See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• CHAPMAN (from O. Eng. ceap, and Mid. Eng. ,heap, to barter, cf. " Cheapside " in London, and Ger. Kaufmann)
• GEORGE CHAPMAN (? 1559–1634)

CHAPMAN (? 1559–1634)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet and dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• HITCHIN

Hitchin . The inscription on the portrait which forms the See also:

• FRONTISPIECE (through the French, from Med. Lat. frontispicium, a front view, frons, frontis, forehead or front, and specere, to look at; the English spelling is a mistaken adaptation to " piece ")

frontispiece of The Whole See also:

• WORKS

Works of See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer states that he was then (1616) fifty-seven years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

Anthony a See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood (Athen . Oxon. ii . 575) says that about 1574 he was sent to the university, " but whether first to this of Oxon, or that of See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, is to me unknown; sure I am that he spent some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in Oxon, where he was observed to be most excellent in the Latin and See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• TONGUES, GIFT OF, or GLOSSOLALIA (yXwova, tongue, aXeiv, speak)

tongues, but not in See also:

• LOGIC (Xoy1K7, sc. rixvrt, the art of reasoning)

logic or See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy." See also:

• CHAPMAN (from O. Eng. ceap, and Mid. Eng. ,heap, to barter, cf. " Cheapside " in London, and Ger. Kaufmann)
• CHAPMAN, GEORGE (? 1559–1634)

Chapman's first extant See also:

• PLAY

play, The See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

Blind See also:

• BEGGAR

Beggar of See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria, was produced in 1596, and two years later See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• MERES, FRANCIS (1565-1647)

Meres mentions him in Palladis Tamia among the " best for tragedie " and the " best for comedie." Of his See also:

• LIFE

life between leaving the university and settling in See also:

• LONDON

London there is no See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account . It has been suggested, from the detailed knowledge displayed in The See also:

• SHADOW (0. Eng. Schadewe, sceadu; a form of " shade "; connected with Gr. 6-Ore's, darkness)

Shadow of See also:

• NIGHT

Night of an incident in See also:

• SIR

Sir Francis See also:

• VERE
• VERE, SIR FRANCIS (1560-1609)

Vere's See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, that he saw service in the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands . There are frequent entries with regard to Chapman in See also:

• HENSLOWE, PHILIP (d. 1616)

Henslowe's See also:

• DIARY

diary for the years 1598–1599, but his dramatic activity slackened during the following years, when his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention was chiefly occupied by his Homer . In 1604 he was imprisoned with See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• MARSTON, JOHN (c. 1575-1634)
• MARSTON, PHILIP BOURKE (1850-1887)

Marston for his See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in Eastward Ho, in which offence was given to the Scottish party at See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben See also:

• JONSON

Jonson voluntarily joined the two, who were soon released . Chapman seems to have enjoyed favour at court, where he had a See also:

• PATRON

patron in See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry, but in 16o5 Jonson and he were for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short time in See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison again for " a play." See also:

• BEAUMONT
• BEAUMONT, BELMONT, or BELLOMONT
• BEAUMONT, CHRISTOPHE DE (1703-1781)
• BEAUMONT, SIR JOHN (1583–1627)

Beaumont, the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador in London, in a despatch of the 5th of See also:

• APRIL

April 16o8, writes that he had obtained the See also:

• PROHIBITION (Lat. prohibere, to prevent)

prohibition of a performance of See also:

• BIRON, ARMAND DE GONTAUT, BARON DE (1524-1592)

Biron in which the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France was represented as giving Mademoiselle de See also:

• VERNEUIL
• VERNEUIL, PHILLIPPE EDOUARD POULLETIER DE (180 1873)

Verneuil a See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box on the ears . He adds that three of the actors were imprisoned, but that the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• CULPRIT

culprit, the author, had escaped (See also:

• RAUMER, FRIEDRICH LUDWIG GEORG VON (1781–1873)

Raumer, Briefe aus See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1831, ii . 276) .

