ne , ▁and ▁suggest ively ▁shares ▁an ▁opening ▁clause ▁with ▁his ▁Holy ▁Son net ▁X ; ▁never theless , ▁it ▁is ▁now ▁considered ▁much ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁Bed ford ' s ▁poem . ▁Bed ford ▁certainly ▁wrote ▁an ▁eleg y ▁on ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁her ▁cousin ▁Br idget ▁Mark ham ▁at ▁T wick en ham ▁Park ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 9 . ▁ ▁While ▁best ▁remembered ▁for ▁her ▁patron age ▁of ▁writers , ▁Bed ford ▁also ▁supported ▁mus icians , ▁John ▁Dow land ▁being ▁a ▁not ew orth y ▁example . ▁She ▁is ▁the ▁dedic ate e ▁of ▁Dow land ' s ▁Second ▁Book ▁of ▁Songs ▁( 1 6 0 0 ). ▁ ▁A ▁few ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁identified ▁the ▁Earl ▁and ▁Count ess ▁of ▁Bed ford ▁as ▁the ▁alleg or ised ▁couple ▁in ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁The ▁Phoenix ▁and ▁the ▁T urt le , ▁who ▁left ▁" no ▁poster ity " ▁( line ▁ 5 9 ) ▁— ▁yet ▁since ▁the ▁poem ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 1 , ▁when ▁the ▁Count ess ▁was ▁only ▁twenty ▁years ▁old , ▁the ▁identification ▁has ▁struck ▁others ▁as ▁unlikely . ▁ ▁Gard ens ▁She ▁was ▁a ▁significant ▁figure ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁English ▁country - house ▁and ▁garden ▁design , ▁cent ering ▁on ▁her ▁est ates ▁at ▁T wick en ham ▁Park ▁and ▁Mo or ▁Park . ▁An ▁Italian ▁writer ▁Gia como ▁Cast el vet ro ▁dedicated ▁a ▁book ▁on ▁fruit ▁and ▁veget ables ▁to ▁her . ▁She ▁described ▁her