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Parnassi Puerperium

or, Some Well-wishes to ingenuity, in the Translation of Six Hundred, of Owen's Epigrams; Martial de Spectaculis, or of Rarities to be seen in Rome; and the most Select, in Sir Tho. More...

Pecke, Thomas

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14. The Earth.

To charm our Tongues, the middle hath a Spell;
For there we think, the golden Mean doth dwel.

Therefore in play for Praise, earth throws an Ace,
Above the Heavens: here's the Middle place.