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was already known by his poems, and that the MSS. of some of the 

 poems are in the Library of Christ Church in Oxford.^ 



On returning to Oxford, through the kindness of Canon Cooke, 

 I was given the earUest possible opportunity of examining the two 

 volumes known as Christ Church MSS. 183 and 184 and Professor 

 Brown's notes thereon, and then learnt, what has been known to 

 Shakespearean scholars for some years, that Shakespeare, Marston, 

 Chapman, Jonson, and ' Ignoto ' contributed ' Diverse Poeticall 

 Essaies' on the subject of the Phoenix and Turtle, as a supplement 

 to a poem by Robert Chester entitled Loves Martyr, and that the 

 whole collection was dedicated to Sir John Salusbury of Lleweni. 



The personal association of Salusbury with the great Eliza- 

 bethans is also -shown by the presence of a poem written in 

 Jonson's own hand among the Salusbury MSS. at Christ Church, 

 and by the lines in which Robert Chester welcomed his patron 

 home from London, where 



The swanns that laue their blacke feet in the streames, 



Have in their sweetnes sang you golden theames : 



Court-bevvtefying Poets in their verse, 



Homerian like sweete stanzoes did rehearse. 



Robert Chester may well have been a member of the Salusbury 

 household, who knew Lleweni and his patron's love of flowers. 

 Indeed, in his VVynter garland of Sommer fflowers made in manner 

 of A Neiveyeares gyfte to the Right Worshipfidl John Salusbury 

 Esq^ of the body to the Qucenes most exclcnt Maiestye, ijgS,^ he 

 may have drawn inspiration from plants actually growing at 

 Lleweni. He mentions twenty-seven in thirteen stanzas of his 



poem. 



Jelliflower. Venus Looking glasse. 



Daphadill. Hyacinthus. 



Organy. Strawbery. 



Orice. Angellica. 



Honysuckle. Basill. 



Rose. Lauender. 



Ladies Nauel. Virgins bower. 



Oleander. Sweet Marierome. 



Stickadouc. Rosemarye. 



Touchnienot. Arkeangell. 



Agnus Castus. Ladies smock. 



Hartsease. Youthwort. 



Ladies Scale. Lady lacies. 

 Yooke Elme. 



A selection of Sir John Salusbury 's own poems was printed in 



1597 in a small volume dedicated to him by Robert Parry, gent., 



^ Carleton Brown, Poems by Sir John Salusbury and Robert Chester. Bryn 

 Mawr College Monographs xiv, Pennsylvania, 191 3. 

 « MS. 184, f. 45 a. 



