See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

PETER See also:

• SIR PETER LELY (1617—168o)

LELY (1617—168o)  See also:

• ENGLISH

English painter, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SOEST

Soest, See also:

• WESTPHALIA (Ger. Westfalen)
• WESTPHALIA, TREATY OF

Westphalia, in 1617 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, a military See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain and a native 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, was originally called See also:

• VAN

van der Vaes; the See also:

• NICKNAME

nickname of Le Lys or See also:

• LELY, SIR PETER (1617—168o)

Lely, by which he was generally known, was adopted by his son as a surname . After studying for two years under See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter de Grebber, an artist of some See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note at See also:

• HAARLEM

Haarlem, Lely, induced by the patronage of 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. for the See also:

• FINE

fine arts, removed to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1641 . There he at first painted See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical subjects and landscape; he soon became so eminent in his profession as to be employed by Charles to paint his portrait shortly after the See also:

• DEATH

death of Vandyck . He afterwards portrayed See also:

• CROMWELL, HENRY (1628-1674)
• CROMWELL, OLIVER (1599-1658)
• CROMWELL, RICHARD (1626–1712)
• CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF

Cromwell . At the Restoration his See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius and agreeable See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners won the favour of Charles II., who made him his See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state-painter, and afterwards knighted him . He formed a famous collection, the best of 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, containing drawings, prints and paintings by the best masters; it sold by See also:

• AUCTION

auction for no less than £26,000 . His See also:

• GREAT

great example, however, was Vandyck, whom, in some of his most successful pieces, he almost rivals . Lely's paintings are carefully finished, warm and clear in colouring, and animated in See also:

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

design . The graceful posture of the heads, the delicate rounding of the hands, and the broad folds of the draperies are admired in many of his portraits . The eyes of the ladies are drowsy with languid sentiment, and See also:

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

allegory of a See also:

• COMMONPLACE

commonplace sort is too freely introduced . His most famous See also:

• WORK

work is a collection of portraits of the ladies 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 Charles II., known as " the Beauties," formerly at See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor See also:

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

Castle, and now preserved at See also:

• HAMPTON
• HAMPTON, WADE (1818-1902)

Hampton Court See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

Palace .

Of his few historical pictures, the best is " Susannah and the Elders," at Burleigh 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 . His " See also:

• JUPITER

Jupiter and See also:

• EUROPA (or rather, EUROPE)

Europa," in the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire's collection, is also worthy of note . Lely was nearly as famous for See also:

• CRAYON (Fr. craie, chalk, from Lat. creta)

crayon work as for oil-See also:

• PAINTING

painting . Towards the See also:

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

close of his See also:

• LIFE

life he often retired to an See also:

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

estate which he had bought at See also:

• KEW

Kew . He died of See also:

• APOPLEXY (Gr. arov n i.a, from aroaMvvew, to strike down, to stun)

apoplexy in the Piazza, Covent See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden, See also:

• LONDON

London, and was buried in Covent Garden 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, where a See also:

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

monument was afterwards erected to his memory . See also:

• PEPYS, SAMUEL (1633-1703)

Pepys characterized Lely as " a mighty proud See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man and full of state." The painter married an English 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 See also:

• FAMILY

family, and See also:

• LEFT

left a son and daughter, who died See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young . His only disciples were J . Greenhill and J . Buckshorn; he did not, however, allow them to obtain an insight into his See also:

• SPECIAL

special modes of work . (W . M . R.) LE See also:

• MACON
• MACON, NATHANIEL (1758-1837)

MACON (or LE See also:

• MASSON, DAVID (1822–1907)
• MASSON, LOUIS CLAUDE FREDERIC (1847– )

MAssoN), See also:

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

ROBERT (c .

1365—1443), See also:

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

chancellor of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, was born at See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

Chateau du Loir, See also:

• SARTHE

Sarthe . He was ennobled in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1401, and became six years later a councillor of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis II., duke of See also:

• ANJOU

Anjou and 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 of See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily . A See also:

• PARTISAN, or PARTIZAN

partisan of the house of See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans, he was appointed chancellor to See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella of See also:

• BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria on the 29th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1414, on the loth of See also:

• JULY

July See also:

• COMMISSARY (from Med. Lat. commissaries, one to whom a charge or trust is committed)

commissary of the See also:

• MINT
• MINT (Lat. moneta; Mid. Eng. mynt)

mint, and in See also:

• JUNE

June 1416 chancellor to the See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of Ponthieu, afterwards Charles VII . On the 16th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August he bought the See also:

• BARONY

barony of Treves in Anjou, and henceforward See also:

• BORE

bore the See also:

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

title of seigneur of Treves . When 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 was surprised by the Burgundians on the See also:

• NIGHT

night of the 29th of May 1418 he assisted Tanguy Duchatel in saving the dauphin . His devotion to the cause of the latter having brought down on him the wrath of 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 the Fearless, duke of See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy, he was excluded from the See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• AMNESTY (from the Gr. &µvrly-ria, oblivion)

amnesty known as the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint Maur See also:

• DES

des Fosses, though he retained his seat on the king's See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council . He was by the dauphin's See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side when John the Fearless was murdered at the See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge of See also:

• MONTEREAU

Montereau on the loth of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1419 . He resigned the See also:

• SEALS

seals at the beginning of 1422; but he continued to exercise great See also:

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

influence, and in 1426 he effected a reconciliation between the king and the duke of See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany . Having been captured by See also:

• JEAN

Jean de Langeac, See also:

• SENESCHAL (the O. Fr. form, mod. senechal, of the Low Lat. senescalcus, a word of Teutonic origin, meaning " old or senior servant," Goth. sini- old; cf. Lat. senex and stalks, servant; Du Cange's derivation from seneste, flock, herd, must be rejected)

seneschal of See also:

• AUVERGNE

Auvergne, in August of the same See also:

• YEAR

year, he was shut up for three months in the chateau of Usson . When set at See also:

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

liberty he returned to court, where he staunchly supported See also:

• JOAN

Joan of Arc against all the cabals that menaced her . It was he who signed the patent of See also:

• NOBILITY

nobility for the Arc family in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1429 . In 1130 he was once more entrusted with an See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy to Brittany ..

Having retired from political life in 1436, he died on the 28th of January 1443, and was interred at Treves, where his See also:

• EPITAPH (Gr. it oa¢cos, sc. X/yos, from bri, upon, and ra¢os, a tomb)

epitaph may still be seen . See C . Bourcier, " Robert le Masson," in the Revue historique de t'Anjou (1873); and the Nouvelle biographie generale, vol. See also:

• XXX

xxx . (J . V.*) LE MAIRE DE BELGES, JEAN (1473-c . 1525), See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French poet and historiographer, was born at See also:

• BAVAI

Bavai in Hainault . He was a See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew of Jean See also:

• MOLINET, JEAN (1433-1507)

Molinet, and spent some time with him at See also:

• VALENCIENNES

Valenciennes, where the See also:

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

elder writer held a See also:

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

kind of See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy of See also:

• POETRY

poetry . Le Maire in his first poems calls himself a See also:

• DISCIPLE

disciple of Molinet . In certain aspects he does belong to the school of the grands rhetoriqueurs, but his great merit as a poet is that he emancipated himself from the affectations and puerilities of his masters . This See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence of the Flemish school he owed in See also:

• PART

part perhaps to his studies at the university of Paris and to the study of the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian poets at See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons, a centre of the French renascence . In 1503 he was attached to the court of See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, duchess of See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy, afterwards See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent of the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands . For this princess he undertook more than one See also:

• MISSION

mission to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome; he became her librarian and a See also:

• CANON

canon of Valenciennes .

To her were addressed his most See also:

• ORIGINAL

original poems, Epistres de l'amand verd, the amant verb being a 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 See also:

• PARROT (according to Skeat, from Fr. Perrot or Pies-rot, the diminutive of the proper name Pierrel)

parrot belonging to his patroness . Le Maire gradually became more French in his sympathies, eventually entering the service of See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne of Brittany . His See also:

• PROSE

prose Illustrations des Gaules et singularitez de Troye (1510-1512), largely adapted from See also:

• BENOIT, PETER LEONARD LEOPOLD (1834—1901)

Benoit de Sainte More, connects the Burgundian royal house with See also:

• HECTOR

Hector . Le Maire probably died before 1525 . See also:

• ETIENNE, CHARLES GUILLAUME (1778-1845)

Etienne See also:

• PASQUIER, ETIENNE (1529-1615)
• PASQUIER, ETIENNE DENIS

Pasquier, See also:

• RONSARD, PIERRE DE (1524-1585)

Ronsard and Du Bellay all acknowledged their indebtedness to him . In his love for antiquity, his sense of See also:

• RHYTHM (Greek pvBµds, from bap, to flow)

rhythm, and even the peculiarities of his vocabulary he anticipated the Pleiade . His See also:

• WORKS

works were edited in 1882—1885 by J . Stecher, who wrote the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article on him in the Biographic nationale de Belgique .