The lives of the most famous English poets, or, The honour of Parnassus in a brief essay of the works and writings of above two hundred of them, from the time of K. William the Conqueror to the reign of His present Majesty, King James II / written by William Winstanley, author of The English worthies ...
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The lives of the most famous English poets, or, The honour of Parnassus in a brief essay of the works and writings of above two hundred of them, from the time of K. William the Conqueror to the reign of His present Majesty, King James II / written by William Winstanley, author of The English worthies ...
Author
Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.
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London :: Printed by H. Clark for Samuel Manship ...,
1687.
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Poets, English.
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"The lives of the most famous English poets, or, The honour of Parnassus in a brief essay of the works and writings of above two hundred of them, from the time of K. William the Conqueror to the reign of His present Majesty, King James II / written by William Winstanley, author of The English worthies ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A66698.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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descriptionPage 188
Sir ROBERT HOWARD.
SIr Robert Howard, of the Noble Family of the
Earls of Berk-shire, a Name so reverenced, as
it had Six Earls at one time of that Name. This
Noble Person to his other Abilities, which Capa∣citated
him for a Principal Office in his Majesties
Exchequer; attained to a considerable Fame by
his Poetical Works: Especially for what he hath
written to the Stage, viz. The Blind Lady; The
Committee; and The Surprizal, Comedies; The
Great Favorite, and The Vestal Virgin, Tragedies;
Inforc'd Marriage, a Tragi-Comedy, and The In∣dian
Queen a Dramatick History.
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