William Adams Quotes

In the end of five years I made supplication to the king to go out of this land, desiring to see my poor wife and children according to conscience and nature.

William Adams The Black Eyed Peas

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• In the end of five years I made supplication to the king to go out of this land, desiring to see my poor wife and children according to conscience and nature.

  

  William Adams The Black Eyed Peas
  • Wife
  • King
  • Supplication