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Vpon the signet of Pompeius Magnus which he wore vpon his finger ( whereon Iulius Cea- sar when he was killed hapning to fall, being brought to him by one of his souldiers. wept bitterly ) there was ( as Plutarch writeth ) the shape of a Lion shaking a sword betweene his forefeete ingrauen, to signifie perhaps a hard and bold voyage or enterprise.
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