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Greece, who was surnamed _Constantinus Cepronimus_, because he beshit the foont at the time he was christened: and so ye may see the difference betwixt the figures _Antonomasia_ & _Prosonomatia_.
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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But euery name geuen in iest or by way of a surname, if it do not resemble the true, is not by this figure, as the Emperor of Greece, who was surnamed Constantius Copronimus, because he beshit the foont at the time he was christened: and so ye may see the difference betwixt the figures Antonomasia & Prosonomatia.
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