See also:GEORGE See also:PEELE (1558-c. 1598)
, See also:English dramatist, was See also:born in See also:London in 1558
.
His See also:father, who appears to have belonged to a See also:Devonshire See also:family, was clerk of See also:Christ's See also:Hospital, and wrote two See also:treatises on See also:book-keeping
.
See also:George See also:Peele was educated at Christ's Hospital, and entered Broadgates See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall (See also:Pembroke See also:College), See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, in 1571
.
In 1574 he removed to Christ 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, taking his B.A. degree in 1577, and proceeding M.A. in 1579
.
In 1579 the See also:governors of Christ's Hospital requested their clerk to " See also:discharge his See also:house of his son, George Peele." It is not 'necessary to read into this anything more than that the governors insisted on his beginning to See also:earn a livelihood
.
He went up to London about 158o, but in 1583 when Albertus Alasco (See also:Albert See also:Laski), a See also:Polish nobleman, was entertained at Christ Church, Oxford, Peele was entrusted with the arrangement of two Latin plays by 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 Gager (fl
.
I58o—1619) presented on the occasion
.
He was also complimented by Dr Gager for an English See also:verse See also:translation of one of the I phigenias of See also:Euripides
.
In 1585 he was employed to write the See also:Device of the See also:Pageant See also:borne before See also:Woolston Dixie, and in 1591 he devised the pageant in See also:honour of another See also:lord See also:mayor, See also:Sir William See also:Webbe
.
This was the Descensus Astraeae (printed in the Harleian See also:Miscellany, 18o8), in which See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth is honoured as See also:Astraea
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Peele had married as See also:early as
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1 583 a See also:lady who brought him some See also:property, which he speedily dissipated
.
See also:Robert See also:Greene, at the end of his Groats-See also:worth of Wit, exhorts Peele to repentance, saying that he has, like himself, " been driven to extreme shifts for a living." The sorry traditions of his reckless See also:life were emphasized by the use of his name in connexion with the apocryphal Merrie conceited Jests of George Peele (printed in 1607)
.
Many of the stories had done service before, but there are See also:personal touches that may be See also:biographical
.
He died before 1598, for See also:Francis See also:Meres, See also:writing in that See also:year, speaks of his See also:death in his Palladis Tamia
.
His See also:pastoral See also:comedy of The Araygnement of See also:Paris, presented by the See also:Children of the See also:Chapel Royal before Queen Elizabeth perhaps as early as 1581, was printed anonymously in 1584
.
See also:Charles See also:Lamb, sending to See also:Vincent See also:Novello a See also:song from this piece of Peele's, said that if it had been less uneven in See also:execution See also:Fletcher's Faithful Shepherdess had been but a second name in this sort of writing." Peele shows considerable See also:art in ' his flattery
.
Paris is arraigned before See also:Jupiter for having assigned the See also:apple to See also:Venus
.
See also:Diana, with whom the final decision rests, gives the apple to none of the competitors but to a nymph called Eliza, whose identity is confirmed by the further
with' a See also:fine See also:tower and 'See also:spire
.
See also:Peel was called by the Northmen Holen (See also:island, i.e
.
St See also:Patrick's Isle); the existing name is See also:Celtic,
explanation, " whom some Zabeta See also:call." The Famous See also:Chronicle 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 See also:Edward the first, sirnamed Edward Longshankes, with his returne from the See also:holy See also:land
.
Also the life of Lleuellen, rebell in See also:Wales
.
Lastly, the sinking of Queen Elinor, who suncke at Charingcrosse, and See also:rose again at Potters-hith, now named Queenehith (printed 1593)
.
This " chronicle See also:history," formless enough, as the rambling See also:title shows, is nevertheless an advance on the old chronicle plays, and marks a step towards the Shakespearian See also:historical See also:drama
.
The Battell of Alcazar—with the death of Captaine See also:Stukeley (acted 1588-1589, printed 1594), published anonymously, is attributed with much See also:probability to Peele
.
The Old Wives See also:Tale, registered in Stationers' Hall, perhaps more correctly, as " The Owlde wifes tale " (printed 1595), was followed by The Love of King See also:David and See also:fair Bethsabe (written c
.
