Note 12 — BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR.

Tusser is generally supposed to have addressed Sir Richard Southwell as "Thou worthy wight, thou famous knight," but it is clear that Sir Robert Southwell is intended, for in 1573 Tusser alludes to Southwell's death as having occurred some years before, but Sir Richard Southwell did not die till 1579, while Sir Robert died twenty years previously.—Cooper, Ath. Cant.