ABSTRACT
Ben Jonson (1573 ?-1637) attended Westminster School under Camden, and probably did not proceed to either University. From Camden however he took his scholarly bent and was later reputed one of the best classicists of his age. In a different sense of the word, he is a severe classicist, and Spenser does not escape his censure. I have included in this section remarks made by Jonson and reported by Drummond. See also No. 148.