Among Chapman's patrons was See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Carr, See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset, to whom he remained faithful after his disgrace . Chapman enjoyed the friendship and admiration of his See also:

• GREAT

great contemporaries . John See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster in the See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface to The See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White See also:

• DEVIL (Gr. &a,3oXos, " slanderer," from &ctflisXX sty, to slander)

Devil praised " his full and heightened See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style," and Ben Jonson told See also:

• DRUMMOND, HENRY (1786-r86o)
• DRUMMOND, HENRY (1851-1897)
• DRUMMOND, THOMAS (r797-1840)
• DRUMMOND, WILLIAM (1585-1649)

Drummond of Hawthornden that See also:

• FLETCHER, ALICE CUNNINGHAM (1845– )
• FLETCHER, ANDREW
• FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1548-1611)
• FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1584-1623)
• FLETCHER, JOHN WILLIAM (1729-1785)
• FLETCHER, PHINEAS (1582-1650)

Fletcher and See also:

• CHAP

Chap-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man " were loved of him." These friendly relations appear to have been interrupted later, for there is extant in the Ashmole See also:

• MSS

MSS. an " Invective written by Mr See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Chapman against Mr Ben Jonson." Chapman died in the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of St See also:

• GILES (GIL, GILLES), ST

Giles in the See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

Fields, and was buried on the 12th of May 1634 in the See also:

• CHURCHYARD
• CHURCHYARD, THOMAS (c. 152o-16o4)

churchyard . A See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument to his memory was erected by Inigo See also:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
• JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
• JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
• JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
• JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
• JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
• JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
• JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
• JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
• JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
• JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
• JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)

Jones . (M . BR.) Chapman, his first biographer is careful to let us know, " was a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of most See also:

• REVEREND (Lat. reverendus, gerundive of revereri, to revere, pay respect to)

reverend aspect, religious and temperate, qualities rarely See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting in a poet "; he had also certain other merits at least as necessary to the exercise of that profession . He had a singular force and solidity of thought, an admirable ardour of ambitious devotion to the service of See also:

• POETRY

poetry, a deep and burning sense at once of the See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty implied and of the dignity inherent in his See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office; a vigour, opulence, and loftiness of phrase, remarkable even in that age of spiritual strength, See also:

• WEALTH

wealth and exaltation of thought and style; a robust eloquence, touched not unfrequently with flashes of See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy, and kindled at times into See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat of See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination . The See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault of his style is one more commonly found in the See also:

• PROSE

prose than in the See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse of his time,—a See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint and florid obscurity, rigid with elaborate See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric and tortuous with labyrinthine See also:

• ILLUSTRATION

illustration; not dark only to the rapid reader through closeness and subtlety of thought, like See also:

• DONNE, JOHN (1573–1631)

Donne, whose miscalled obscurity is so often " all glorious within," but thick and slab as a See also:

• WITCH

witch's gruel with forced and barbarous eccentricities of See also:

• ARTICULATION (from Lat. articulare, to divide into joints)

articulation . As his See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language in the higher forms of See also:

• COMEDY

comedy is always pure and clear, and sometimes exquisite in the simplicity of its See also:

• EARNEST (probably a corruption of the obsolete arles or erles, adapted from Lat. equivalent arrha, due to a confusion with the adjective " earnest," serious, O. Eng. eornust, cognate with Ger. ernst)

earnest and natural See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace, the stiffness and See also:

• DENSITY (Lat. densus, thick)

density of his more ambitious style may perhaps be attributed to some pernicious theory or conceit of the dignity proper to a moral and philosophic poet . Nevertheless, many of the gnomic passages in his tragedies and allegoric poems are of singular See also:

• WEIGHT

weight and beauty; the best of these, indeed; would not discredit the fame of the very greatest poets for sublimity of equal thought and expression: See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness the lines chosen by See also:

• SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1797-1851)
• SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE (1792-1822)

Shelley as the See also:

• MOTTO (an Italian word, from Late Lat. muttum, a low sound, a mutter or murmur, cf. mutere, to mutter; the Latin word also gives Fr. mot, word)

motto for a poem, and See also:

• FIT

fit to have been chosen as the motto for his life . The romantic and sometimes barbaric grandeur of Chapman's Homer remains attested by the praise of See also:

• KEATS, JOHN (1795-1821)

Keats, of See also:

• COLERIDGE, HARTLEY (1796-1849)
• COLERIDGE, JOHN DUKE COLERIDGE, 1ST BARON
• COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (1772-1834)
• COLERIDGE, SARA (1802–1852)
• COLERIDGE, SIR JOHN TAYLOR (1790-1876)

Coleridge and of See also:

• LAMB (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Lamm)
• LAMB, CHARLES (1775–1834)

Lamb; it is written at a See also:

• PITCH
• PITCH, MUSICAL

pitch of strenuous and laborious exaltation, which never flags or breaks down, but never flies with the ease and smoothness of an See also:

• EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

eagle native to Homeric See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air . From his occasional poems an See also:

• EXPERT (Lat. expertus, from experiri, to try)

expert and careful See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand might easily gather a See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• ANTHOLOGY

anthology of excerpts, chiefly gnomic or meditative, allegoric or descriptive .

