The best of John Donne's poems John Donne (1572-1631) was born into a Catholic family and studied law before sailing with essex to attack cadiz in 1596. He was appointed secretary to sir Thomas Egerton, the lord Keeper (...The best of John Donne's poems John Donne (1572-1631) was born into a Catholic family and studied law before sailing with essex to attack cadiz in 1596. He was appointed secretary to sir Thomas Egerton, the lord Keeper (Later lord Chancellor), in 1598, but forfeited his worldly prospects when he secretly married ann more, Lady Egerton's niece, in 1601; he was dismissed by Egerton and briefly imprisoned.
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