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The Doubloon

           ZonedbythoselettersyousawthelikenessofthreeAndes’summits;fromoneaflame;atoweronanother;onthethirdacrowingcock;whilearchingoverallwasasegmentofthepartitionedzodiac,thesignsallmarkedwiththeirusualcabalistics,andthekeystonesunenteringtheequinoctialpointatLibra.

           Beforethisequatorialcoin,Ahab,notunobservedbyothers,wasnowpausing.

           "There’ssomethingeveregotisticalinmountain-topsandtowers,andallothergrandandloftythings;lookherethreepeaksasproudasLucifer.Thefirmtower,thatisAhab;thevolcano,thatisAhab;thecourageous,theundaunted,andvictoriousfowl,that,too,isAhab;allareAhab;andthisroundgoldisbuttheimageoftherounderglobe,which,likeamagician’sglass,toeachandeverymaninturnbutmirrorsbackhisownmysteriousself.Greatpains,smallgainsforthosewhoasktheworldtosolvethem;itcannotsolveitself.Methinksnowthiscoinedsunwearsaruddyface;butsee!aye,heentersthesignofstorms,theequinox!andbutsixmonthsbeforehewheeledoutofaformerequinoxatAries!Fromstormtostorm!Sobeit,then.Borninthroes,‘tisfitthatmanshouldliveinpainsanddieinpangs!Sobeit,then!Here’sstoutstuffforwoetoworkon.Sobeit,then."

           "Nofairyfingerscanhavepressedthegold,butdevil’sclawshavelefttheirmouldingstheresinceyesterday,"murmuredStarbucktohimself,leaningagainstthebulwarks."TheoldmanseemstoreadBelshazzar’sawfulwriting.Ihavenevermarkedthecoininspectingly.

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