Bartholomew Griffin

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Bartholomew Griffin (fl. 1596) was an English poet. He is known for his Fidessa sequence of sonnets, published in 1596.

Works

Griffin wrote a series of 62 sonnets entitled Fidessa, more chaste than kinde, London, 1596. The dedication to William Essex of Lamborn, Berkshire is followed by an epistle to the gentlemen of the Inns of Court, from which it might be inferred that Griffin himself belonged to an Inn, but no trace of him can be found in the registers. The third sonnet in Fidessa, beginning ‘Venus and yong Adonis sitting by her,’ was reproduced in 1599 in The Passionate Pilgrime.^[1]

References

↑ Goodwin 1890.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Goodwin, Gordon (1890). "Griffin, B. (fl.1596)". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography 23. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 225.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 46633170 LCCN: nr93013775

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Name	Griffin, Bartholomew
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Short description	English poet
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Date of death	1602
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