“If parhappes some mislike the statelinesse of stile remoued from the rude skill of common eares: I aske help of the learned to defend their learned frendes, the authors of this work.”

Asking cultivated readers to stand up for elevated English style · Preface, The Printer to the Reader, Songes and Sonettes (1557)

• Learning
• Readers
• Style

“That our tong is able in that kynde to do as praiseworthely as the rest, the honorable stile of the noble earle of Surrey, and the weightinesse of the depewitted sir Thomas Wyat the elders verse, with severall graces in sondry good Englishe writers, doe show abundantly.”

Claiming English as equal to Latin and Italian for lyric eloquence · Preface, The Printer to the Reader, Songes and Sonettes (1557)

• England
• Language
• Poetry

“And for this point (good reder) thine own profit and pleasure, in these presently, and moe hereafter, shal answere for my defence.”

Letting the reader's gain stand as the printer's justification · Preface, The Printer to the Reader, Songes and Sonettes (1557)

• Pleasure
• Profit
• Readers