Nicholas Mercator
He is of little stature, perfect ; black haire, of a delicate moyst curie ; darke eie, but of great vivacity of spirit. He is of a soft temper, of great temperance (amat Venerem aliquantum) : of a prodigious invention, and will be acquainted (familiarly) with nobody. His true German name is Nicolas Kauffman, i. e. chapman, i. e. Mercator.