The most notable examples of his tragic See also:

• WORK

work are comprised in the See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of plays taken, and adapted sometimes with singular See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence, from the records of such See also:

• PART

part of French See also:

• HISTORY

history as lies between the reign of Francis I. and the reign of Henry IV., ranging in date of subject from the trial' and See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• CHABOT, FRANCOIS (1757-1794)
• CHABOT, GEORGES ANTOINE
• CHABOT, PHILIPPE DE, SEIGNEUR DE BRION, COUNT OF CHARNY AND BUZANSAIS ((a 1492-1543)

Chabot to the See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason and See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal Biron . The two plays bearing as epigraph the name of that famous soldier and conspirator are a storehouse of lofty thought and splendid verse, with scarcelya flash or sparkle of dramatic See also:

• ACTION

action . The one play of Chapman's whose popularity on the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage survived the Restoration is See also:

• BUSSY, ROGER DE RABUTIN, COMTE DE (1618–1693)

Bussy d'Ambois (d'See also:

• AMBOISE
• AMBOISE, GEORGES

Amboise),—a tragedy not lacking in violence of action or emotion, and abounding even more in sweet and sub-See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime interludes than in crabbed and bombastic passages . His rarest jewels of thought and verse detachable from the context See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie embedded in the tragedy of See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar and See also:

• POMPEY

Pompey, whence the finest of them were first extracted by the unerring and unequalled See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Lamb . In most of his tragedies the lofty and labouring spirit of Chapman may be said rather to shine fitfully through parts than steadily to pervade the whole; they show nobly altogether as they stand, but even better by help of excerpts and selections . But the excellence of his best comedies can only be appreciated by a student who reads them fairly and fearlessly through, and, having made some small deductions on the See also:

• SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score of occasional pedantry and occasional indecency, finds in All See also:

• FOOLS, FEAST OF (Lat. festum stultorum, fatuorum, follorum, Fr. fete des fous)

Fools, See also:

• MONSIEUR (Fr., formed from men, my, and sieur, lord)

Monsieur d'See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

Olive, The See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

Gentleman See also:

• USHER (O. Fr. ussier, uissier, mod. huissier, from Lat. ostiarius, a door-keeper, ostium, doorway, entrance, os, mouth)
• USHER (or USSHER), JAMES (1581-1656)

Usher, and The Widow's Tears a wealth and vigour of humorous invention, a See also:

• TENDER

tender and earnest grace of romantic poetry, which may atone alike for these passing blemishes and for the lack of such clear-cut perfection of See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and such dramatic progression of See also:

• INTEREST

interest as we find only in the yet higher poets of the English heroic age . So much it may suffice to say of Chapman as an See also:

• ORIGINAL

original poet, one who held of no man and acknowledged no See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, but from the See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth of See also:

• MARLOWE, CHRISTOPHER (1564-1593)
• MARLOWE, JULIA [SARAH FRANCES FROST] (1870– )

Marlowe well-nigh to the death of Jonson held on his own hard and haughty way of austere and See also:

• SUBLIME (Lat. sublimis, exalted)

sublime ambition, not without kindly and graceful inclination of his high See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head to salute such younger and still nobler compeers as Jonson and Fletcher . With See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare we should never have guessed that he had come at all in contact, had not the keen intelligence of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• MINTO, EARLS OF
• MINTO, WILLIAM (1845-1893)

Minto divined or rather discerned him to be the See also:

• RIVAL

rival poet referred to in Shakespeare's sonnets with a See also:

• GRAVE

grave See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note of passionate See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire, hitherto as enigmatic as almost all questions connected with those divine and dangerous poems . This conjecture See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor Minto fortified by such See also:

• APT

apt collocation and confrontation of passages that we may now reasonably accept it as an ascertained and memorable fact . The objections which a just and adequate See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment may bring against Chapman's master-work, his See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of Homer, may be summed up in three epithets: it is romantic, laborious, Elizabethan . The qualities implied by these epithets are the See also:

• REVERSE

reverse of those which should distinguish a translator of Homer; but setting this apart, and considering the poems as in the main original works, the superstructure of a romantic poet on the submerged See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations of Greek verse, no praise can be too warm or high for the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, the freshness, the indefatigable strength and inextinguishable See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire which animate this exalted work, and secure for all time that shall take See also:

• COGNIZANCE (Lat. cognoscere, to know)

cognizance of English poetry an honoured See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in its highest See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

annals for the memory of Chapman . (A .

