Who is Richard Edwardes

Richard Edwardes (also Edwards, 25 March 1525 – 31 October 1566) was an English poet, playwright, and composer; he was made a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and was master of the singing boys. He was known for his comedies and interludes. He was also rumoured to be an illegitimate son of Henry VIII.

Life

Richard Edwardes was born in 1525 in Somerset. Some of Edwardes' descendants have claimed that his mother was a mistress of Henry VIII and that Richard was Henry's son, although there has been no evidence to prove this theory. Descendants observe that it was unusual for someone from such a poor family to get an Oxford education, however author Kelly Hart observes that there are many possible explanations for this.Edwardes began his studies at Corpus Christi Colle...
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Richard Edwardes Poems

• Amantium Irae
  In going to my naked bed as one that would have slept,
  I heard a wife sing to her child, that long before had wept;
  She sighèd sore and sang full sweet, to bring the babe to rest,
  That would not cease but crièd still, in sucking at her breast....

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Comments about Richard Edwardes

• Ugelenkhuu: richard edwardes “this world was like a stage, whereon many play their parts.” w. shakespeare “all the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. they have their exits and their entrances.”
• Artukovicjosip: in the late 40s, young richard avedon and dior's revolutionary clothing lines defined fashion and style for everything that came after. oppose to artificial static pictures of the previous era, avedon introduced movement and freedom depicting the outfits as part of everyday life.
• Thecalicodavis: i have decided that back in the 1590s all the teens were spouting shakespeare memes while the old folks grumbled about how no one appreciates richard edwardes anymore.
• Plastic_bio: pythagoras said that this world was like a stage, whereon many play their parts; the lookers-on, the sage philosophers are, saith he, whose part is to learn the manners of all nations, and the good from the bad to discern. - richard edwardes
• Wondercompass: “when may is in his prime, then may each heart rejoice; when may bedecks each branch with green, each bird strains forth his voice." - richard edwardes

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