Copy of letter from George Chapman to James I, King of England, 1605? [manuscript], before 1642?

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Copy of letter from George Chapman to James I, King of England, 1605? [manuscript], before 1642?

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/427385145

Concerning the King's displeasure with Chapman and Ben Jonson for "two clauses", [probably in "Eastward Hoe", for which the two men were imprisoned.]

Leaf 88.

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James I, King of England, 1566-1625

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James VI was born in Edinburgh Castle in 1566, the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her second husband, Lord Darnley. As Mary was forced to abdicate shortly after his birth, he acceded to the Scottish throne as an infant and was brought up to be distanced from his mother. He was learned, taught by some of the best tutors available in the Scottish Humanist school, but also deeply superstitious, secretive and something of a misanthropist. He married Anne of Denmark in 1590, though ...

Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637

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Chapman, George, 1559?-1634

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Epithet: LLD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001303.0x00013f Epithet: Poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001303.0x000141 The Lord Chamberlain in 1605 was the Earl of Suffolk. From the description of Copy of letter from George Chapman to the Lord Chamberlain, 1605? [manuscript], ca. 1615. (Folger Shakespeare Libra...