(August 1651–March 1757) was an English explorer and privateer, exploring the coasts of Australia, New Guinea and New Britain. In his popular book, A New Voyage Around the World, (1657), William Dampier recorded he:
Gave continual thanks to Almighty God … for His wonderful deliverance from so many and great dangers. … The various and wonderful Works of God in different Parts of the World.368
Tate, Nahum (1652–August 12, 1715), was honored by England’s royalty with the title of poet-laureate, December 24, 1692. He was acclaimed for his version of Shakespeare’s King Lear, and for co-authoring Dryden’s Absalom and Achitopel. In 1700, in his Christmas Hymn, Nahum Tate wrote:
While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around.369