C . S.) Chapman's works include:—E,ai vueros: The Shadow of Night: Containing two Poetical/ Hymnes . (1594), the second of which deals with Sir Francis Vere's campaign in the Netherlands; See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid's Banquet of Sence . A Coronet for his Mistresse Philosophie; and His Amorous Zodiacke with a translation of a Latine coppie, written by a Fryer, See also:

• ANNO, or HANNO, SAINT (c. Toro—ro75)

Anno Dom . 1400 (1595, 2nd ed . 1639), a collection of poems frequently quoted from in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England's See also:

• PARNASSUS (mod. Likkoura or Likeri)

Parnassus (1600); " De See also:

• GUIANA (Guyana, Guayana')

Guiana, carmen epicum," a poem prefixed to See also:

• LAWRENCE
• LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
• LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
• LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
• LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
• LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
• LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
• LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
• LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)

Lawrence Keymis's A Relation of the second voyage to Guiana (1596) ; See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

Hero and Leander . Begun by See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher Marloe; and finished by George Chapman (1598); The Blinde begger of Alexandria, most pleasantly discoursing his variable humours . (acted 1596, printed 1598), a popular comedy; A Pleasant Comedy entituled An Humerous dayes Myrth (identified by Mr Fleay with the " Comodey of Umero " noted by Henslowe on the 11th of May 1597; printed 1599) ; Al Fooles, A Comedy (paid for by Henslowe on the 2nd of See also:

• JULY

July 1599, its original name being " The See also:

• WORLD

World runs on wheels " ; printed 1605) ; The See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

Gentle-man Usher (c . 1601, pr . 1606), a comedy; Monsieur d'Olive (1604, pr . 1606), one of his most amusing and successful comedies; See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East-See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

ward See also:

• HOE (through Fr. houe from O.H.G. houwd, mod. Ger. Haue; the root is seen in " hew," to cut, cleave; the word must be distinguished from " hoe," promontory, tongue of land, seen in place names, e.g. Morthoe, Luton Hoo, the Hoe at Plymouth, &c. ; this is t
• HOE, RICHARD MARCH (1812-1886)

Hoe (1605), written in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with Ben Jonson and John Marston, an excellent comedy of See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city life; Bussy d'Ambois,' A 1 Chapman's source in this piece remains undetermined . It cannot be the Historia sui temporis of Jacques de Thom, for the 4th See also:

• VOLUME

volume of his work, which relates the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, was not published until 1609 (see Koeppel, p .

14) . Tragedie (1604, pr . 1607, 16o8, 1616, 1641, &c.), the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of which is laid in the court of Henry III.; The Revenge of Bussy d'Ambois . A Tragedie (pr . 1613, but probably written much earlier) ; The Conspiracie, And Tragedie of Charles See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

Duke of See also:

• BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

Byron, See also:

• MARSHALL
• MARSHALL, ALFRED (1842– )
• MARSHALL, JOHN (1755–1835)
• MARSHALL, JOHN (1818-1891)
• MARSHALL, STEPHEN (c. 1594-1655)

Marshall of France ...in two plays (1607 and 16o8; pr . 16o8 and 1625) ; May-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day, A witty Comedie (pr . 1611; but probably acted as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1601) ; The widdowes Teares . A Comedie (pr.' 1612; produced perhaps as early as 1605); Caesar and Pompey: A See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Tragedy, declaring their warres . Out of whose events is evicted this Proposition . Only a just man is a See also:

• FREEMAN
• FREEMAN, EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1823-1892)

freeman (pr . 1631), written, says Chapman in the See also:

• DEDICATION (Lat. dedicatio, from dedicare, to proclaim, to announce)

dedication, " See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long since," but never staged . The Tragedy of Alphonsus Emperour of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany (see the edition by Dr Karl Elye; See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1867) and Revenge for See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour (1654) i both See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear Chapman's name on the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title-See also:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

page, but his authorship has been disputed .

