The following letter by Edward de Vere was prefixed to Thomas Bedingfield’s translation of Cardanus Comfort, published in 1573. The book has been referred to
The Earl of Oxford to the Reader of Bedingfield’s Cardanus’ Comfort. The labouring man that tills the fertile soil, And reaps the harvest fruit, hath
Faction that ever dwells In court, where wit excels. Hath set defiance: Fortune and Love have sworn, That they were never born Of one alliance.
Come hither, shepherd swain! Sir, what do you require? I pray thee show to me thy name; My name is Fond Desire. When wert thou
What is Desire, which doth approve, To set on fire each gentle heart ? A fancy strange, or God of Love, Whose pining sweet delight
The lively lark stretched forth her wing The messenger of Morning bright; And with her cheerful voice did sing The Day’s approach, discharging Night; When
What cunning can express The favour of her face ? To whom in this distress, I do appeal for grace. A thousand Cupids fly About
Who taught thee first to sigh, alas, my heart ? Who taught thy tongue the woeful words of plaint ? Who filled your eyes with
Sitting alone upon my thought in melancholy mood, In sight of sea, and at my back an ancient hoary wood, I saw a fair young
By Ramon Jiménez The Tragedy of Richard II, Part One: a newly authenticated play by William Shakespeare Edited, introduced and with variorum notes by Michael
By Ramon Jiménez The Truth Will Out: Unmasking the Real Shakespeare by Brenda James and William D. Rubinstein. Harlow, England: Longman, 2005. (360 pages) Hard
A Flawed Life of Oxford by Joseph Sobran Alan H. Nelson, Monstrous Adversary: The Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (Liverpool University Press, 2003).
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