Nor does Roger Ascham in his Scholemaster, written between 1563-1568 and published posthumously in 1570, concern himself with the purpose of poetry.

naturally would be, having the celebrated Ascham as her tutor in Greek, Latin, French, and Italian.

St. John, with the fate of Ascham before his eyes, sought to escape this dangerous mission; he alleged[d] the infirmity of his health and the insalubrity of the climate; but the parliament derided his timidity, and his petition was dismissed on a division by a considerable majority.

He preferred the periodic style of Isocrates and Ascham to the tricksy pages of Euphues.