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Wotton, Sir Henry
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Diplomatist and scholar, born in Kent; was ambassador of James I. for 20 years, chiefly at Venice; visited Kepler (q. v .) on one occasion, and found him a very "ingenious person," and came under temporary eclipse for his definition of an ambassador, "An honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country"; was ultimately provost of Eton, and was a friend of many good men, among others Isaac Walton, who wrote his Life; he wished to be remembered as the author of the saying, "The itch of controversy is the scab (scabies ) of the Churches," and caused it to be insculpt in his epitaph (1568-1630).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Wotton, Sir Henry'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/w/wotton-sir-henry.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Wotton, Sir Henry'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/w/wotton-sir-henry.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
