In 1644 he was
committed
to the
Tower by Parliament and in 1646 imprisoned in the King's Bench.
Tower by Parliament and in 1646 imprisoned in the King's Bench.
John Donne
He
wrote Latin plays, poems, and religious treatises. The tone of Donne's
letter implies that he is a student at Cambridge. It was written
therefore before 1601, probably, like several of these letters, while
Donne was Egerton's secretary, and living in chambers with Christopher
Brooke. A poem by Samuel Brooke, _On Tears_, is printed in Hannah's
_Courtly Poets_.
PAGE =212=. TO M^r J. L.
Of the J. L. of this and the letter which follows the next, nothing
has been unearthed. He clearly belonged to the North of England,
beyond the Trent.
TO M^r B. B.
Grosart conjectures that this was Basil Brooke (1576-1646? ), a
Catholic, who was knighted in 1604.
In 1644 he was committed to the
Tower by Parliament and in 1646 imprisoned in the King's Bench. He
translated _Entertainments for Lent_ from the French. He was not
a brother of Christopher and Samuel. The identification is only a
conjecture. The tenor of the poem is very similar to that addressed to
Mr. S. B.
PAGE =213=, l. 18. _widowhed. _ _W_ here clearly gives us the form
which Donne used. The rhyme requires it and the poet has used it
elsewhere:
And call chast widowhead Virginitie.
_The Litanie_, xii. 108.
ll. 19-22.
wrote Latin plays, poems, and religious treatises. The tone of Donne's
letter implies that he is a student at Cambridge. It was written
therefore before 1601, probably, like several of these letters, while
Donne was Egerton's secretary, and living in chambers with Christopher
Brooke. A poem by Samuel Brooke, _On Tears_, is printed in Hannah's
_Courtly Poets_.
PAGE =212=. TO M^r J. L.
Of the J. L. of this and the letter which follows the next, nothing
has been unearthed. He clearly belonged to the North of England,
beyond the Trent.
TO M^r B. B.
Grosart conjectures that this was Basil Brooke (1576-1646? ), a
Catholic, who was knighted in 1604.
In 1644 he was committed to the
Tower by Parliament and in 1646 imprisoned in the King's Bench. He
translated _Entertainments for Lent_ from the French. He was not
a brother of Christopher and Samuel. The identification is only a
conjecture. The tenor of the poem is very similar to that addressed to
Mr. S. B.
PAGE =213=, l. 18. _widowhed. _ _W_ here clearly gives us the form
which Donne used. The rhyme requires it and the poet has used it
elsewhere:
And call chast widowhead Virginitie.
_The Litanie_, xii. 108.
ll. 19-22.
