TELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As thou too shalt adore; I could not love thee, Dear, so much, Loved I not Honour more.

He did however manage to warrant himself another prison sentence; this time for nearly a year. Elizabeth's nephew was Sir Anthony Aucher (1614 – 31 May 1692) an English politician and Cavalier during the English Civil War. His father Sir William Lovelace knt.

He was a cavalier poet who fought on behalf of the king during the Civil War. ". His best known works are "To Althea from Prison" and "To Lucasta Going to the Warres.