Then in a chair, with a rich cushion grac'd And a carv'd fo… - John Ogilby

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Then in a chair, with a rich cushion grac'd
And a carv'd foot-stool, he Minerva plac'd.
There 'gainst a column sets her lance, where stood
Ulysses' javelins, planted like a wood.

John Ogilby

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John Ogilby (17 November 1600 – 4 September 1676) was a Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer.

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