Manuel quoted Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson (Baroque Cycle, #1)
Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver, a monumental epic that follows his critically acclaimed international bestseller Cryptonomicon, is …
Th'earths face is but thy Table; there are set Plants, cattell, men, dishes for Death to eate. In a rude hunger now hee millions drawes Into his bloody, or plaquy, or sterv'd jawes. — John Donne, "Elegie on M Boulstred"
— Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson (Baroque Cycle, #1)