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The Crowne of All Homers Workes/To the Cittie Erythræa

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The Crowne of All Homers Workes
by Homer, translated by George Chapman
To the Cittie Erythræa
4438309The Crowne of All Homers Workes — To the Cittie ErythræaGeorge ChapmanHomer

To the Cittie Erythræa.

Worshipfull Earth; giuer of all things good?Giuer of, euen Felicitie; whose floodThe Minde all-ouer steepes, in honey Dewe.That, to some Men, dost infinite kindenesse shew;To others that despise thee, art a Shrew.And giu'st them Gamesters galls; who, once, their MaineLost with an ill cāhce; fare like Abiects slaine.