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Bags of fiery opals, sapphires, amethysts,
Jacinths, hard topaz, grass-green emeralds,
Beauteous rubies, sparkling diamonds,
And seldom seen costly stones of so great price,
As one of them, indifferently rated.
And if a carat of this quality
May serve in peril of calamity
To ransom great kings from captivity,
This is the ware wherein consists my wealth.
From Christopher Marlowe's The Rich Jew of Malta
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