Identifier: illustratedbiogr00sava (find matches)
Title: Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Savage, Charles C., 1820-1907
Subjects: Biography
Publisher: Buffalo, Phinney & Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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arl of Oxford soon after this, which led to his withdrawinghimself from the court for a considerable period, burying himself m solitud®at Wilton, the seat of his brother-in-law the earl of Pembroke, whe-ftj he wrotehis famous Arcadia. In 1581, the duke of Anjou having arrived m England,in order to prosecute, as he hoped, his suit more effectually, Sidney returned tothe sunshine of royal favor, and in the jousts and tournaments mat took placein honor of the distinguished guests, greatly distinguished himself. In 1583hev was knightedr on the occasion of his being invested with the Order of theGarter as proxy for the prince palatine of the Rhine, John Casimir. About thesame period he married a daughter of Sir Thomas Walsingham, which did notadd much to his domestic happiness. He had1 been early betrothed to LadyPenolope Devereux, daughter of the earl of Essex, and although the affair wasbroken off in* some mysterious way, yet he aontinued througjl hi? lif® foadly SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. 147
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Portrait of Sir Philip Sidney, 148 SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. attached to her. Many of his poems are addressed to her under feigned names.In 1585, seduced by the marvellous accounts of Frobisher and other voyagers,he planned an expedition against the Spaniards in South America, in conjunc-tion with Drake. He won over to his views thirty gentlemen of great bloodand state. The matter was managed with the greatest secrecy, to prevent anyinterference on the part of the queen, and he had reached Plymouth in orderto embark, when the regal mandate reached him, forbidding his departure onpain of her great displeasure, while obedience to her command should be fol-lowed by immediate employment under his uncle, the earl of Leicester. An extraordinary proof of Elizabeths personal regard for him was exhibitedin the matter of his proposed election to the sovereignty of Poland. He was,it is said, proposed by the states, and had the queen of England favored hiscause, would in all probability have been chosen

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