her council, Mr Powell, that Fowler might retire. Donne wrote to Henry Goodyer (1571-1627), a gentleman of the king's privy chamber, about his interest in employment in the queen's household in June 1607, fearing that Fowler's retirement might scupper his chances, but no more is known and Fowler did not retire. The rumour of retirement was perhaps connected with death of Fowler's brother in Edinburgh. His administrative work with the queen's council and household under Viscount Lisle included checking bills submitted by Robert Henlake, a maker of musical instruments who repaired a wind instrument belonging to Anne of Denmark at Hampton Court in August and September 1607. In 1609 he received a grant of 2,000 acres (8 km²) in Ulster as reward for his services to Anne of Denmark. Fowler wrote two poems to Mary Middlemore, a lady in waiting in the queen's household, one including her name, "My harte as Aetna burnes, and suffers MORE / Paines in my MIDDLE than ever MARY proved". In October 1610 he answered William Trumbull's inquiry about the Scottish Order of the Thistle, an order of knighthood of doubtful history. Fowler believed that there had been an Order, founded to honour Scots who fought for Charles VII of France. He thought it had been discontinued in the time of James V, and could say nothing of its ceremonies or regalia. He died in 1612 and was buried in St Margaret's, Westminster. His will mentions a chain of gold of jewels worth £300, and three diamond rings, presents from Anne of Denmark, which he left to his brother John Fowler. The Earl of Shrewsbury owed him £843. The will was witnessed by James Cleghorn, a waiter in the queen's household, and James Gibson, the king's bookbinder. The green tree and the anagram At Denmark House, the queen had a green palm tree with a crown and a Latin epigram in gilt letters on the queen's fruitfulness by Fowler based on his anagram of her name; "Anna Brittanorum Regina" - "In anna regnantium arbor". The anagram was printed in Henry Peacham's Minerva Brittana (London, 1612), attributed to Fowler, with an image of an olive tree bearing the initials of Henry, Charles, and Elizabeth. The verse on the tree was:Perpetuo vernans arbor regnantium in Anna,Fert fructum et frondes, germine laeta vivo. Fowler's own translation was:Freshe budding blooming trie,from ANNA faire which springs,Growe on blist birth with