William Basse

William Basse (c.1583-1653/4) was an English poet. He was a follower of Edmund Spenser. He is now remembered mostly for a eulogy he wrote about Shakespeare that was published in the First Folio (1623). He was educated at Lord Williams's School, Thame.

Works

*"Great Brittaines Sunnes-set, bewailed with a shower of tears" (1613)
*"Maister Basse his Careere", or "The new Hunting of the Hare To a new Court tune" (1620)
*"The Pastorals and other Workes of W. B., Never before imprinted" Oxford, 1653. Ed. (Oxford, 1870) by J. P. Collier
*"The Poetical Works of William Basse" (1893) edited by R. Warwick Bond