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[mra1]

Cannot get the last one for love or money - 2 down - certain elegant poems issued from his bishopric - C?R?E?T looks as if it might be CORBETT - have tried poets, bishops (factual and fictional) - Trollope to see if there was a diocese other than Barchester - am now going round the twist - can anyone come up with the soluction please?

[Baldric]

Possibly ??

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Corbet

Richard Corbett (1582 – 28 July 1635) was an English bishop in the Church of England. He was also a poet of the metaphysical school

[mra1]

Thank you Baldric - that will do me!

[TheFrogman]

Chambers Biographical Dictionary tells me that Richard Corbett's 'Certaine Elegant Poems' was published posthumously in 1647. To quote an AB observation on another Tls clue, "somewhat recherché"!

[mra1]

Wikipedia had him spelled with one T and I did not realise Chambers do a biographical dictionary - time to check the prices! Thanks a lot Frogman

[Baldric]

Wiki entry read

Richard Corbet (or Corbett)

I shortened it, sorry if it caused confusion

[TheFrogman]

Even in these web-enabled times, I reckon the Chambers Biographical Dictionary stands up as a first class reference work (I'm not on a commission, honest!) - the content is very skilfully 'distilled down'. It comes in h/b (ISBN 9780550106933) and p/b (ISBN 9780550106414) varieties...Santa's probably got the elves binding up some copies already...

[roslyn251254]

Reasonable prices at "The Book People"