Talk:Francis Godwin

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I was fascinated to learn that Francis Godwin influenced swifts, which, according to the link, are birds very similar to swallows. Would those be the African swallows or the European swallows? Their respective airspeeds (laden and unladen) we leave for another article.

It is evident that the correct link refers to Jonathan Swift! And the "swift messenger" is the fast messenger. But nevertheless, there are birds involved: pigeons for transporting messages. --Siffler