William Camden Quotes

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My friend, judge not me,
Thou seest I judge not thee.
Betwixt the stirrup and the ground Mercy I asked, and mercy found.

William Camden

Our English tongue is, I will not say as sacred as the Hebrew, or as learned as the Greek, but as fluent as the Latin, as courteous as the Spanish, as courtlike as the French, and as amorous as the Italian.

William Camden

Finding modern children's names ridiculous:

The new names, Free-gift, Reformation, Earth, Dust, Ashes, Delivery… which have lately been given by some to their children.

William Camden