In The See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

Ball (lie . 1632; pr . 1639), a comedy, and The Tragedie of Chabot Admirall of France (lic . 1635 ; pr . 1639) he collaborated with See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• SHIRLEY (or SHERLEY), JAMES (1596-1666)
• SHIRLEY (or SHERLEY), SIR ANTHONY (1565-c. 1635)
• SHIRLEY, WILLIAM (1694-1771)

Shirley . The memorable Masque of the two See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

Honourable Houses or Inns of Court; the See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple and Lyn-See also:

• COIN
• COIN (older forms of the word are coyne, quoin and coign, all derived through the O. Fr. coing, and cuigne from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

coin's Inne, was performed at court in 1613 in honour of the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of the Princess See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth . The Whole Works of Homer: Prince of Poets . In his Iliads and Odysseys . . . appeared in 1616, and about 1624 he added The See also:

• CROWNE, JOHN (d. c. 1703)

Crowne of all Homers works See also:

• BATRACHOMYOMACHIA

Batrachomyomachia or the Battaile of Frogs and See also:

• MISE

Mise . His See also:

• HYMNS

Hymns and Epigrams . But the whole works had been already published by instalments . Seaven Bookes of the Iliades of Homer had appeared in 1598, See also:

• ACHILLES
• ACHILLES (Gr. 'AxtXXeus)

Achilles See also:

• SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger
• SHIELD, WILLIAM (1748—1829)

Shield in the same See also:

• YEAR

year, books i.-xii. about 1609; in 1615 The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets .

. . ; and in 1614 Twenty-four Bookes of Homer's Odisses were entered at Stationers' See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall . In 1609 he addressed to Prince Henry Enthymiae Raptus; or the Teares of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

Peace, and on the death of his patron he contributed An Epicede, or Funerall See also:

• SONG

Song (1612) . A See also:

• PARAPHRASE (Gr. irapa¢pavis, from rrapa4p4av, to relate something in different words, 'raga, beside, and ¢pai"eav, speak, tell)

paraphrase of Petrarchs Seven Penitentiall See also:

• PSALMS, BOOK
• PSALMS, BOOK OF, or PSALTER

Psalms (1612), a poem in honour of the marriage of Robert Carr, earl of Somerset, and Frances, the divorced countess of See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, indiscreetly entitled See also:

• ANDROMEDA

Andromeda Liberata . (1614), a translation of The Georgicks of See also:

• HESIOD

Hesiod (1618), See also:

• PRO

Pro Vere Autumni Lachrymae (1622), in honour of Sir Horatio Vere, A See also:

• JUSTIFICATION

justification of a See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

Strange Action of See also:

• NERO (37-68)

Nero . also . . . the fifth Satyre of Juvenall (1629), and Eugenia . . . (1614), an See also:

• ELEGY

elegy on Sir William See also:

• RUSSELL (FAMILY)
• RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
• RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
• RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
• RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
• RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
• RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
• RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
• RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
• RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )

Russell, See also:

• COMPLETE

complete the See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of his separately published works . Chapman's Homer was edited in 1857 by the Rev . See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• HOOPER, JOHN (d. 1555)

Hooper ; and a reprint of his dramatic works appeared in 1873 . The See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard edition of Chapman is the Works, edited by R . H .

Shepherd (1874–1875), the third volume of which contains an " See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

Essay on the Poetical and Dramatic works of George Chapman," by Mr See also:

• SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES (1837–1909)

Swinburne, printed separately in 1875 . The selection of his plays (1895) for the Mermaid Series is edited by Mr W . L . See also:

• PHELPS, AUSTIN (182o-1890)
• PHELPS, EDWARD JOHN (1822-I900)
• PHELPS, SAMUEL (1804-1878)

Phelps . For the See also:

• SOURCES

sources of the plays see Emil Koeppel, " Anellen Studien zu den Dramen George Chap-man's, See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip See also:

• MASSINGER, PHILIP (1583-1640)

Massinger's and John See also:

• FORD, EDWARD ONSLOW
• FORD, JOHN (r586–c.1640)
• FORD, RICHARD (1796-1858)
• FORD, THOMAS (b. c. 158o)

Ford's " in Quellen and Forschungen zur Sprach und Kulturgeschichte (vol . 82, See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg, 1897) . The See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion of W . Minto (see Characteristics of the English Poets, 1885) that Chapman was the " rival poet " of Shakespeare's sonnets is amplified in Mr A . Acheson's Shakespeare and the Rival Poet 1903) . Much satire in Chapman's introduction is there applied to Shakespeare . For other criticisms of his translation of Homer see See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold, Lectures on translating Homer (1861), and Dr A . Lohff, George Chapman's Ilias-Ubersetzung (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1903) .

(M .