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Sir Henry Wotton
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The Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton
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Sir Henry Wotton
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The Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton, Vol. 1 of 2 Among the contemporaries of Shakespeare an interesting but little-known figure is that of the poet and ambassador, Sir Henry Wotton. It is still remembered that he was the author of two or three beautiful lyrics which are to be found in every anthology; that he went as ambassador to Venice, and fell into temporary disfavour owing to a witty but indiscreet definition of his office; and that afterwards he became Provost of Eton, where he was visited by the young Milton, and where he fished with Izaak Walton, who quoted his sayings. In the Compleat Angler, and wrote an exquisite portrait of his old friend. But behind' the tranqu...
