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The English madrigalist John Wilbye (1574-1638) followed the example of Thomas Morley as a cmposer of madrigals, publishing collections of his work in 1598 and 1609 and contributing one madrigal to the 1601 collection in honor of Queen Elizabeth. Well-known madrigals by Wilbye include "sweet hony sucking bees," "Weep o mine eyes" and "Happy, O happy he."
 
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Jakob Böhme (1575-1624)

"...Boehme's indirect influence reaches Hegel and Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and Hartmann, Bergson and Heidegger."[preface to Stoudt, John Joseph: Sunrise to Eternity: A Study of Jacob Boehme's Life and Thought. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1957]
 
On 13 December 1577, Francis Drake, on board his ship the Pelican, left Plymouth on a voyage that would take him round the world.

In August 1578, Drake passed through the Magellan Strait (the south of South America) and entered the Pacific Ocean.

By June 1579, Drake had landed on the coast of modern California (which he claimed for England as 'New Albion').

On 26 September 1580, the navigator returned to Plymouth in his ship, renamed as the Golden Hind.

The following April, Drake was knighted by Elizabeth on board ship.
 
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