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John Suckling (poet)

John Suckling (poet)
John Suckling, English poet and playwright (d. 1642)

Sir John Suckling was an English poet, prominent among those renowned for careless gaiety and wit – the accomplishments of a cavalier poet. He also invented the card game cribbage. He is best known for his poem "Ballade upon a Wedding".

10 February 1609

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