I can't write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book by me.
Whosoever in writing a modern history shall follow the truth too near the heels it may haply strike out his teeth.
Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the simple truth, and not say anything for love or hatred; also to choose such an opportunity for writing as it may be lawful to think what they will, and write what they think, which is a rare happiness of the time.
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