Three Men who received the Might of Adam
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Three men who received the might of Adam:
Hercules the mighty,
and Hector the mighty
and Samson the mighty
All three were as mighty as Adam himself
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Three men who received the beauty of Adam:
Absalom, son of David
and Jason son of Æson
and Paris son of Priam
All three were as fair as Adam himself.
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Three men who received the wisdom of Adam:
Cato the Old,
and Bede
and the Wise Sybil
All three were as wise as Adam himself.
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Three women who received the beauty of eve in three third-shares:
Diadema, mistress of Æneas white-shield
and Helen the magnificent, the woman on whose account Troy was destroyed
and Polixena daughter of Priam the old, king of Troy.
