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Richard Maitland, 4th Earl of Lauderdale was a Scottish politician.

✵ 20. June 1653 – 1695
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Richard Maitland, 4th Earl of Lauderdale Quotes

“Infernal Gods, who rule the Shades below,
Chaos and Phlegethon, ye Realms of Woe,
Grant what I've heard I may to light expose,
Secrets which Earth, and Night, and Hell inclose.”

Richard Maitland, 4th Earl of Lauderdale

The Works of Virgil, Translated Into English Verse (1709), Aeneid, Book VI, lines 328–331, p. 210

God , Secret , Hell , Light

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