The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted.

1569) and his wife Jane Burgh (or Brough) of Burgh Hall in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Twenty friends :hat though they saye they will be sure I finde them sure to be slowe. After 1590 his works steadily declined in influence and reputation; he died poor and neglected in the early part of James I's reign.

John Lyly (Lilly or Lylie; c. Lyly's literary style originating in his first books is known as euphuism.