Lady Mary Wingfield, and their friend, Lady Mary Dyer (d. 1601), wife of Sir Richard Dyer of Great Staughton. A new combined "enlarged" edition in 1610 contained a few new essays; a new edition was published in 1632. Discourses upon Seneca the Tragedian, 1601, the first book in English on the drama of Seneca the Younger. The Miraculous and Happy Union between England and Scotland, 1604. Essayes, or Rather, Encomions, 1616. Essayes of Certaine Paradoxes, 1616; one of these essays, The Encomium of Richard III received a new critical edition (Arthur Kincaid, ed.) in 1977 by Turner & Devereux (London). The earliest extant manuscript of this work, which may date from the late 16th century, was dedicated to Cornwallis's "worthey frende Mr John Donne". He also published some verse, including a verse epistle to his friend John Donne. References Sources Blyth, William. Historical Notices and Records of the Village and Parish of Fincham, in the County of Norfolk, King’s Lynn, Thew & Son, 1863 Cornwallis, Sir William. Discourses upon Seneca the Tragedian, London, 1601. Facsimile ed., introd. by Robert Hood Brown, 1952, Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints . Fakundiny, Lydia. "Cornwallis, Sir William, the Younger", Encyclopaedia of the Essay, (ed.) Chevalier, Tracy. London: Routledge, 2012 External links William Cornwallis, profile and links to essays, at Quotidiana.org Biographical article about Cornwallis in The Review of English Studies "§ 18: Sir William Cornwallis", The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21), Vol IV: Prose and Poetry, chapter XVI: London and the Development of Popular Literature, Bartleby.com 1570s births 1614 deaths English essayists Year of birth uncertain English MPs 1604–1611 English MPs 1614 16th-century English writers 16th-century male writers 17th-century English writers 17th-century English male writers