Weamys, Anna (fl. 1650s)

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Weamys, Anna (fl. 1650s)

British poet. Name variations: Anne Weames; (pseudonym) Mrs. A. W.

Traditionally thought of as author of A Continuation of Sir Philip Sydney's [sic] "Arcadia": Wherein is handled the Loves of Amphialus and Helena Queen of Corinth, Prince Plangus and Erona. With the Historie of the Loves of Old Claius and Young Strephon to Urania (1651).

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