What holy Grave, what worthy Sepulcher,
To Wiat's Psalms shall Christians purchase then?
And afterward, upon his death, the said Earl writeth thus:
What Vertues rare were temper'd in thy brest?
Honour that England such a Jewel bred,
And kiss the ground whereas thy Corps did rest, &c.
This worthy Knight being sent Ambassador by King Henry the Eighth to Charles the Fifth Emperor, then residing in Spain, died of the Pestilence in the West Country, before he could take Shipping, Anno 1541.
Dr. CHRISTOPHER TYE.
In the writing this Doctors Life, we shall principally make use for Directions of Mr. Fuller, in his England's Worthies, fol. 244. He flourished (saith he) in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, and King Edward the Sixth, to whom he was one of the Gentlemen of their Chappel, and probably the Organist. Musick, which received a grievous wound in England at the dissolution of Abbeys, was much beholding to him for her recovery; such was his excellent Skill and Piety, that he kept it up in Credit at Court, and in all Cathedrals during his life: He translated the Acts of the Apostles into Verse, and let us take a tast his Poetry.