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Peter Farey wrote:

The [following] inscription appears in ST. PAUL's Cathedral,
on the tomb of Sir Francis Walsingham, which the poem
itself (as an acrostic) in fact tells us.

S hall Honor, Fame and Titles of Renowne
I n Clods of Clay be thus inclosed still?
R ather will I, though wiser Wits may frown,

F or to inlarge his Fame, extend my Skill.
R ight gentle Reader, be it known to thee
A famous Knight doth here interred lie,
N oble by Birth, renowned by Policie,
C onfounding Foes which wrought our Jeopardie.
I foreign Countries their intents he knew;
S uch was his Zeale to do his Country Good,

W hen Dangers would by Enemies ensue
A s well as they themselves he understood.
L aunch forth, ye Muses, into Streams of Praise,
S ing and sound forth praiseworthy Harmony:
I n England, Death cut off his dismal Days,
N ot wronged by Death, but by false Treachery.
G rudge not at this unperfect Epitaph,
H erein I have exprest my simple Skill,
A s the first Fruits proceeding from a graffe;
M ake them a better whosoever WILL. ---------------------------------------------------------------
April 6

1590 Francis Walsingham, English secretary of state, dies ----------------------------------------------------------------
648 -BC- Earliest total solar eclipse; chronicled by Greeks
6 -BC- Historical birth of Jesus Christ?
610 night the Koran descended to Earth [Monday before Palm S.]
1199 Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies
1327 Petrarch first sets eyes on Laura [Monday after Palm S.]
1348 Italian poet Petrarch's Laura, dies of plagu1483 Italian Raphael, [Raffaello Sanzio], born/christened?
1520 Italian Raphael, dies on his 37th birthday [Good Friday]
1528 German painter Albrecht Durer dies [Monday after Palm S.]
1580 6+ Kent earthquake badly damaged St Paul's in London

"to cassay the earthcrust at all of hours"

1584 Caravaggio apprenticed to Simone Peterzano of Milan
1584 Bridget de Vere's born. [Monday before Palm S.]
1588 Caravaggio ends apprenticeship to Simone Peterzano

1614 El Greco (Domeniko Theotokopoulos) dies
1722 Adm. Roggeveen discovers EASTER ISLAND on day before EASTER
1789 GEORGE WASHINGTON elected President [Monday after Palm S.]
1830 Mormons Founders Day
1843 Wordsworth as Poet Laureate
1874 Harry Houdini born [Monday after EASTER] --------------------------------------------------------------
April 6, 1327, Petrarch first sets eyes on Laura
April 6, 1348, Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague

April 6, 1483, RAPHAEL born/christened?
April 6, 1520, RAPHAEL dies on his 37th birthday.

April 6, 1528, DURER dies in Nürnberg

April 6, 1584, CARAVAGGIO apprenticed to painter Simone Peterzano
April 6, 1584, BRIDGET VERE is born.
April 6, 1588, CARAVAGGIO ends apprenticeship to Peterzano -------------------------------------------------------------
Measure for Measure Act 3, Scene 2

LUCIO: Does BRIDGET paint still, Pompey, ha? ------------------------------------------------------------
April 7, 1614, EL GRECO dies. -----------------------------------------------------------
Art Neuendorffer

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