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"Know that this theory is false; his bark The daring mariner shall urge far oer The western wave, a smooth and level plain, Albeit the earth is fashiond like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest seaboat soon shall wing her way. Men shall descry another hemisphere, Since to one common centre all things tend; So earth, by curious mystery divine Well balanced, hangs amid the starry spheres. At our Antipodes are cities, states, And thronged empires, neer divined of yore. But see, the Sun speeds on his western path To glad the nations with expected light."
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Luigi Pulci
