Sir Walter Raleigh

He was scandalised by Atheisme, but he was a bold man, and would venture at discourse which was unpleasant to the church men. I remember my Lord Scudamour said, it was basely said of Sir W. R. to talk of the anagramme of Dog. In his speech on the scaffold, I have heard my cosen Whitney say (and I think it is printed) that he spoke not one word of Christ, but of the great and incomprehensive God, with much zeale and adoration, so that he concluded that he was an a-christ, not an atheist.