"The itch of disputing will prove the scab of churches."
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Poets from EnglandPlaywrights from EnglandUniversity of Oxford alumniAmbassadors of Great Britain and the United KingdomChief Secretaries for Ireland
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A Panegyric to King Charles (1651).
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Henry Wotton
Sir Henry Wotton (March 30, 1568 – December 1639) was an English author and diplomat.
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