HAKE, EDWARD (ft. , English satirist, was pro tected by the earl of Leicester, whose policy it was to support the Puritan party, and who no doubt found a valuable ally in so vigorous a satirist of error in clerical places as was Hake. Neves out of Paules Churchyarde, A Trappe for Syr Monye, first ap peared in 1567 and was re-issued in 1579. The book takes the form of a dialogue between Bertulph and Paul, who meet in the aisles of the cathedral, and is divided into eight "satyrs," dealing with the corruption of the higher clergy and of judges, the greed of attorneys, the tricks of physicians and apothecaries, the sumptu ary laws, extravagant living, Sunday sports, the abuse of St. Paul's cathedral as a meeting-place for business and conversation, usury, etc. It is written in rhymed '4-syllable metre.
A bibliography of Hake's works was compiled by C. Edmonds for his edition of the Newes (Isham Reprints, No. 2, 1872).