A failed painter, this steward of Ludlow castle, eventually attracted the attention of George Villiers and collaborated with him on The Rehearsal. His own earlier works include the Cynarctomachy, or "Battle between Bears and Dogs," and a satire on Sir Paul Neale of the Royal
A failed painter, this steward of Ludlow castle, eventually attracted the attention of George Villiers and collaborated with him on The Rehearsal. His own earlier works include the Cynarctomachy, or "Battle between Bears and Dogs," and a satire on Sir Paul Neale of the Royal Observatory called The Elephant in the Moon. His most famous work, written in cumbersome octosyllabic meter, features characters like Sidrophel a charlatan astrologer and the bumbling squire Ralpho. For ten points, identify this author best known for his mock epic about a grotesque Presbyterian knight called Hudibras.
A failed painter, this steward of Ludlow castle, eventually attracted the attention of George Villiers and collaborated with him on The Rehearsal.
Samuel {Butler}