Marvell-ous discovery solves 400-year-old mystery surrounding poet Andrew Marvell ’ s double life as a Dutch spy

Andrew Marvell ’ s poetry is best known for discouraging the crime of coyness in courtship, but new research led by the University of Bristol has uncovered compelling evidence that the famous poet, celebrated in the eighteenth century as a politician and satirist, had his own illicit liaisons as a spy for the Dutch.
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