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:

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

DAY (1574-1640?)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Cawston, See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk, in 1574, and educated at See also:

• ELY
• ELY, RICHARD THEODORE (1854— )

Ely . He became a See also:

• SIZAR

sizar of See also:

• CAIUS
• CAIUS [Anglice KEES, KEYS, etc.], JOHN (1510-1573)

Caius See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

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

Cambridge, in 1592, but was expelled in the next See also:

• YEAR

year for stealing a See also:

• BOOK

book . He became one of See also:

• HENSLOWE, PHILIP (d. 1616)

Henslowe's playwrights, collaborating with 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:

• CHETTLE, HENRY (1564?–16o7?)

Chettle, 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:

• HAUGHTON, SAMUEL (1821-1897)
• HAUGHTON, WILLIAM (fl. 1598)

Haughton, 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:

• DEKKER (or DECKER), THOMAS (c. 1570-1641)
• DEKKER, EDWARD DOUWES (182o-1887)
• DEKKER, JEREMIAS DE (1610-1666)

Dekker, See also:

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

Richard Hathway and See also:

• WENTWORTH, WILLIAM CHARLES (1793-1872)

Wentworth See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith, but his almost incessant activity seems to have See also:

• LEFT

left him poor enough, to See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge by the small loans, of five shillings and even two shillings, that he obtained from Henslowe . The first See also:

• PLAY

play in which 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 appears as See also:

• PART

part-author is The See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest of See also:

• BRUTE, SIMON WILLIAM GABRIEL (1779–1839)

Brute, with the finding of the See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath (1598), which, with most of his journeyman's See also:

• WORK

work, is lost . A See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama dealing with the See also:

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

early years of the reign of Henry VI., The See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

Blind See also:

• BEGGAR

Beggar of Bednal See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green (acted 1600, printed 1659), written in collaboration with Chettle, is his earliest extant work . It See also:

• BORE

bore the sub-See also:

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

title of The Merry Humor of Tom Strowd, the Norfolk See also:

• YEOMAN

Yeoman, and was so popular that second and third parts, by Day and Haughton, were produced in the next year . The Ile of Guls (printed ,6o6), a See also:

• PROSE

prose See also:

• COMEDY

comedy founded upon See also:

• SIR

Sir 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:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

Sidney's See also:

• ARCADIA

Arcadia, contains in its See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• DIALOGUE

dialogue much See also:

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

satire to which the See also:

• KEY
• KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
• KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
• KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
• KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)

key is now lost, but Mr See also:

• SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES (1837–1909)

Swinburne notes in See also:

• MANASSES, CONSTANTINE
• MANASSES, PRAYER OF

Manasses's See also:

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

burlesque of a Puritan See also:

• SERMON (Lat. sermo, a discourse)

sermon a curious anticipation of the eloquence of Mr Chadband in See also:

• BLEAK, or BLICK (Alburnus lucidus)

Bleak 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 . In 16o7 Day produced, in See also:

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

conjunction with William See also:

• ROWLEY, WILLIAM (c. 1585-c. 1642)

Rowley and See also:

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

George See also:

• WILKINS, GEORGE (ii. 1607)
• WILKINS, JOHN (1614-1672)
• WILKINS, MARY ELEANOR (1862– )
• WILKINS, SIR CHARLES (1749?-1836)

Wilkins, The Travailes of the Three English See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

Brothers, which detailed the adventures of Sir Thomas, Sir See also:

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

Anthony and See also:

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

Robert See also:

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

Shirley . The See also:

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

Parliament of Bees is the work on which Day's reputation chiefly rests . This exquisite and unique drama, or rather masque, is entirely occupied with " the doings, the births, the See also:

• WARS

wars, the wooings " of bees, expressed in a See also:

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

style at once most singular and most charming . The bees hold a parliament under Prorex, the 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:

• BEE (Sanskrit blza, AS. ben, Lat. apis)

Bee, and various complaints are preferred against the humble-bee, the See also:

• WASP (Lat. vespa)

wasp, the See also:

• DRONE

drone and other offenders . This satirical See also:

• ALLEGORY (iXXos, other, and ayopeuav, to speak)

allegory of affairs ends with a royal progress of See also:

• OBERON (Fr. Alberon, Auberon, Ger. Alberich, i.e. rich, Goth. reiks, " ruler "—cf. Lat. rex—and O.H. and M.H. Ger. pl. elbi, elbe, " elves," pl. alp)

Oberon, who distributes See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice to all .

The piece contains much for which parallel passages are found in Dekker's Wonder of a See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom (1636) and See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel Rowley's (or Dekker's) See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

Noble Soldier (printed 1634) . There is no earlier known edition of The Parliament of Bees than that in 1641, but a persistent tradition has assigned the piece to 1607 . In r6o8 Day published two comedies, 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 Trickes, or Who Would have Thought it? and See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

Humour out of Breath . The date of his See also:

• DEATH

death is unknown, but an See also:

• ELEGY

elegy on him by 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 Tatham, the See also:

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

city poet, was published in 164o . The six dramas by John Day which we possess showa delicate 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 dainty inventiveness all his own . He pre-served, in a See also:

• GREAT

great measure, the dramatic tradition of John See also:

• LYLY (LILLY, or LYLIE), JOHN (1553–1606)

Lyly, and affected a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of subdued See also:

• EUPHUISM

euphuism . The Maydes See also:

• METAMORPHOSIS

Metamorphosis (1600), once supposed to be a See also:

• POSTHUMOUS

posthumous work of Lyly's, may be an early work of Day's . It possesses, at all events, many of his marked characteristics . His prose Peregrinatic Scholastica or Learninges See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

Pilgrimage, dating from his later years, was printed by Mr A . H . Bullen from a MS. of Day's . Considerations partly based on this work have suggested that he had a 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 the See also:

• ANONYMOUS

anonymous Pilgrimage to See also:

• PARNASSUS (mod. Likkoura or Likeri)

Parnassus and the Return from Parnassus .

The beauty and ingenuity of The Parliament of Bees were noted and warmly extolled by 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:

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

Lamb; and Day's work has since found many admirers . His See also:

• WORKS

works, edited by A . H . Bullen, were printed at the See also:

• CHISWICK

Chiswick See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

Press in 1881 . The same editor included The Maydes Metamorphosis in vol. i. of his Collection of Old Plays . The Parliament of Bees and Humour out of Breath were printed in See also:

• NERO (37-68)

Nero and other Plays (Mermaid See also:

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

Series, 1888), with an introduction by See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur See also:

• SYMONS
• SYMONS, GEORGE JAMES (1838-1900)

Symons . An appreciation by Mr A . C . Swinburne appeared in The Nineteenth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

Century (See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1897) .