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Additional Information The Nine Worthies

Astronomy

• Planets - (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)
• Heavens or Spheres - (Moon, Venus, Mercury, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, "Fixt" or Firmament and Crystalline)

History

• Worthies of Chivalry - (Joshua, David, and Judas Maccabaeus, Hector, Alexander, Julius Caesar, Arthur, Charlemagne, and Godfrey of Bouillon)
• Worthies of London - (Devonshire, Dorset, Mon-mouth, Edward Russell, Caermarthen, Pembroke, Nottingham, Marlborough, and Lowther)

Physiology

• Human - Gestation - Women carry babies for nine months

Theology

• Greek - Muses - Clio (History,) Euterpe (Lyric poetry,) Thalia (Comedy and pastoral poetry,) Melpomene (tragedy,) Terpsichore (Dance and song,) Erato (Erotic poetry,) Polyhumnia (Sacred poetry,) Urania (Astronomy,) and Calliope (Epic poetry)
• Roman - Nine Gods - (Etruscans: Juno, Minerva, Tinia, Mars, Saturn, Hercules, Summauus, and Vedius)
• Greek - Nine Gods - (Sabines: Hercules, Romulus, Esculapius, Bacchus, AEneas, Vesta, Santa, Fortuna, and Fides)

Miscellaneous

• Points of a Success Law-suit - (a good deal of money, a good deal of patience, a good cause, a good lawyer, a good counsel, good witnesses, a good jury, a good judge and good luck)
• Cat o' Nine Tails - Whip with multiple cords or ropes coming from one handle, stemming from the belief that a "Trinity of Trinities" would be more effective and appropriate

Worthies

Chivalry - Joshua, David, and Judas Maccabaeus, Hector, Alexander, Julius Caesar, Arthur, Charlemagne, and Godfrey of Bouillon
London - Devonshire, Dorset, Mon-mouth, Edward Russell, Caermarthen, Pembroke, Nottingham, Marlborough, and Lowther
The Nine Worthies of Chivalry were composed of historical figures know for prowess and chivalry. Those of antiquity, or the original Worthies, inspired all manner of romantic art and stories.
 
"Nine worthies were they called, of different rites-
Three Jews, three pagans, and three Christian knights."
- Dryden: The Flower and the Leaf.
 
The French attempted to add a tenth (breaking the mystic or symbolic association with number nine) by adding Bertrand du Guesclin. It never caught on.
Later a collection of Englishmen, councilors to William III, were given the title of "The Nine Worthies of London." Four from the Whigs party Devonshire, Dorset, Mon-mouth, and Edward Russell. Five from the Tories Caermarthen, Pembroke, Nottingham, Marlborough, and Lowther.

Created: 7-May-1998, Last updated: 7-July-98

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