Astrophel Stella Wherein the Excellence of Sweet Poesy Is Concluded (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Astrophel Stella: Wherein the Excellence of Sweet Poesy Is Concluded On the morning of Thursday, September 22, 1586, a body of two hundred English horsemen, with Sir Philip Sidney at their head, advanced, in the midst of a thick mist, to attack a Spanish convoy on its way to the town of Zutphen. As Sidney left the camp he had met its Marshal, Sir William Pelham, clad only in light armour, and, with the emulation of a knight-errant had thrown aside his own cuisses, that he might be no better protected. Now the fog lifted, and the little force found itself under the very walls of Zutphen, and confronted by the enemy's cavalry, a thousand strong. Twice the English charged, and only retreated after hard fighting, during which Sidney's horse was killed under him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.