "Blake Complete Writings", ed. Geoffrey Keynes, pub. OUP 1966/85, p. 187.
  2. ↑ Written be pencil and covered with another text written by pen above. This was deciphered and printed by G. Keynes for the first time in 1966. In his opinion it refer to the Decalogue and the 7th and 10th Commandments (7th: Thou shalt not commit adultery; and 10th: You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.). - Ed. of Wikisource.
  3. ↑ "The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake", ed. by David V. Erdman, Anchor Books, 1988, p. 694.

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