Robert Carliell or Carleill (fl. 1619) was an English poet

Poet

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Carliell is remembered mainly for a verse defence of the new Church of England

Church of England

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 and a diatribe

Diatribe

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 against the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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: Britaine's glorie, or An allegoricall dreame with the exposition thereof: containing The Heathens infidelitie in religion. The Turkes blasphemie in religion. The Popes hypocrisie in religion. Amsterdams varietie in religion. The Church of Englands veritie in religion. Conceiued and written by Robert Carliell Gent.

This didactic poem of 42 six-line stanzas was first published, accompanied by a prose exposition, in 1619 by G. Eld

George Eld

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 and M. Flesher of London.

The poet is thought to have been the Robert Carleill who was a citizen of London

City of London

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 and a leather seller, and who left a legacy to an estranged son Robert, in a will dated 9 October 1622. His wife's name was Frances and he had owned property in Bell Alley, off Coleman Street, in the parish of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate

St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate

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