1588, printed 1599), which is notable as an example of Elizabethan drama See also:drawn entirely from scriptural See also:sources
.
Mr Fleay See also:sees in it a See also:political See also:satire, and identifies Elizabeth and See also:Leicester as David and Bathsheba, See also:Mary Queen of Scots as See also:Absalom
.
Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes (printed 1599) has been attributed to Peele, but on insufficient grounds
.
Among his occasional poems are " The Honour of the Garter," which has a See also:prologue containing Peele's judgments on his contemporaries, and " Polyhymnia " (1590), a See also:blank-verse description of the ceremonies attending the retirement of the queen's See also:champion, Sir 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:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
Lee
.
This is concluded by the " See also:Sonnet," " His See also:golden locks 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 hath to See also:silver turn'd," quoted by See also:Thackeray in the 76th See also:chapter of The Newcomes
.
To the See also:Phoenix See also:Nest in 1593 he contributed " The Praise of Chastity." Mr F
.
G
.
Fleay (Biog
.
Chron. of the Drama) credits Peele with The See also:Wisdom of See also:Doctor Doddipoll (printed 1600), Wily Beguiled (printed 16o6), The Life and Death of See also:Jack See also:Straw, a notable See also:rebel (1587?), a See also:share in the First and Second Parts of Henry VI., and on the authority of See also:Wood and Winstanley, Alphonsus, See also:Emperor of See also:Germany
.
Peele belonged to the See also:group of university scholars who, in Greene's phrase, " spent their wits in making playes." Greene went on to say that he was " in some things rarer, in nothing inferior," to See also:Marlowe
.
See also:Nashe in his See also:preface to Greene's Menaphon called him " the See also:chief supporter of pleasance now living, the See also:Atlas of Poetrie and See also:Primus verborum artifex, whose first encrease, the Arraignement of Paris, might plead to your opinions his pregnant dexteritie of wit and manifold varietie of invention, wherein (me judice) hee goeth a step beyond all that write." This praise was not unfounded
.
The See also:credit given to Greene and Marlowe for the increased dignity of English dramatic diction, and for the new smoothness infused into blank verse, must certainly be shared by Peele
.
See also:Professor F
.
B
.
Gummere, in a See also:critical See also:essay prefixed to his edition of The Old Wives Tale, puts in another claim for Peele
.
In the contrast between the romantic See also:story and the realistic See also:dialogue he sees the first instance of See also:humour quite See also:foreign to the comic " business " of earlier comedy
.
The Old Wives Tale is a See also:play within a play, slight enough to be perhaps better described as an interlude
.
Its background of rustic folk-See also:lore gives it additional See also:interest, and there is much fun poked at See also:Gabriel See also:Harvey and See also:Stanyhurst
.
Perhaps Huanebango,' who parodies Harvey's hexameters, and actually quotes him on one occasion, may be regarded as representing that See also:arch-enemy of Greene and his See also:friends
.
Peele's See also:Works were edited by See also:Alexander See also:Dyce (1828, 1829-1839 and 1861) ; by A
.
H
.
Bullen (2 vols., 1888)
.
An examination of the metrical peculiarities of his See also:work is to be found in F
.
A
.
R
.
Lammerhirt's Georg Peele, Untersuchungen fiber sein Leben and See also:seine Werke (See also:Rostock, 1882)
.
See also Professor F
.
B
.
Gummere, in Representative English Comedies (1903); and an edition of The Battell of Alcazar, printed for the See also:Malone Society in 1907
.
PEEP-OF-See also:DAY BOYS, an Irish See also:Protestant See also:secret society, formed about 1785
.
Its See also:object was to protect the Protestant peasantry, and avenge their wrongs on the See also:Roman Catholics
.
The " Boys " gained their name from the See also:hour of See also:dawn which
I Mr Fleay goes so far as to see in the preposterous names of Huanebango's kith and See also:kin puns on Harvey's father's See also:trade
.
Polymachaeroplacidus " he Interprets as " Polly-make-a-ropelass "
Origin of See also:Peerage
.
they See also:chose for their raids on the Roman See also:Catholic villages
.
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