William Sampson (playwright)
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William Sampson was an English dramatist and poet.
Bateman's Tragedy: or, the Perjur'd Bride justly rewarded
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, was an English courtier and supporter of the arts. He was a renowned horse breeder, as well as being patron of the playwright Ben Jonson and the int
William Sampson (playwright)
…being true Epitomes of Honorable, Noble, Learned, and Hospitable Personages (London, printed by John Norton, 1636). The opening lines are addressed to William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle. There follow a prose dedication to Christian, Dowager Countess of Devon, and one in verse to Charles, son of the Earl of Newcastle. The poems—all in…
Portrait by William Larkin, c. 1610