_Seager a Painter.--Marlow's Autograph._--In a MS., which has
lately been placed in my hands, containing a copy of Henry Howard's
translation of the last instructions given by the Emperor Charles V.
to his son Philip, transcribed by Paul Thompson about the end of the
sixteenth century, are prefixed some poems in a different handwriting.
The first of these is an eclogue, entitled _Amor Constans_, in which
the dialogue is carried on by "Dickye" and "Bonnybootes," and begins
thus:--"For shame, man, wilt thou never leave this sorrowe?" At the
end is the signature, "Infortunatus, Ch.M." Following this eclogue
are sixteen sonnets, signed also "Ch.M.;" in two of which the author
alludes to a portrait painter named _Seager_. One of these sonnets
commences thus:--
"Whilest thou in breathinge cullers, crimson white,
Drewst these bright eyes, whose language sayth to me.
Loe! the right waye to heaven; Love stoode by the(e),
_Seager!_ fayne to be drawne in cullers brighte," &c.
I should be glad to receive any information respecting this painter:
as also any hints as to the name of the poet Ch. M. May I add, also,
another Query? Is any authentic writing or signature of _Christopher
Marlow_ known to exist?