\[ [Another correspondent points out that W. C., the author, may probably
be _William_ Cooper the printer.] \]
_Twickenham--Did Elizabeth visit Bacon there?_ (Vol. ii., p. 408.).--
"At Twickenham Park, either in this [1592] or the following year,
through the immediate interest of his steady patron, the Earl of Essex,
Mr. Francis Bacon had the honour of entertaining Queen Elizabeth, where
he presented her with the sonnet in honour of that generous
nobleman."--Nichols's _Progresses of Queen Eliz._, 2d ed. iii. p. 190.