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Brewer's: Allestree
Richard Allestree, of Derby, was a noted almanac maker in Ben Jonson's time.
A little more Would fetch all his astronomy from Allestree.
Ben Jonson: Magnetic Lady, iv. 2 (1632).
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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