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tically be said that the English drama and the 

 world's greatest dramatist were born simulta- 

 neously. Sackville is remembered by another 

 work of more interesting character, the finest parts 

 of " The Mirror of Magistrates," a collection of 

 poems, which, according to J. A. Symonds, "has 

 justly been said to connect the work of Lydgate 

 with the work of Spenser." 



Besides playing such an important part in letters, 

 Sackville's life is bound up in the history of his 

 day. Wild and extravagant in his youth, Elizabeth 

 severely reproved him and declared "she would 

 not know him till he knew himself." When he 

 gained this knowledge and deserted pleasures and 

 poetry for politics, the Queen extended to him 

 her royal favour and he was rapidly promoted. 



At Lord Burleigh's death, Sackville was made 

 Lord High Treasurer, and created Lord Buck- 

 hurst, later by James I. Earl of Dorset. He 

 restored and greatly added to Knole. The 

 beautifully worked lead water-spouts bear his 

 initials and the dates 1605 and 1607. To such 

 an extent did he impress the Jacobean style on 

 the old house that it is often forgotten that the 

 oldest part dates back to Roger Bigod ; but it 

 is chiefly Tudor, the Archbishops Bourchier and 

 Morton having added to and restored it during 

 that period. The house at this time, with all 

 its stables, outhouses, and buildings, is said to 



