Field of Bones
Charles Nicholl: The last journey of Thomas Coryate, the English fakir and legstretcher, 2 September 1999
“... of self-fashioning, he is an essentially Jacobean product. Sometime after the accession of King James in 1603, he gained entry to the court of the precocious young Prince of Wales. According to Bishop Fuller, ‘Prince Henry allowed him a pension and kept him for his servant. Sweetmeats and Coryate made up the last course on all court entertainments.’ In ... ”