See also:

• SIR

SIR 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:

• DAVIES (DAvIslus), JOHN (1679-1732)
• DAVIES, DAVID CHARLES (1826-1891)
• DAVIES, RICHARD (c. 1505—1581)
• SIR JOHN DAVIES (1569-1626)
• DAVIES, SIR LOUIS HENRY (1845— )

DAVIES (1569-1626)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English philosophical poet, was baptized on the 16th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1569, at Tisbury, See also:

• WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire, where his parents lived at the See also:

• MANOR

manor-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Chicksgrove . He was educated at See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, and became a commoner of 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's 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 1585 . In 1588 he entered the See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle See also:

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

Temple, and was called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1545 . In his See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general onslaught on literature in 1599 the See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury ordered to be burnt the notorious and now excessively rare See also:

• VOLUME

volume, All See also:

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

Ovid's Elegies, 3 Bookes, by C . M . Epigrams by J . D . (Middleburgh, 1598 ?), which contained See also:

• POSTHUMOUS

posthumous See also:

• WORK

work by See also:

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

Marlowe . The epigrams by See also:

• DAVIES (DAvIslus), JOHN (1679-1732)
• DAVIES, DAVID CHARLES (1826-1891)
• DAVIES, RICHARD (c. 1505—1581)
• DAVIES, SIR JOHN (1569-1626)
• DAVIES, SIR LOUIS HENRY (1845— )

Davies, although not devoid of wit, were coarse enough to deserve their See also:

• FATE

fate . It is probable that they were earlier in date of See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition than the charming fragment entitled See also:

• ORCHESTRA (Fr. Orchestre; Ger. Kapelle, Orchester; Ital. Orchestra)

Orchestra (1596), written in praise of dancing . The poet, in the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of Antinotis, tries to induce See also:

• PENELOPE

Penelope to See also:

• DANCE
• DANCE (Fr. danse; of obscure origin, connected with Old High Ger. danson, to stretch)

dance by arguing that all harmonious natural processes partake of the nature of a conscious and well-ordered dance . He closes his See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument by foreshadowing in a magic See also:

• MIRROR (through O. Fr. mirour, mod. miroir, from a sup-posed Late Lat. miratorium, from mirari, to admire)

mirror the See also:

• REVELS, MASTER OF THE

revels of the 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 of Cynthia (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) .

Orchestra was dedicated to the author's " very friend, 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 See also:

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

Richard See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin," but in the next See also:

• YEAR

year the See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends quarrelled, and Davies was expelled from the society for having struck Martin with a cudgel in the 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 of the Middle Temple . He spent the year after his See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion at Oxford in the composition of his philosophical poem on the nature of the soul and its See also:

• IMMORTALITY (Lat. in-, not, mortalis, mortal, from mors, death)

immortality—Nosce teipsum (1599) . The See also:

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

style of the work was entirely novel; and the See also:

• STANZA (Low Lat. stantia, Ital. stantia or stanza)

stanza in which it was written—the decasyllabic See also:

• QUATRAIN

quatrain with alternate rhymes—had never been so effectively handled . Its force, eloquence and ingenuity, the orderly and lucid arrangement of its See also:

• MATTER

matter, See also:

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

place it among the finest of English didactic poems . In 1599 he also published a volume of twenty-six graceful acrostics on the words Elisabetha See also:

• REGINA

Regina, entitled See also:

• HYMNS

Hymns to See also:

• ASTRAEA

Astraea . He produced no more See also:

• POETRY

poetry except his contributions to 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:

• DAVISON, WILLIAM (c. 1541-1608)

Davison's Poetical Rhapsody (16o8) . These were two dialogues which had been written as entertainments for the queen, and " Yet other Twelve Wonders of the See also:

• WORLD

World," satirical epigrams on the courtier, the divine, the maid, &c., and " A Hymn in praise of See also:

• MUSIC

Music." Ten sonnets to See also:

• PHILOMEL (Fr. Philomele; Ger. Philomele or Stahlgeige)

Philomel are signed J . D., and are assigned to Davies (Poetical Rhapsody, ed . A . H . Bullen, 189o) . In 16ot Davies was restored to his position at the bar, after making his apologies to Martin, and in the same year he sat for Corfe See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament .

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 I. received the author of Nosce teipsum with See also:

• GREAT

great favour, and sent him (1603) to See also:

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

Ireland as See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor-general, conferring the 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 of See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood upon him in the same year . In 16o6 he was promoted to be See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-general for Ireland, and created See also:

• SERJEANT

serjeant-at-arms . Of the difficulties in the way of the See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution of his work, and his untiring See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry in overcoming them, there is abundant See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence in his letters to See also:

• CECIL

Cecil preserved in the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State Papers on Ireland . One of his See also:

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

chief aims was to establish the See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion firmly in Ireland, and he took strict See also:

• MEASURES

measures to enforce the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law for attendance at 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 . With the same end in view he took an active See also:

• PART

part in the " See also:

• PLANTATION (Lat. plantare, to plant)

plantation " of See also:

• ULSTER
• ULSTER, EARLS OF

Ulster . In 1612 he published his See also:

• PROSE

prose Discoverie of the true causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued untill the beginning of his Majestie's hap See also:

• PIE

pie raigne.l In the same year he entered the Irish parliament as member for See also:

• FERMANAGH

Fermanagh, and was elected See also:

• SPEAKER

speaker after a See also:

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

scene of disorder in which the 1 Edited by 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:

• MORLEY
• MORLEY [oP BLACKBURN], JOHN MORLEY
• MORLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• MORLEY, GEORGE (1597-1684)
• MORLEY, HENRY (1822-1894)
• MORLEY, SAMUEL (18o9–1886)

Morley in his Ireland under Elizabeth and James I . (189o) . See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic nominee, See also:

• SIR

Sir 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 Everard, who had been installed, was forcibly ejected . In the capacity of speaker he delivered an excellent address reviewing previous Irish parliaments . He resigned his Irish offices in 1619, and sat in the English parliament of 1621 for See also:

• NEWCASTLE
• NEWCASTLE, DUKES OF

Newcastle-under-Lyme . With Sir See also:

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

Robert 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 he was one of the founders of the Society of Antiquaries . He was appointed See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord chief See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice in 1626, but died suddenly (See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December .

8th) before he could enter on the 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 . He had married (1609) Eleanor Touchet, daughter of See also:

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

George, See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron See also:

• AUDLEY, or AUDELEY, SIR JAMES (c. 1316-1386)
• AUDLEY, THOMAS AUDLEY, BARON (c. 1488-1544)

Audley . She See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed eccentricity, verging on madness, and wrote several fanatical books on prophecy . In 1615 Davies published at See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin Le Primer Discours See also:

• DES

des Cases et Matters in Ley resolues et adjudges en See also:

• LES

les Courts del See also:

• ROY, WILLIAM (1726-1790)

Roy en test Realme (reprinted 1628) . He issued an edition of his poems in 1622 . His prose publications were mainly posthumous . The Question concerning Impositions, See also:

• TONNAGE

Tonnage, Poundage . was printed in 1656, and four of the tracts See also:

• RELATING

relating to Ireland, with an See also:

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

account of Davies and his services to that 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, were edited by G . See also:

• CHALMERS, ALEXANDER (1759-1834)
• CHALMERS, GEORGE (1742-1825)
• CHALMERS, GEORGE PAUL (1836-1878)
• CHALMERS, JAMES (1841-1901)
• CHALMERS, THOMAS (1780-1847)

Chalmers in 1786 . His See also:

• WORKS

works were edited by Dr A . B . See also:

• GROSART, ALEXANDER BALLOCH (1827-1899)

Grosart (3 vols . 1869-1876), with a full See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography, for the See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

Fuller Worthies Library .

He is not to be confounded with another poet, JOHN DAVIES of See also:

• HEREFORD

Hereford (1565?–1618), among whose numerous volumes of 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 may be mentioned Mirum in modum (1602), Microcosmus (1603), The See also:

• HOLY

Holy Roode (1609), Wittes See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

Pilgrimage (c . 161o), The See also:

• SCOURGE (Ital. scoriada, from Lat. excoriare, to flay, corium, skin)

Scourge of Folly (c . 1611), The See also:

• MUSES, THE (Gr. Mo6o-at, the thinkers)

Muses See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

Sacrifice (1612) and Wittes See also:

• BEDLAM, or BETHLEHEM HOSPITAL

Bedlam (1607) ; his Scourge of Folly contains verses addressed to many of his See also:

• CON

con-temporaries, to See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare among others; he also wrote A Select Second See also:

• HUSBAND

Husband for Sir See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• OVERBURY, SIR THOMAS (1581-1613)

Overbury's Wife (1616), and The See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

Writing Schoolmaster (earliest known edition, 1633) ; his works were collected by Dr A . B . Grosart (2 vols., 1873) for the See also:

• CHERTSEY

Chertsey Worthies Library .