A Memoir of Sir Philip Sidney (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from A Memoir of Sir Philip Sidney

Among the common praises of Sir Philip Sidney were interspersed stray records of fact by many of the friends who survived him. One, probably Edmund Molineux, writing his contribution to Hollinshed's Chronicles, when intelligence of the hero's death arrived, turned aside to recal a few prominent events in his life. Another, Thomas Lant, proud to call himself "a servant to the said honourable knight," desiring to transform into a lasting honour the pageant of a day, spent a year in preparing an elaborate pictorial account of The Procession at the Obsequies of Sir Philip Sidney, Knight. Of his work a copy - I believe, unique - is lodged in the Library of the British Museum. Contemporary with it, but lost to us, was Sidney, or Baripenthes; briefly shadowing out the rare and never-ending Lauds of that most Honourable and Praiseworthy Sir Philip Sidney, Knight (London, 1586, 4to), by Sir William Herbert. That is not the only missing biography.

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.