All the wyde worlde so much of gretenes
Unto they empyre was in obedience;
Such was theyr famous porte and preemynence,
Tyll within themselfe there was a contraversy
Making them luse they worthy signeoury.
E Hans Sachs (Opere, ed. del Litterarisches Verein di Stoccarda, v. VII, p. 353):
Bey Rom und bey der Stadt Athen
Mag men warhafftiglich verstehn,
Das sie nach hoher weisheit lebten
Und nach ehrlichem Leben strebten,