ABSTRACT
Heralding the advent of novel attitudes, the ‘answer’ that the formidable philosopher Hobbes provided to – and first published with – Sir William Davenant’s ‘Discourse upon Gondiberť (Paris, 1650) did not specifically mention Herbert. Yet his one generalised comment about a habit shared by Herbert is symptomatic of the outlook that was adversely to affect the poet’s fortunes in the century following. See further above, p. 7.
Source: The Answer of Mr. Hobbes to Sir Will. D’Aven-an’s Preface before Gondibert; reproduced from ‘Gondi-bert’, ed. David F. Gladish (Oxford, 1971), p. 47.
