ABSTRACT
Lodowick Bryskett (flor. 1571-1611) was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. It was probably first in Ireland that he met Spenser. Both knew Sidney however, who may have established contact between them. Bryskett's testimony is especially valuable, for Spenser was active in composing the Faerie Queene during the time of their friendship, and it is to Bryskett that Spenser makes his apology in Amoretti 33 for the delayed progress of the poem. Bryskett is also a contributor to Spenser's collection of elegies on Sidney published along with Colin Clout under the title Astrophel (1595). The Discourse is an adaptation of Giraldi, and is cast in the form of a dialogue.
