This Earle of Oxford, making of his low obeisance to Queen Elizabeth, happened to let a Fart, at which he was so abashed and ashamed that he went to Travell, 7 yeares. On his returne the Queen welcomed him home, and sayd, My Lord, I had forgott the Fart.
Humour, History
As he lay expiring in the agony of death, the standers-by could hear him say softly 'I have seen the glories of the world.
Life, Death, Beauty
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