Sir Walter Ogilvy

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    “Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the simple truth, and not say anything for love or hatred; also to choose such an opportunity for writing as it may be lawful to think what they will, and write what they think, which is a rare happiness of the time.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)

    “Fight on for Scottland and Saint Andrew
    Till you heare my whistle blowe.”
    —Unknown. Sir Andrew Barton.

    EnSB. English and Scottish Ballads (The Poetry Bookshelf)

    “Our passions are most like to floods and streams,
    The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)