artless simplicity which is the genuine mark of feeling; and too
stiff, and negligent of harmony for a His letters to John Poynes and
Sir Francis Bryan deserve more notice, they argue him a man of great
sense and honour, a critical observer of manners and well-qualified
for an elegant and genteel satirist. These letters contain
observations on the Courtier's Life, and I shall quote a few lines as
a specimen, by which it will be seen how much he falls short of
his noble cotemporary, lord Surry, and is above those writers that
preceded him in versification.

The COURTIERS LIFE.

In court to serve decked with fresh araye,
Of sugared meats seling the sweet repast,
The life in blankets, and sundry kinds of playe,
Amidst the press the worldly looks to waste,
Hath with it joyned oft such bitter taste,
That whoso joys such kind of life to holde,
In prison joys, fetter'd with chains of golde.

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THOMAS SACKVILLE, Earl DORSET

Was son of Richard Sackville and Winifrede, daughter of Sir John
Bruges, Lord of London.[1] He was born at Buckhurst in the parish of
Withiam in Suffex, and from his childhood was distinguished for wit
and manly behaviour: He was first of the University of Oxford, but
taking no degree there, he went to Cambridge, and commenced master of