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Goose [pen] bee [wax] and calf [parchment] govern the world. [Lat., Anser, apie, vitellus, populus et regna gubernant.]
James Howell
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James Howell
Age: 72 †
Born: 1594
Born: January 1
Died: 1666
Died: January 1
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