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June 28, 2007

sun gold sovereign

the sun's gold sovereign (2.XVIII.i).

Pun on 'sovereign', meaning both monarch and a British gold coin worth £1. Vocabulary in this semantic field continues in this and the following stanza: 'gilding the coast', 'in Rodney's pocket', 'the cost'. Colonies were very valuable resources.


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