"He shall have chariots easier than air, That I will have invented;… And thyself, That art the messenger, shalt ride before him On a horse cut out of an entire diamond. That shall be made to go with golden wheels, I know not how yet."
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Beaumont and Fletcher, A King and No King (1611; 1619), Act V.
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