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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.

— Beaumont and Fletcher A King and No King (1611)

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