Whereof they made the foundemaunt,

The tour was round made in compas,

In all this world no richer was.”

“Rom. of the Rose.”

“Right as betwene adamants two

Of euen weight, a pece of yron set,

Ne hath no might to moue to ne fro

For what that one may hale, that other let.”

“Assem. of Foules.”

References.—“English Poets,” London, 1810, Vol. I. p. 453; Ch. Wells Moulton, “Library of Literary Criticism,” Vol. I. pp. 77–81.