Excerpt from The Scholemaster: Written Between 1563-8, Posthumously Published These three instances may suffice to show the close connection between their study of the ancierit Literature and their care over their native speech. Some of these Classical Students were the best Prose Writers of their time: just as the best Poets then, were those who drew their inspiration from Italy. The two literary influences prepared a way. By creating a favourable literary atmosphere, for our Master Writers in Elizabeth's reign, Spenser and Shake speare; Bacon and Hooker. 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.