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Excerpt from Illustrations of Early English Poetry, Vol. 2
It is to be borne in mind, however, that Churchyard had the merit of being a very early admirer of Chaucer, whom he men tions; and one or two of the best productions in our present volume are creditable imitations of the Father of English Poetry. Churchyard was a soldier, not a scholar, and for this reason, probably, we are not much troubled in his works with tedious classical allusions. We might have entertained a higher opinion of him, if he had not adopted, almost from the first, a peculiar spelling, often annoying to modern eyes, and rather indicating (like the wearing of a peculiar hat or coat in our own day) the absence of more important claims to notice.
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