 Fowler was part of a literary circle around King James which has become known as the "Castalian Band" and included Alexander Montgomerie, John Stewart of Baldynneis, Alexander Hume, Thomas and Robert Hudson, and James VI himself.In 1591 Fowler contributed a prefatory sonnet "To the Only Royal Poet" to James VI's poem the "Furies", printed in "His Majesties Poeticall Exercises"; while James, in return, commended, in verse, Fowler's "Triumphs of Petrarke".Fowler dedicated his "Triumphs" to Jean Fleming, wife of the Chancellor, John Maitland of Thirlestane.