Edmund Waller and the Duke of Monmouth
This post originally appeared on line in the blog A Burnt Ship in 2019. Does not necessarily reflect my current opinion about the Monmouth Rebellion James Duke of Monmouth portrayed in poetry Part I ' On the Duke of Monmouth's Expedition Into Scotland In The Summer Solstice 1679' by Edmund Waller ' James Duke of Monmouth in Garter Robes' by Sir Peter Lely, courtesy of pinterest.co.uk Edmund Waller was born in 1606, educated at Eton and Kings College Cambridge, and presented at the Court of King James when he was 18.He became an MP by 1624, and leaned more towards the Parliamentarian side during the disputes of Charles I reign. However once war broke out in 1642, Waller was in favour o...