Excerpt from The Countess of Pembroke's ArcadiaChamberlain to the King. In lineal descent from him was William Sidney, who commanded the right wing of the army victorious at Flodden. He died in leaving a son, Henry, who was the father of Philip by Lady Mary Dudley. Henry Sidney, 'a man of comeliness of person, gallantness and liveliness of spirit, virtue, quality, beauty and good composition of body, the only odd man and paragon of the was, in company wittilliam Oecil, afterwards Lord Burghley. He was in great favour with the court and in July, I 553, King Edward VI. Died at.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.