Caption: "The Boyhood of Raleigh" with Raleigh listening to storytelling about the sea told by an ancient mariner.

Sir Walter Raleigh (circa 1554--1618), Elizabethan soldier, sailor, explorer, colonizer, statesman, courtier, royal favourite, knight, historian, and poet:

Give me my scallop-shell of quiet,
My staff of faith to walk upon,
My scrip of joy, immortal diet,
My bottle of salvation,
My gown of glory, hope's true gage;
And thus I'll take my pilgrimage.

----Sir Walter Raleigh (circa 1554--1618) from His Pilgrimage.

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