books.google.co.uk - Sir John Harington (1560-1612) has long been recognized as one of the most colorful and engaging figures at the English Renaissance court. Godson of Queen Elizabeth, translator of Ariosto, and inventor of the water-closet, he was also a lively writer in a wide variety of modes, and an acute commentator...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Sir_John_Harington_and_the_Book_As_Gift.html?id=gII7jGrkLz8C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareSir John Harington and the Book As Gift
