biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (?–c.1523)
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| biography:
| English poet, about whose early life very little is known, except that he was attached to the court from 1502 as groom of the chamber to Henry VII. His chief work is the allegory, ‘The Passetyme of Pleasure’ (1509), dedicated to the king. He also wrote ‘The Example of Virtue’ (1504), an allegory of life spent in the pursuit of purity. |
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