See also:

• JANUS

JANUS [See also:

• JAN

Jan See also:

• VAN

van der Does] See also:

• JANUS [Jan van der Does] DOUSA

DOUSA  , 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 of Noordwyck (1545–1604), Dutch statesman, historian, poet and philologist, and the heroic defender of See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Noordwyck, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, on the 6th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1545 . He began his studies at Lier in See also:

• BRABANT
• BRABANT, NORTH

Brabant, became a See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of 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:

• JUNIUS
• JUNIUS, FRANZ (in French, Francois du Jon)

Junius at See also:

• DELFT

Delft in 156o, and then passed on in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to See also:

• LOUVAIN (Flem. Leuven)

Louvain, See also:

• DOUAI

Douai and 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 . Here he studied See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek under See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre See also:

• DORAT, CLAUDE JOSEPH (1734-1780)

Dorat, See also:

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

professor at the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College Royal, and became acquainted with the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor L'H6pital, See also:

• TURNEBUS, ADRIANUS [ADRIEN TURNEBE] (1512–1565)

Turnebus, See also:

• RONSARD, PIERRE DE (1524-1585)

Ronsard and other eminent men . On his return in 1565 he married 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 See also:

• VAN

van Zuylen . His name stands in 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 nobles who in that See also:

• YEAR

year formed a See also:

• LEAGUE

league against 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 II. of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, but he does not appear to have taken any active See also:

• PART

part in public affairs till 1572, when he was sent as a member of an See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . He was not, however, at first very eager to commit himself to the fortunes 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 the Silent, See also:

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

prince of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange, but having once chosen his See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, he threw himself See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart and soul into the struggle for freedom from the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish yoke . Fortunately for Leiden he was residing in the See also:

• TOWN

town at the 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 of the famous See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege . He held no See also:

• POST

post in the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, but in the See also:

• HOUR

hour of need he, though not trained to arms, took the command of a See also:

• COMPANY

company of troops.' His fearlessness and unshaken See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution had no small See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in encouraging the regents and the citizens to prolong the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence . On the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the university of Leiden by William the Silent, See also:

• DOUSA, JANUS [Jan van der Does]

Dousa was appointed first See also:

• CURATOR (Lat. for " one who takes care," curare, to take care of)

curator, and he held this 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 for nearly See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years . Through his friendships with See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign scholars, he See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew to Leiden many illustrious teachers and professors . After the assassination of the prince of Orange in 1584, Dousa undertook a private See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to England to try and persuade 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 Elisabeth to support the cause of the states, and in 1585 he went at the 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 of a formal embassy for the same purpose . About the same time he was appointed keeper of the archives of Holland (registermeester van Holland), and the opportunities thus afforded him of See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research he turned to See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

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

account .

He had three sons and five daughters . All his sons acquired a See also:

• REP, REPP, or REPS

rep,ttation for learning, but two of them died before their tather . Dousa was author of several volumes of Latin 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 and of philological commentaries on See also:

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

Horace, See also:

• PLAUTUS, TITUS MACCIUS (originally perhaps MACCUS; cf. Asin. Prol. 11)

Plautus, See also:

• CATULLUS, GAIUS VALERIUS (?84-J4 B.C.)

Catullus and other Latin poets . His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORK

work is the See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals of Holland, which first appeared in a metrical See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form in 1599, and was published in See also:

• PROSE

prose under the See also:

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

title of Bataviae Hollandiaeque annzles in 1601 . Dousa also took part as editor or contributor in various other publications . He died at Noordwyck on the 8th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1604, and was interred at the See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague ; but no See also:

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

monument was erected to his memory till 1792, when one of his descendants placed a See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb to his. 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 in the 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 of Noordwyck . 'There are good portraits of the See also:

• GREAT

Great Dousa, as he is often called, by Visscher and See also:

• HOUBRAKEN, JACOBUS (1698–178o)

Houbraken .