The wisedome of the ancients written in latine by the right honourable Sir Francis Bacon Knight, Baron of Verulam and Lord Chancelour of England. Done into English by Sir Arthur Gorges |
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[For rich-vaind Orpheus sweetely did rehearse] |
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[For rich-vaind Orpheus sweetely did rehearse]
For rich-vaind Orpheus sweetely did rehearseHow that the seedes of fire, ayre, water, earth,
Were all pact in the vast voyd vniuerse:
And how from these as firstlings all had birth,
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From tender infancy so big became.
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