He was alone in his office, and from the windows on the top floor of this giant building he saw the harbor, saw the river Maculated with craft; saw the bay, the big Statue-best of all saw steamships.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
Sir Thomas Browne was laughing at Digby, but not at Digby alone, in the passage in Vulgar Errors-"when for our warts we rub our hands before the moon, or commit any Maculated part unto the touch of the dead."
"The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened"
Kenelm Digby
The I understanding the cause of his miserable estate, sayd unto him, In faith thou art worthy to sustaine the most extreame misery and calamity, which hast defiled and Maculated thyne owne body, forsaken thy wife traitorously, and dishonoured thy children, parents, and friends, for the love of a vile harlot and old strumpet.
"The Golden Asse"
Lucius Apuleius