ABSTRACT
This chapter considers those texts in the Hawthornden manuscripts that are connected to James’s and with Henry, revealing that William Fowler’s activities as an ephemeral poet were not limited to the court of his main employer, Queen Anna. After this, this chapter takes into account international relations as portrayed by the Hawthornden manuscripts, with several examples of anagrams for foreign ambassadors. The material examined here offers examples of ephemeral poetry being used to strengthen political bonds, and extends the map of Fowler’s patronage and personal networks to include international relation he may have met in the course of the years he spent in the service of the court in London.
