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Fletcher (GILES an English born)

GILES, an English born in London, Eng clergyman and poet, cousin of John; England, about 1580.

His only notable composition was a sacred poem entitled "Christ's Victorie and Triumph in Heaven and Earth over and after Death" (1610), rich in imagery and descriptions of natural scenery.

Parts of it were utilized by Milton in his "Paradise Regained." He died in Alderton, in 1623.