Obs. rare–1. = CLIMAX 2.

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1606.  Warner, Alb. Eng., XV. xcv. 379.

        But Gold, I trow, would be a God it gathereth so of Stile:
To be a Noble, Soueraigne, nor an Angel, worth the while.
Like to which Climaxie of Coyne wealth eleuates the minde
To tract of Greatnesse, till mongst men be Lucifers declinde.

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