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On September 22, Ben Jonson is charged with manslaughter, after killing actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel.
Lancelot Andrewes turns down the bishoprics of both Ely and Salisbury.
Lope de Vega marries Juana de Guardo.
The year sees a burst of satirical writing, especially from John Marston; the excesses would lead to an official suppression in the following year.

Richard Barnfield – The Encomium of Lady Pecunia
Lope de Vega – La Arcadia
Lope de Vega – La Dragontea
Christopher Marlowe – Hero and Leander (completed by George Chapman and published after Marlowe's death)
John Marston – The Metamorphosis of Pigmalian's Image; The Scourge of Villanie