Claim: Dekker, who was not the only one to view the outbreak of plague as a divine consequence of Elizabeth's death, recalls the widespread lamentation at her death and includes in his work some of the epigrams written for her funeral at Whitehall.
Evidence: Dekker was not the only one to view the outbreak of plague as a divine consequence of Elizabeth's death. He recalls the widespread lamentation at her death and includes in his work some of the epigrams written for her funeral at Whitehall.