There was a young man in Rome that was very like Augustus Caesar Augustus took knowledge of it and sent for the man, and asked him 'Was your mother never at Rome' He answered 'No Sir but my father was.' (Francis Bacon)

There was a young man in Rome that was very like Augustus Caesar Augustus took knowledge of it and sent for the man, and asked him 'Was your mother never at Rome' He answered 'No Sir but my father was.'

Francis Bacon

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