Author: Aston Cokain

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Published: 2015-06-30

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9781330506295

Excerpt from The Dramatic Works of Sir Aston Cokain: With Prefatory Memoir, Introductions, and Notes Langbaine, in giving an account of Sir Aston Cokain, says that he was "a gentleman who, in the reign of King Charles the Second, lived at his seat at Ashbourne, a market-town in Derbyshire, situate between the river Dove and Compton. He was of an ancient family, as Mr. Cambden observes in the entrance of his description of Derbyshire; nay, further, Sir John Cokain of Rushton, our author's kinsman, and cousin-german to the Lord O'Brien Cokain, Viscount Cullen, in Ireland, had an ancient evidence to prove that Sir - Cokain, their predecessor, was anciently allied to King William the Conqueror, and in those days lived at Hemmingham Castle, in Essex. But whether our author fetcht his pedigree from so ancient a stock or no, certain it is that he was well descended, and had a liberal education bestowed on him, being in his youth bred in Trinity College, Cambridge, and when he was about four-and-twenty years of age he was sent to make a journey through France and Italy, which he completed in a twelvemonth's space, anno 1632, an account of which he has writ to his son. He was very much addicted to books and the study of poetry, spending much of his time in the Muses' company. Amongst his other poetical productions he has written three plays and a masque, which are in print." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.