Baldwin was a fervent admirer of Byrd: at the end of the fourth galliard he noted: "mr. w. birde. homo memorabilis", and in his commonplace book,Baldwin Commonplace Book (ca. 1580–1606), GB-Lbl RM 24 d. 2 he wrote a poem praising Byrd, "whose greate skill and knowledge doth excelle all at this tyme / and farre to strange countries abroade his skill dothe shyne"
