He is the first of our writers whose style is cloathed with that perspicuity, in which the English phraseology appears at this day to an English read… - John Lydgate

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He is the first of our writers whose style is cloathed with that perspicuity, in which the English phraseology appears at this day to an English reader…Whether his subject be the life of a hermit or a hero, of saint Austin or Guy earl of Warwick, ludicrous or legendary, religious or romantic, a history or an allegory, he writes with facility.

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About John Lydgate

John Lydgate (c. 1370–c. 1451) was an English poet and translator. He is considered one of the leading English poets of the 15th century, and in his own day was often ranked alongside his master, Geoffrey Chaucer.

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Alternative Names: John Lydgate of Bury
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