Reference: The Bible
Reference: John Donne
Reference: The Fire Donkey
Reference: Nostradamus
Reference: William Shakespeare

Reference: The Bible: Genesis 45:1

Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood a NoManite with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

Reference: John Donne

... The Bell doth toll for him that thinkes it doth; and though it intermit againe, yet from that minute, that that occasion wrought upon him, hee is united to God. Who casts not up his Eie to the Sunne when it rises? but who takes off his Eie from a Comet, when that breakes out? who bends not his eare to anybell, which upon any occasion rings? but who can remove it from that bell, which is passing a peece of himselfe out of this world? Noman is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine ...

Reference: The Fire Donkey

It is, by the way, from the legend of Legless Poot that we get the expression for someone acting particularly mischievous or troublesome, "riding the furry donkey," which is a corrupted (though much more common) form than the original "riding the fiery donky" or "riding the fire donkey."

Reference: Nostradamus

Les Albanois passeront dedans Rome, Moyennan Langres demipler affublez. Marquis & Duc ne pardonnes  homme, Feu, sang, morbiles point d'eau faillir les bleds.

Those of Alba will pass into Rome, By means of Langres the multitude muffled up, Marquis and Duke will pardon (a) no man (ite), Fire, blood, smallpox no water the crops to fail.

Reference: William Shakespeare

Brutus. Farewell to you, and you, and you, Volumnius. Strato, thou hast been all this while asleep; Farewell to thee too, Strato. Countrymen, My heart doth joy that yet in all my life I found a NoManite, he was true to me. I shall have glory by this losing day, ...

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