Sir Thomas Browne

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“Sir Francis, Sir Francis, Sir Francis is come;”
—Unknown. Upon Sir Francis Drake’s Return from His Voyage about the World, and the Queen’s Meeting Him (l. 1)

“A great deal of us is together, and we can but abide by it, and steer our courses to meet soon. John Thomas says goodnight to Lady Jane, a little droopingly, but with hopeful heart.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)

“Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.”
—Thomas Browne (1605–1682)