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As that great captain, Ziska, would have a drum made of his skin when he was dead, because he thought the very noise of it would put his enemies to f… - Robert Burton
" "As that great captain, Ziska, would have a drum made of his skin when he was dead, because he thought the very noise of it would put his enemies to flight.
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Robert Burton (8 February 1577 – 25 January 1640) was an English writer and scholar at Oxford University (at Christ Church), known chiefly for writing The Anatomy of Melancholy.
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Democritus junior
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Democritus Junior
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