Richard Lovelace (1618 - 1657) Englishpoet and nobleman. He was imprisoned briefly in
1642 for supporting the Royalists[?] during the time of Oliver Cromwell.
While in prison, Lovelace wrote the words for which he is perhaps most famous:
... and
meditations, letters, sermons, a life of Saint Lydewigis[?],
a Christian woman who remained steadfast under
a great stress of afflictions, and biographies of
Groote, ...