 Mary Beaton, Lady Boyne the former companion of Mary, Queen of Scots, and "E. D.", probably Elizabeth Douglas, wife of Samuel Cockburn of Temple-Hall, contributed sonnets in praise of the author.Fowler dedicated a translation from Ariosto to Mary Beaton, who was a member of his literary circle.He wrote an epitaph for Elizabeth Douglas, Samuel Cockburn's wife, who died in 1594.