William Camden
William Camden
William Camdenwas an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of Britannia, the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Annales, the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionHistorian
pudding eating proof
All the proof of a pudding is in the eating.
bread eating
Better halfe a loafe than no bread.
mercy found stirrups
Betwixt the stirrup and the ground Mercy I asked, mercy I found.
excuse
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.