Three of the four dedications involve members of the Gonzaga family, two of whom lived in Rome, the third one residing at the court in Mantua. |
Little is known of Drayton's personal life, though dedications and epistles reveal his circle to have included such friends as Stow, Camden, Jonson, and W. Drummond. |
His rather obscure politics have always attracted less attention than his writings, which apart from a few of his letters and dedications, are all in verse. |
Not for centuries, we were told, have so many temple dedications and rededications been performed. |
Katherine was also the member of at least two religious fraternities that had dedications to St Katherine. |
As I started work, it was moving to read some of the dedications, from many whose mothers or best friends had succumbed to breast, or other, cancers. |