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Herbert, William
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Herbert, William: see Pembroke, William Herbert, 3d earl of Pembroke, William Herbert, 3d earl of, 1580–1630, English courtier and patron of letters. Son of Mary Herbert, countess of Pembroke , and nephew of Sir Philip Sidney, he was tutored by the poet Samuel
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Wood contends that the young boy of the sonnets is William Herbert and that the dark lady of the sonnets is Emilia Bassano Lanier.
Initially, Malcolmson argues, Herbert participated in the coterie verse-making of his extended family, a family that under William Herbert, third Earl of Pembroke, led the anti-Spanish faction at the court of James I.
 
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