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 See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• CHARLES COTTON (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

COTTON (163o–1687)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet, the translator of See also:

• MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE (1533-1592)

Montaigne, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BERESFORD, JOHN (1738-1805)
• BERESFORD, LORD CHARLES WILLIAM DE LA POER (1846- )
• BERESFORD, WILLIAM CARR BERESFORD, VISCOUNT (1768–1854)

Beresford in See also:

• STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire on the 28th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1630 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, 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 See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

Cotton, was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of marked ability, and counted among his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben See also:

• JONSON

Jonson, 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:

• SELDEN, JOHN (1584–1654)

Selden, See also:

• SIR

Sir 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 See also:

• WOTTON, NICHOLAS (c. 1497–1567)
• WOTTON, SIR HENRY (1568–1639)
• WOTTON, WILLIAM (1666-1727)

Wotton and Izaak See also:

• WALTON, BRIAN (1600-1661)
• WALTON, IZAAK (1593-1683)

Walton . The son was apparently not sent to the university, but he had as See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor See also:

• RALPH (d. 1122)

Ralph Rawson, one of the See also:

• FELLOWS, SIR CHARLES (1799-1860)

fellows ejected from Brasenose See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, in 1648 . Cotton travelled in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and perhaps in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, and at the See also:

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

age of twenty-eight he succeeded to an See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate greatly encumbered by lawsuits during his father's lifetime . The See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life was spent chiefly in See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country pursuits, but from his Voyage to See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland in See also:

• BURLESQUE (Ital. burlesco, from burla, a joke, fun, playful trick)

Burlesque (167o) we know that he held a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain's See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission and was ordered to that country . His friendship with Izaak Walton began about 1655, and the fact of this intimacy seems a sufficient See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer to the charges sometimes brought against Cotton's See also:

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

character, based chiefly on his coarse burlesques of See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil and See also:

• LUCIAN (d. 312)
• LUCIAN [Aowaavos] (c. A.D. 120-180)

Lucian . Walton's See also:

• INITIALS (Lat. initialis, of or belonging to a beginning, initium)

initials made into a See also:

• CIPHER, or CYPHER (from Arab. sifr, void)

cipher with his own were placed over the See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door of his fishing cottage on the See also:

• DOVE
• DOVE (Dutch duyve, Dan. due, Ice. dufa, Ger. Taube)

Dove; and to the Compleat See also:

• ANGLER

Angler he added " Instructions how to See also:

• ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle for a See also:

• TROUT (Salmo trutta)

trout or See also:

• GRAYLING (Thymallus)

grayling in a clear stream." He married in 1656 his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella, who was a See also:

• SISTER

sister of See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• HUTCHINSON
• HUTCHINSON, ANNE (c. 1600-1643)
• HUTCHINSON, JOHN (1615-1664)
• HUTCHINSON, JOHN (1674-1737)
• HUTCHINSON, SIR JONATHAN (1828– )
• HUTCHINSON, THOMAS (1711-1780)

Hutchinson . It was for his wife's sister, See also:

• MISS

Miss See also:

• STANHOPE, EARLS
• STANHOPE, LADY HESTER LUCY (1776-1839)

Stanhope Hutchinson, that he undertook the See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• CORNEILLE, PIERRE (1606–1684)
• CORNEILLE, THOMAS (1625-1709)

Corneille's See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace (1671) . His wife died in 167o and five years later he married the See also:

• DOWAGER (from the Old Fr. douagiere, mod. douairiere)

dowager countess of See also:

• ARDGLASS (" Green Height " )

Ardglass; she had a See also:

• JOINTURE

jointure of £1500 a See also:

• YEAR

year, but it was secured from his extravagance, and at his See also:

• DEATH

death in 1687 he was insolvent . He was buried in St 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's See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, Piccadilly, on the 16th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1687 . Cotton's reputation as a burlesque writer may See also:

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

account for the neglect with which the rest of his poems have been treated . Their excellence was not, however, overlooked by See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good critics .

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 praises the purity and unaffectedness of his See also:

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

style in Biographia Literaria, and Words-See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth (See also:

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

Preface, 1815) gave a copious See also:

• QUOTATION

quotation from the " See also:

• ODE (Gr. uiSri, from aei&ew, to sing)

Ode to See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

Winter." The " Retirement " is printed by Walton in the second See also:

• PART

part of the Compleat Angler . His masterpiece in translation, the Essays of M. de Montaigne (1685–1686, 1693, 1700, &c.), has often been reprinted, and still maintains its reputation; his other See also:

• WORKS

works include The Scarronides, or Virgil Travestie (1664–167o), a See also:

• GROSS

gross burlesque of the first and See also:

• FOURTH

fourth books of the Aeneid, which ran through fifteen See also:

• EDITIONS

editions; Burlesque upon Burlesque, ... being some of Lucian's Dialogues newly put into English See also:

• FUSTIAN

fustian (1675) ; The Moral See also:

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

Philosophy of the Stoicks (1667), from the See also:

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

French of See also:

• GUILLAUME
• GUILLAUME, JEAN BAPTISTE CLAUDE EUGENE (1822-1905)

Guillaume du Vair; The See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Life of the See also:

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

Duke d'Espernon (167o), from the French of G . See also:

• GIRARD, JEAN BAPTISTE [known as " Le Pere Girard " or" Le Pere Gregoire "] (1765-185o)
• GIRARD, PHILIPPE HENRI DE (1775-1845)
• GIRARD, STEPHEN (1750-1831)

Girard; the Commentaries (1674) of Blaise de See also:

• MONTLUC (or MoNLuc), BLAISE DE

Montluc; the Planter's See also:

• MANUAL

Manual (1675), a See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical See also:

• BOOK

book on See also:

• ARBORICULTURE (Lat. arbor, a tree)

arboriculture, in which he was an See also:

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

expert; The Wonders of the Peake (1681) ; the Compleat Gamester and The See also:

• FAIR

Fair one of See also:

• TUNIS

Tunis, both dated 1674, are also assigned to Cotton . 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:

• OLDYS, WILLIAM (1696-1761)

Oldys contributed a life of Cotton to See also:

• HAWKINS, CAESAR HENRY (1798-1884)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR JOHN (1532-1595)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR RICHARD (c. 1562-1622)
• HAWKINS, SIR JOHN (1719-1789)

Hawkins's edition (176o) of the Compleat Angler . His Lyrical Poems were edited by J . R . Tutin in 1903, from an unsatisfactory edition of 1689 . His translation of Montaigne was edited in 1892, and in a more elaborate See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form in 1902, by W . C . See also:

• HAZLITT, WILLIAM (1778-1830)

Hazlitt, who omitted or relegated to the notes the passages in which Cotton interpolates his own See also:

• MATTER

matter, and supplied his omissions .