Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
John Florio

Born: 1553
Died: 1625 (aged 72)
Bio: John Florio, known in Italian as Giovanni Florio, was a linguist and lexicographer, a royal language tutor at the Court of James I, and a possible friend and influence on William Shakespeare.
Known for:
- A Worlde of Wordes
- Blind Moon Alley: A Jersey Leo Novel
- Second Frutes (1591)
- Sugar Pop Moon: A Jersey Leo Novel