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The nine Worthies of London

Explayning the honourable exercise of Armes, the uertues of the valiant, and the memorable attempts of magnanimious minds. Pleasant for Gentlemen, not vnseemly for Magistrates, and most profitable for Prentises. Compiled by Richard Iohnson
 

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[Where Fortune had her birth the Sunne sate downe]

Where Fortune had her birth the Sunne sate downe,
Yet gaue no liuing glorie to the childe,


She grew and gaue the God a golden crowne,
It pleased him not, for he was euer milde:
Yet drew she disposition from his throne,
That without her no wight can moue alone.