Dear Andy,
How do we know that Robert Sidney was Piers and John Dowland
was Cuddie? Robert Sidney had some poems in his day book but
is there any evidence that he actually wrote those poems?
And why do you suggest that Cuddye is Dyer?
Peter Zenner
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From: Andy Green <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: 12 October 2000 13:41
Subject: RE: Spenser author of SC?
> Peter wrote:
>
> > At the time of 'The Shephearde's Calendar', Spenser and Harvey
> > were grown men. Would Spenser have taken gifts from Harvey and
> > given them to his girl-friend? No -- but a fourteen year old boy might
> > have taken gifts from a 24 year old Sidney and done just that. And
> > don't forget that word 'pederastie'....
>
> I think that some fourteen year olds, if not all, were far more mature then
> than they are now. Two others, whose later lives were entwined in a way,
> were Robert Sidney and John Dowland (Piers and Cuddie) - both at
> Christchurch at the time. RS was a leaden poet in a golden age, but JD was
> of the purest gold. Might I also suggest that Cuddye is Dyer.
>
> Is not SC the manifesto of an English "Pleiade"?
>
> Andy
>
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