The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets/Sir Richard Fanshaw
Sir Richard Fanshaw.
Brother to the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Fanshaw of Ware-Park in Hertfordshire; he was Educated at Cambridge, from thence removed to Court; he perfectly understood Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese; was Secretary to the King in Holland, France, and Scotland, was after the Restauration sent Ambassador to Portugal, to Consummate the Match between the present Queen Dowager and Charles the Second. In the Year 1664. he was sent into Spain, Ambassador, to confirm the Treaty of Commerce and League between the two Crowns, and dyed at Madrid, 1666. to say nothing of his Capacity as a Statesman, we confine our selves only to his Poetry, and particularly his Dramatick Pieces.
Pastor Fido, The Faithful Shepherd, a Pastoral, 8vo. and 4to. Dedicated to King Charles the Second, when Prince of Wales. Translated from Guarini's Italian, and Printed with his Poems, 8vo.
Querer por Solo querer, To Love only for Love's sake, 4to. 1671. This is a Dramatick Romance, Translated from the Spanish of Mendoza, when Sir Richard was a Prisoner in Tankersly-Castle in Yorkshire, after the Battle of Worcester, where he was on the King's side, this Play consists but of three Acts, the Spanish Poets seldom exceeding that Number.