See also:

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

GEORGE See also:

• GEORGE PUTTENHAM (d. 1590)

PUTTENHAM (d. 1590)  , the reputed author of The Arte of See also:

• ENGLISH

English Poesie (1589) . The See also:

• BOOK

book was entered at Stationer ? 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 in 1588, and published in the following See also:

• YEAR

year with a dedicatory See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter to 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:

• BURGHLEY, WILLIAM CECIL, BARON (1521-1598)

Burghley written by the printer See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

Field, who professed See also:

• IGNORANCE (Lat. ignorantia, from ignorare, not to know); want of knowledge, a state of mind which in law has important consequences. A well-known legal maxim runs: ignorantia juris non excusat ("ignorance of the law does not excuse")

ignorance of the writer's name and position . There is no contemporary See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence for the authorship, and the name of See also:

• PUTTENHAM, GEORGE (d. 1590)

Puttenham is first definitely associated with it in the Hypercritica of See also:

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

Edmund See also:

• BOLTON (BOLTON-LE-MOORS)
• BOLTON (or BOULTON), EDMUND (1S75?-1633?)
• BOLTON, DUKES OF

Bolton, published in 1722, but written in the beginning of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, perhaps as See also:

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

early from the impression made by the falling missile to the point as 16o5 . The writer of the See also:

• ARK (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Arche, adapted from the Lat. area, chest, cf. arcere, to shut up, enclose)„ a chest, basket or box. The Hebrew word tebah, translated in the' A.V. by " ark," is used in the Old Testament (1)

Ark of English Poesie supplies certain See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical details . He was educated at 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, and at the See also:

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

age of eighteen he addressed an See also:

• ECLOGUE

eclogue entitled Elpine to See also:

• EDWARD

Edward VI . In his youth he had visited See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, and was better acquainted with See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign courts than with his own . In 1579 he presented to 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 his Partheniades (printed in a collection of See also:

• MSS

MSS . See also:

• BALLADS

Ballads by F . J . See also:

• FURNIVALL, FREDERICK JAMES (1825-1910)

Furnivall), and he wrote the See also:

• TREATISE

treatise in question especially for the delectation of the queen and her ladies . He mentions nine other See also:

• WORKS

works of his, none of which are extant .

There is no See also:

• DIRECT

direct evidence beyond Bolton's ascription to identify the author with See also:

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

George or Richard Puttenham, the sons of See also:

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

Robert Puttenham and his wife See also:

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

Margaret, the See also:

• SISTER

sister 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:

• ELYOT, SIR THOMAS (c. 1490-1546)

Elyot, who dedicated his treatise on the See also:

• EDUCATION

Education or Bringing up of See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children to her for the benefit of her sons . Both made unhappy marriages, were constantly engaged in litigation, and were frequently in disgrace . Richard was in See also:

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

prison when the book was licensed to be printed, and when he made his will in 1597 he was in the Queen's See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

Bench Prison . He was buried, according to 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 See also:

• PAYNE, PETER (c. 138o-1455)

Payne See also:

• COLLIER, ARTHUR (1680-1732)
• COLLIER, JEREMY (1650-1726)
• COLLIER, JOHN PAYNE (1789–1883)

Collier, at St See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

Clement Danes, See also:

• LONDON

London, on the and of See also:

• JULY

July 1601 . George Puttenham is said to have been implicated in a See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot against Lord Burghley in 1570, and in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1578 was imprisoned . In 1585 he received reparation from the privy See also:

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

council for alleged wrongs suffered at the hands of his relations . His will is dated the 1st of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1590 . Richard Puttenham is known to have spent much 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 abroad, whereas there is no evidence that George ever See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . This agrees better with the writer's See also:

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

account of himself; but if the statement that he addressed Elpine to Edward VI. when he was eighteen years of age be taken to imply that the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of this See also:

• WORK

work See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell within that 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 reign, the date of the author's See also:

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

birth cannot be placed anterior to 1529 . At the date (1546) of his See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance of his grandfather, Sir Thomas Elyot's estates, Richard Puttenham was proved in an See also:

• INQUISITION, THE (Lat. inquisitio, an inquiry)

inquisition held at See also:

• NEWMARKET

Newmarket to have been twenty-six years old . Whoever the author may have been, there is no doubt about the importance of the work, which is the most systematic and comprehensive, treatise of the time on its subject . It is " contrived into three bookes: the first of poets and poesies, the second of proportion, the third of See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament." The first See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section contains a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• ART

art of See also:

• POETRY

poetry, and a discussion of the various forms of poetry; the second treats of See also:

• PROSODY (Gr. rpovwSta)

prosody, dealing in turn with the See also:

• MEASURES

measures in use in English 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, the See also:

• CAESURA (Lat. for " cutting," Gr. row))

caesura, See also:

• PUNCTUATION (Lat. punctum, a point)

punctuation, See also:

• RHYME

rhyme, See also:

• ACCENT

accent, See also:

• CADENCE (through the Fr. from the Lat. cadentia, from cadere, to fall)

cadence, " proportion in figure," which the author illustrates by geometrical diagrams, and the proposed innovations of English quantitative verse; the section on ornament deals with See also:

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

style, the distinctions between written and spoken See also:

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

language, the figures of speech; and the author closes with lengthy observations on See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners .

It is interesting to See also:

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

note that in his remarks on language he deprecates the use of archaisms, and although he allows that the purer Saxon speech is spoken beyond the See also:

• TRENT
• TRENT (Lat. Tridentum; Ital. Trento; Ger. relent)
• TRENT, COUNCIL OF

Trent, he advises the English writer to take as his See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model the usual speech 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 London and the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home counties . Many later " poetics " are indebted to this book . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original edition is very rare . See also:

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

Professor Edward See also:

• ARBER, EDWARD (1836– )

Arber's reprint (1869) contains a clear See also:

• SUMMARY

summary of the various documents with regard to the authorship of this treatise . The history of the Puttenhams is discussed in H . H . S . See also:

• CROFT (or CROFTS), WILLIAM (1678–1727)
• CROFT, SIR HERBERT
• CROFT, SIR JAMES (d. 1590)

Croft's edition of Elyot's Boke called the Governour . A careful investigation brought him to the conclusion that the evidence was in favour of Richard . There are other See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of the book, notably one in J . Haslewood's See also:

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

Ancient See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

Critical Essays (1811-1815) .