David Gwyn (''fl''. 1588) was an
English poet.
He suffered a long and cruel imprisonment in
Spain (''Calender of State Papers'', Dom. 1581–90, p. 220). Upon regaining his liberty, he published a poetical narrative of his sufferings, entitled ''Certaine English Verses penned by David Gwyn, who for the space of elueven Yeares and ten Moneths was in most grieuous Servitude in the Gallies, vnder the King of Spaine'', London, 1588. In this tract, consisting of eleven pages, are three poems presented by the author to
Queen Elizabeth
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Queens regnant
* Elizabeth I (1533–1603; ), Queen of England and Ireland
* Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022 ...
in
St James's Park on Sunday, 18 August 1588 (Arber, ''Stationers' Registers'', ii. 232). Only one copy is at present known; it fetched 20''l''. 15s. at the sale of Thomas Jolley's library in 1843–1844.
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16th-century English poets