Gerard Langbaine, The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets… (1698)
“ He studied first at Christ-Church, Cambridge, then at Lincolns-Inn; was Cup-bearer to the Queen of Bohemia, Secretary to Bishop Usher, and Cronologer to the City of London. He suffered Persecution by the Government then in being, for a Book called, The Loyal Convert. The Troubles of Ireland brought him to die at Home, in the Two and Fiftieth Year of his Age, Sept. 8. ”
