▁When ▁J ons on ▁was ▁imprison ed ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 5 ▁for ▁his ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁East ward ▁Ho ▁sc andal , ▁he ▁wrote ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁an ▁unknown ▁lady , ▁who ▁is ▁thought ▁by ▁some ▁sch ol ars ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁Count ess ▁of ▁Bed ford . ▁ ▁O thers ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁J ons on , ▁Bed ford ▁supported ▁other ▁significant ▁po ets ▁of ▁her ▁era , ▁including ▁Michael ▁D ray ton , ▁Samuel ▁Daniel , ▁George ▁Chap man , ▁and ▁John ▁Don ne . ▁She ▁might ▁be ▁the ▁" I de a " ▁of ▁D ray ton ' s ▁past oral ▁Ide a : ▁The ▁She ph erd ' s ▁Gar land ▁( 1 5 9 3 ) ▁and ▁of ▁his ▁son net ▁sequence ▁Ide a ' s ▁Mir ror ▁( 1 5 9 4 ). ▁D ray ton ▁dedicated ▁his ▁Mort imer i ados ▁( 1 5 9 4 ) ▁to ▁her , ▁as ▁Daniel ▁did ▁his ▁V ision ▁of ▁the ▁Tw elve ▁God d esses ▁( 1 6 0 4 ). ▁Bed ford ▁patron ised ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁less er ▁writers ▁of ▁her ▁era , ▁including ▁the ▁transl ator ▁John ▁Flor io , ▁who ▁cred ited ▁her ▁help ▁in ▁his ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁ess ays ▁of ▁Mont a igne . ▁She ▁" rece ived ▁more ▁dedic ations ▁than ▁any ▁other ▁woman ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁drama " ▁in ▁her ▁era . ▁ ▁Bed ford ▁was ▁the ▁god m other ▁of ▁Don ne ' s ▁second ▁daughter