Excerpt from Tasso's 'Godfrey of Bulloigne, ' (Five Cantos): Translated Ask you the end of this contest? They neither had the better, both the best. (p. X.) In 1570 he removed to the Inner Temple. AS before at the University, SO in town, he resumed 'acquaintance' with William Camden - who later lauded his Survay, ' and in deed enforced its publication - Spelman, and others. He was resident three years in the Temple. He then pro ceeded abroad - probably in the service of his country over and above the usual 'tour.' In 1577, he married Juliana Arundel, a Cotsworth. He was J. P. In 1581 and Sheriff in 1586 and King's Deputy for the Militia.' In 1598 he be came a member of the precursor Of our present illustrious Society of Antiquaries. Altogether - and judging from the engraved portrait in Lord de Dunstanville's edition of the Survay' (as before) - he seems to have been a capital specimen of the fine old English gentlemen somewhat pedantic, and, as already noted, over-stately, but cultured, bookish, patriotic. He won the proud praise of Sir Henry Spelman (in Epistle before his 'tithes and - as seen - Of Camden. His Survay was dedicated in a fine Epistle to his great 'kinsman' raleigh. He died 6th November, 1620. In Camdeni Epz'stola (p. 106) appears a memorial-inscription for him. A noble 'tomb' was erected over his dust. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.