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Giacomo Castelvetro

In England he received the patronage of Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Francis Walsingham and Sir Christopher Hatton when he became interested in publishing Renaissance works.

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He dedicated the work to Lucy, Countess of Bedford on the request of her brother John Harington and on the hope of acquiring future patronage but was unfortunate in this enterprise.

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In 1611 he was imprisoned by the inquisition but was rescued by the English ambassador Sir Dudley Carleton who threatened a diplomatic incident if an execution of a servant of the king was authorised.

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He set off on another European tour in search of patronage in 1611 after being freed from the Inquisition.

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He taught Italian at the University of Cambridge for the Spring term in 1613; those he taught included George Stanhope.

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