Thomas Blood

Thomas Blood (1618 – 1680), militare e criminale irlandese.

[Sul furto dei gioielli della corona] Fu un prode tentativo, sebbene fallimentare! Fu per una corona!

It was a gallant attempt, however unsuccessful! It was for a crown! (citato in Charles Knight, London, Londra, H.G. Bohn, 1851, pp. 230–232; James Caulfield, Portraits Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons from the reign of Edward III to the Revolution, Volume II, Londra, R.S Kirby, 1813, pp. 177–181)