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Books

God's Englishman and his Empire . By CHRISTOPHER HILL T HE dust jacket of this useful volume, of selections from The Principal Navigations* speaks of Hakluyt's 'great prose......

The Death Of 2nd Lieut. Browne

Archetype of all we sensed We had gone to war against, Browne and his few wits Parted, blown to bits— Though now less lively, Just as unlovely As when sound of limb. His men......