Robert Carliell
Robert Carliell or Carleill (died c. 1622) was an English didactic poet. A Londoner and a leather seller, he is remembered mainly for a defence in verse of the newly established Church of England.
Polemic
Carliell is remembered mainly for his verse defence of the new Church of England and diatribe against the
This didactic poem of 42 six-line stanzas was first published in 1619 by G. Eld and M. Flesher of London.[1] It was accompanied by a prose exposition, which likens Roman Catholics and Protestant schismatics to tobacco, for "so doth their profession and their faith in their Religion make their soules black, and cause filthy blasphemies to come out of their mouthes."[2]
Identity
The poet is thought to have been the same as Robert Carleill, who was a citizen of London and a leather seller, and who left a legacy to an estranged son Robert, in a will dated 9 October 1622. His wife's name was Frances and he had owned property in Bell Alley, off Coleman Street, in the parish of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate.[3]
References
- Sir Paul Harvey, rev. Dorothy Eagle. (Oxford: OUP, [1967] 1984).
- ^ Page 9, quoted in ODNB entry by Sidney Lee, rev. Reavley Gair. Retrieved 27 May 2017. Pay-walled.
- ^ ODNB entry.