▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁to ▁dispute ▁public ly ▁before ▁her . ▁In ▁the ▁next ▁year ▁he ▁wrote ▁to ▁Sp enser ▁compla ining ▁of ▁the ▁una ut hor ized ▁publication ▁of ▁sat ir ical ▁vers es ▁of ▁his ▁which ▁were ▁supposed ▁to ▁reflect ▁on ▁high ▁person ages , ▁and ▁threatened ▁seriously ▁to ▁inj ure ▁his ▁career . ▁In ▁ 1 5 8 3 ▁he ▁became ▁junior ▁pro ctor ▁of ▁Cambridge ▁University , ▁ ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 5 8 5 ▁was ▁elected ▁master ▁of ▁Tr inity ▁Hall , ▁of ▁which ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁fellow ▁from ▁ 1 5 7 8 , ▁but ▁the ▁appointment ▁appears ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁qu ashed ▁at ▁court . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁prot ég é ▁of ▁Robert ▁D ud ley , ▁Earl ▁of ▁Le ic ester , ▁to ▁whom ▁he ▁introduced ▁Sp enser , ▁and ▁this ▁connection ▁may ▁account ▁for ▁his ▁friendship ▁with ▁Sid ney . ▁But ▁in ▁spite ▁of ▁patron age , ▁a ▁second ▁application ▁for ▁the ▁master ship ▁of ▁Tr inity ▁Hall ▁failed ▁in ▁ 1 5 9 8 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 5 8 5 ▁he ▁received ▁the ▁degree ▁of ▁D . C . L . ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Oxford , ▁and ▁is ▁found ▁pract ising ▁at ▁the ▁bar ▁in ▁London . ▁Gabriel ' s ▁brother , ▁Richard ▁Har vey , ▁had ▁taken ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁Martin ▁Mar pre late ▁controvers y , ▁and ▁had ▁given ▁off ence ▁to ▁Robert ▁Gre ene ▁by ▁cont empt uous ▁references ▁to ▁him ▁and ▁his ▁fellow ▁w its .