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Whosoever in writing a modern history shall follow the truth too near the heels it may haply strike out his teeth.

Walter Raleigh

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Walter Raleigh
Died: 1618
Died: October 29
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But in vain she did conjure him, To depart her presence so, Having a thousand tongues t' allure him And but one to bid him go. When lips invite, And eyes delight, And cheeks as fresh as rose in June, Persuade delay,-- What boots to say Forego me now, come to me soon.
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