In early 1599 Alexander Hume
dedicated to EM
his Hymnes, or Sacred Songs, Wherein the Right Use of Poesy May be Espied. He calls her a tender youth, sad, solitare [though he knew she...
Literary responses
Elizabeth Melvill
The minister Alexander Hume
offered praise in print of EM
's compositiones so copious, so pregnant, so spirituall, which he felt sure she owed to the gift of God.
Hume dated his dedication 16 February...
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Texts
Hume, Alexander. Hymnes, or Sacred Songs, Wherein the Right Use of Poesy May be Espied. Robert Waldegrave, 1599.
