The whole works of William Browne, of Tavistock, and of the Inner Temple; . d in the great local diftemper, occafioned,it is fuppofed, by the crowded ftate of the town during the prefence of Crom-wells troops, who was interred there in December, 1645, and who is probablythe perfon meant by Wood, had a wife named Ann, who died two years does not correfpond with Harl. MS., 6164, where the poets wife is faid tohave been named Tymothy. Memoir of Willi am Browne. xxxix many men whofe works are a glory to the literature of England,has been tranfmitted to us. It is the moft natural fuppof
The whole works of William Browne, of Tavistock, and of the Inner Temple; . d in the great local diftemper, occafioned,it is fuppofed, by the crowded ftate of the town during the prefence of Crom-wells troops, who was interred there in December, 1645, and who is probablythe perfon meant by Wood, had a wife named Ann, who died two years does not correfpond with Harl. MS., 6164, where the poets wife is faid tohave been named Tymothy. Memoir of Willi am Browne. xxxix many men whofe works are a glory to the literature of England,has been tranfmitted to us. It is the moft natural fuppofitionthat Browne, fuller of fame than years, would return to theplace of his nativity to draw his laft breath, and to lie amonghis anceftors. But it feems to be^ fufpicious that the entry atTaviftock is unaccompanied by any indication that the perfoninterred there on the 27th March, 1643, ^^^ of gentle birth. Wood fays that Browne had a great mind in a little body;but no portrait of the poet, by which we might gain a more vivididea of his appearance, is known to B R I T A N N I as PASTORALS. Ihe firfl Booke, Ho R AT. Carmine Di] fuperi placantiir^ carmineManes.
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