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"I have no wife nor children, good or bad, to provide for. A mere spectator of other men's fortunes and adventures, and how they play their parts; which, methinks, are diversely presented unto me, as from a common theatre or scene. " / - Burton
Ships, ships, I will descrie you / Amidst the main, / I will come and try you, / What you are protecting, / And projecting, / What's your end and aim. / One goes abroad for merchandise and trading, / Another stays to keep his country from invading, / A third is coming home with rich and wealthy lading. / Hallo! my fancie, whither wilt thou go? / Old Poem