There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Bio: William Basse was an English poet. A follower of Edmund Spenser, he is now remembered principally for an elegy on Shakespeare. He is also noted for his Angler's song, which was written for Izaak Walton, who included it in The Compleat Angler.