"Men ignorant of letters, studious for their bellies, and ignominiously lazy."
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On the monks of Patmos. Relation of a Journey Begun An. Dom (1610)
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George Sandys
George Sandys (2 March 1578 – March 1644) was an English traveller, colonist, poet, and translator.
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