Editing Roger Ascham (section)

==Secretary to Richard Morrison==
In 1550, Ascham had an unspecified quarrel with the court, which he described only as "a storm of recent violence and injury".<ref>Ryan, Lawrence V. Roger Ascham. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1963. 112.</ref> As a result, Ascham returned to Cambridge. Whilst there, Cheke informed Ascham that he had been appointed secretary to Sir [[Richard Morrison (ambassador)|Richard Morrison]] (Moryson), appointed ambassador to [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]].<ref>Ryan, Lawrence V. Roger Ascham. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1963. 119.</ref> It was on his way to join Morrison that he paid visit to [[Lady Jane Grey]] at [[Bradgate Park|Bradgate]], where he found her reading [[Plato]]'s ''[[Phaedo]]'' while everyone else was out hunting.{{sfn|Leach|1911}} This final meeting between the two has been a cause of inspiration among many painters and writers as a grandiose romantic moment.<ref>Ryan, Lawrence V. Roger Ascham. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1963. 120.</ref>

Ascham served in this position for several years, travelling widely on the European continent. The embassy went to [[Leuven|Louvain]], where he found the university very inferior to Cambridge, then to [[Innsbruck]] and [[Venice]]. Ascham read Greek with the ambassador Morrison four or five days a week. His letters during the embassy in 1553, which was recalled on Mary's accession, were later published as the ''Report and Discourse on Germany.''{{sfn|Leach|1911}} The work, which was possibly a history of political turmoil in Germany in the 1550s, is incomplete. Common theories are that the work was either lost, damaged, or left unfinished.<ref>Ryan, Lawrence V. Roger Ascham. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1963. 157.</ref>