See also:

• GILES (GIL, GILLES), ST

GILES See also:

• FLETCHER, ALICE CUNNINGHAM (1845– )
• FLETCHER, ANDREW
• FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1548-1611)
• GILES FLETCHER (c. 1584-1623)
• FLETCHER, JOHN WILLIAM (1729-1785)
• FLETCHER, PHINEAS (1582-1650)

FLETCHER (c. 1584-1623)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet, younger son of the preceding, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about 1584 . 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 in his Worthies of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England says that he was a native of See also:

• LONDON

London, and was educated at See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster school . From there he went to Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

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

Cambridge, where he took his B.A. degree in 1606, and became a See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of his college in 1608 . He was reader in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar (1615) and in Greek See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language (1618) . In 1603 he contributed a poem on the See also:

• DEATH

death 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 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 to Sorrow's Joy . His See also:

• GREAT

great poem of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ's Victory appeared in 1610, and in 1612 he edited the Remains of 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 Nathaniel See also:

• POWNALL, THOMAS (1722–1805)

Pownall . It is not known in what See also:

• YEAR

year he was ordained, but his sermons at St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary's were famous . Fuller tells us that the See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

prayer before the See also:

• SERMON (Lat. sermo, a discourse)

sermon was a continuous See also:

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

allegory . He See also:

• LEFT

left Cambridge about 1618, and soon after received, it is supposed from 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:

• BACON
• BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
• BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
• BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
• BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
• BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
• BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)

Bacon, the rectory of Alderton, on the See also:

• SUFFOLK
• SUFFOLK, CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1484–'545)
• SUFFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1561-1626)
• SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE

Suffolk See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, where " his clownish and See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low-parted parishioners . . . valued not their pastor according to his See also:

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

worth; which disposed him to See also:

• MELANCHOLY (Gr. µe)tayXotia, from µEtas, black, and Xotii, bile)

melancholy and hastened his See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution." (Fuller, Worthies of England, ed . 1811, vol. ii. p . 82) .

His last See also:

• WORK

work, The See also:

• REWARD

Reward of the Faithful, appeared in the year of his death (1623) . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal work by which See also:

• GILES (GIL, GILLES), ST

Giles See also:

• FLETCHER, ALICE CUNNINGHAM (1845– )
• FLETCHER, ANDREW
• FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1548-1611)
• FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1584-1623)
• FLETCHER, JOHN WILLIAM (1729-1785)
• FLETCHER, PHINEAS (1582-1650)

Fletcher is known is Christ's Victorie and See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

Triumph, in See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

Heaven, in See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

Earth, over and after Death (1610) . An edition in 164o contains seven full-See also:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

page illustrative engravings by See also:

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

George See also:

• TATE, JAMES (1771-1843)
• TATE, NAHUM (1652-1715)
• TATE, RALPH (1840-1901)
• TATE, SIR HENRY, BART

Tate . It is in four cantos and is epic in See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design . The first See also:

• CANTO (from the Lat. cantus, a song)

canto, " Christ's Victory in Heaven," represents a dispute in heaven between See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

Justice and See also:

• MERCY (adapted from Fr. merci, Lat. merces, reward)
• MERCY (or MERCI), FRANZ, FREIHERR VON

Mercy, assuming the facts of Christ's See also:

• LIFE

life on earth; the second, " Christ's Victory on Earth," deals with an allegorical See also:

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

account of the Temptation; the third, " Christ's Triumph over Death," treats of the See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

Passion; and the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth, " Christ's Triumph after Death," treating of the Resurrection and See also:

• ASCENSION
• ASCENSION, FEAST OF THE

Ascension, concludes with an affectionate eulogy of his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Phineas Fletcher (q.v.) as " Thyrsilis." The See also:

• METRE ((terpuc?, sc. rFxvf, from Gr. Or poi', measure)

metre is an eight-See also:

• LINE

line See also:

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

stanza owing something to See also:

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

Spenser . The first five lines See also:

• RHYME

rhyme ababb, and the stanza concludes with a rhyming triplet, resuming the conceit which nearly every 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 embodies . Giles Fletcher, like his brother Phineas, to whom he was deeply attached, was a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close follower of Spenser . In his very best passages Giles Fletcher attains to a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

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

melody which charmed the See also:

• EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

ear of See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton, who did not hesitate to See also:

• BORROW, GEORGE HENRY (18o3-1881)

borrow very considerably from the Christ's Victory and Triumph in his See also:

• PARADISE (Gr. lrap6BEwos)

Paradise Regained . Fletcher lived in an See also:

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

age which regarded as See also:

• MODELS

models the poems of See also:

• MARINI (or MARINO), GIAMBATTISTA (1569-1625)

Marini and Gongora, and his conceits are sometimes See also:

• GROTESQUE

grotesque in connexion with the sacredness of his subject . But when he is carried away by his theme and forgets to be ingenious, he attains great solemnity and See also:

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

harmony of See also:

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

style . His descriptions of the See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady of Vain Delight, in the second canto, and of Justice and of Mercy in the first, are worked; out with much beauty of detail into See also:

• SEPARATE

separate pictures, in the manner of the Faerie Queene . Giles Fletcher's poem was edited (1868) for the Fuller Worthies Library, and (1876) for the See also:

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

Early English Poets by Dr A .

B . See also:

• GROSART, ALEXANDER BALLOCH (1827-1899)

Grosart . It is also reprinted for The See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient and See also:

• MODERN

Modern Library of Theo-logical Literature (1888), and in R . See also:

• CATTERMOLE, GEORGE (1800-1868)

Cattermole's and H . Stebbing's Sacred See also:

• CLASSICS

Classics (1834, &c.) vol . 20 . In the library of 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's College, Cambridge, is a MS . Aegidii Fletcherii versio poetica Lamentationum Jeremiae .