...Jonson expressed his admiration of Camden in the following words: Camden, most reverend head . . . to whom my country owes The great renown and name wherewith she goes. And Peacham, referring to Sir Robert Cotton, declared that "not only Britain, but Europe herself is...

...in the poems he addressed to them. For Camden he wrote that heartfelt and generous tribute: 'Camden, most reverend head, to whom I owe,/ All that I am in arts, all that I know...'. "' Jonson's play Cynthia's Revels, a satire on the Elizabethan court published in 1601, the year of...

...parison) in celebratory poems, like his panegyric to William Camden, his teacher at Westminster: 'Camden, most reverend head, to whom I owe / All that I am in arts, all that I know' (Epigrams 14). Camden was famous for his work on British history, and Jonson celebrates his learning...

...(epigram 128) and his tribute to William Camden, the great scholar and Jonson's old teacher, as the one "to whom I owe / All that I am in arts, all that I know" (epigram 14). The Epigrams are thus not only a collection of satirical portraits (eg, "On Court- Worm,"...

...studied under the tutelage of William Camden, 'to whom', as Jonson was later to say in an epigram, 'I owe | All, that I am in arts, all that I know'. In Jonson's case, 'all that I know' consisted of learning so prodigious that in English letters it...

...never forgot what he owed his scholarly mentor and remembered him gratefully in his poetry as "Camden, most reverend head, to whom I owe / All that I am in arts, all that I know" (Epig. 14.1-2). To be sure, the education that the poet received at Westminster, though very solid,...

...two: that doubly am got free, From my disease's danger, and from thee. XIV To William Camden Camden, most reverend head, to whom I owe All that I am in...grave, More high, more holy, that she more would crave. What name, what skill, what faith hast thou in things! What sight in searching the most antique springs!...

...his like. What hope then had Ben, educated at Westminster under the tutelage of William Camden, . . . most reverend head, to whom I owe All that I am in arts, all that I know, (viii, 31) determined to model his plays on classical precept, The lawes of time, place, persons, he...