See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• EDWARD FAIRFAX (c. 1580-1635)

FAIRFAX (c. 1580-1635)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet, translator of See also:

• TASSO, TORQUATO (1544-1595)

Tasso, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LEEDS
• LEEDS, THOMAS OSBORNE

Leeds, the second son of See also:

• SIR

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:

• FAIRFAX, EDWARD (c. 1580-1635)

Fairfax of See also:

• DENTON

Denton (See also:

• FATHER

father of the 1st See also:

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

Baron Fairfax of See also:

• CAMERON, JOHN (1579–1623)
• CAMERON, RICHARD (1648?–168o)
• CAMERON, SIMON (1799-1889)
• CAMERON, VERNEY LOVETT (1844–1894)

Cameron) . His See also:

• LEGITIMACY

legitimacy has been called in question, and the date of his See also:

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

birth has not been ascertained . He is said to have been only about twenty years of See also:

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

age when he published his See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the Gerusalemme Liberata, which would See also:

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

place his birth about the See also:

• YEAR

year 1580 . He preferred a See also:

• LIFE

life of study and retirement to the military service in which his See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers were distinguished . He married a See also:

• SISTER

sister of See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter Laycock, See also:

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

chief alnager of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern counties, and lived on a small See also:

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

estate at Fewston, See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire . There his 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 was spent in his See also:

• LITERARY

literary pursuits, and in the See also:

• EDUCATION

education of his See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children and those of his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother, Sir Thomas Fairfax, afterwards baron of Cameron . His translation appeared in 1600, See also:

• GODFREY, SIR EDMUND BERRY (1621-1678)

Godfrey of Bulloigne, or the Recoverie of Ierusalem, done into English heroicall 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 by Edw . Fairefax, Gent., and was dedicated to 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 . It was enthusiastically received . In the same year in which it was published extracts from it were printed in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England's See also:

• PARNASSUS (mod. Likkoura or Likeri)

Parnassus . See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• PHILLIPS
• PHILLIPS, ADELAIDE (1833-1882)
• PHILLIPS, EDWARD (163o-1696)
• PHILLIPS, JOHN (1800—1874)
• PHILLIPS, SAMUEL (1814—1854)
• PHILLIPS, STEPHEN (1868– )
• PHILLIPS, THOMAS (1770-1845)
• PHILLIPS, WENDELL (1811-1884)

Phillips, the See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew of See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton, in his Theatrum Poetarum, warmly eulogized the translation . See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund See also:

• WALLER, EDMUND (1606-1687)
• WALLER, LEWIS (186o- )
• WALLER, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1597-1668)

Waller said he was indebted to it for the See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony of his See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers .

It is said that it was See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King 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 favourite English poem, and that 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 I. entertained himself in See also:

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

prison with its pages . Fairfax employed the same number of lines and stanzas as his See also:

• ORIGINAL

original, but within the limits of each See also:

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

stanza he allowed himself the greatest See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty . Other translators may give a more literal version, but Fairfax alone seizes upon the poetical and chivalrous See also:

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

character of the poem . He presented, says Mr See also:

• COURTHOPE, WILLIAM JOHN (1842— )

Courthope, " an See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of the chivalrous past of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, as seen through the See also:

• MEDIUM

medium of See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic orthodoxy and classical See also:

• HUMANISM (from Lat. humanus, human, connected with holm)

humanism." The sweetness and See also:

• MELODY (Gr. ,ueXw3ia, a choral song, from name, tune, and gi6i, song)

melody of many passages are scarcely excelled even by See also:

• SPENSER, EDMUND (c. 1552-1599)
• SPENSER, JOHN (1559-1614)

Spenser . Fairfax made no other See also:

• APPEAL

appeal to the public . He wrote, however, a See also:

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

series of eclogues, twelve in number, the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth of which was published, by permission of the See also:

• FAMILY

family, in Mrs See also:

• COOPER
• COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
• COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
• COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
• COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
• COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
• COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
• COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
• COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
• COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)

Cooper's See also:

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

Muses' Library (1737) . Another of the eclogues and a Discourse on See also:

• WITCHCRAFT

Witchcraft, as it was acted in the Family of Mr Edward Fairfax of Fuystone in the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York in 1621, edited from the original copy by 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 See also:

• HOUGHTON, RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES, 1ST BARON (1809—1885)

Houghton, appeared in the Miscellanies of the Philobiblon Society (1858–1859) . Fairfax was a See also:

• FIRM

firm believer in witchcraft . He fancied that two of his children had been bewitched, and he had the poor wretches whom he accused brought to trial, but without obtaining a conviction . Fairfax died at Fewston and was buried there on the 27th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1635 .