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This field is so spacious that it were easy for a man to lose himself in it and if I should spend all my pilgrimage in this walk, my time would sooner end than my way.

Joseph Hall

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Joseph Hall
Age: 82 †
Born: 1574
Born: July 1
Died: 1656
Died: September 8
Clergyman
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Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Leicestershire
Way
Fields
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Men
Walk
Time
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Spacious
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Pilgrimage
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Sooner
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