Calhovn's Miscellanie Vol 1 | Page 72

Greta Pint:

Note on “For whan the kinge…”

- The speaker in the poem is King Richard II.

Note on “What wee had thus confest…”

- The speaker in the poem is Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cambridge.

Note on “Wherfore good Baldwin…”

- The speaker in the poem is Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland.

Violet:

Kevin Guhl:

Poem #2: The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia

Mary Sidney was one of the first woman poets in England at this time that still has her work widely circulated and recognized today. She was the sister to Philip Sidney, who published this particular work. She married Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke to gain her well known title “Countess of Pembroke” as well as gain the influence she had on poetry in England alongside male poets. This piece is also included in many of Philip Sidney's other works, as they were brother and sister. As this book was initially published by Philip Sidney, the entire text is usually attributed to Philip as opposed to Mary.

Rue:

Christian Parish:

Sonnet LI by Samuel Daniel

-The first line of this poem is a translation from Philippe Desportes' Hippolyte: Sommeil, paisible fils de la Nuit solitaire.

Samantha Brecht:

For: An Epigram on a Painted Lady with ill Teeth

- Edmund Waller characteristically employed Lyce, one of the classical sounding sobriquets, when referring to real persons in his poems.

Devon Waugh:

Poem 1: How eche thing save the lover in spring reviveth to pleasure

Note: The poem is based on Surrey’s imprisonment at Windsor in 1532 for striking a courtier.

Nalee Xiong:

2nd poem:

Written by Lady Mary Wroth, this exerpt is from her play, “Love’s Victory”

ii) The 1988 printed version in Special Collections states that the play is compiled from an earlier and incomplete holograph version. Huntington Library in California (HM 600). This is the only English Renaissance play in 5 acts for which both Penultimate and a final holograph have survived.

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