2ND See also:

• EARL

EARL 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:

• WILMOT
• WILMOT, DAVID (1814-1868)

WILMOT See also:

• ROCHESTER
• 2ND EARL JOHN WILMOT ROCHESTER
• ROCHESTER, LAWRENCE HYDE, EARL OF (1641-1711)

ROCHESTER  of (1647–168o), See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet and wit, was the son of 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:

• WILMOT
• WILMOT, DAVID (1814-1868)

Wilmot, 1st See also:

• EARL

earl . The See also:

• FAMILY

family was descended from See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Wilmot of See also:

• WITNEY

Witney, See also:

• OXFORDSHIRE (or OxoN)

Oxfordshire, whose son 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 (c . 1570—C.1644), having served with distinction in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland during the See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion at the beginning of the 17th See also:

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

century, was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of See also:

• CONNAUGHT
• CONNAUGHT, ARTHUR WILLIAM PATRICK ALBERT, DUKE OF (1850– )

Connaught from 1616 until his See also:

• DEATH

death . In 1621 he had been created an Irish peer as See also:

• VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount Wilmot of See also:

• ATHLONE

Athlone, and he was succeeded by his only surviving son, Henry (c . 1612–1658) . Having fought against the Scots at See also:

• NEWBURN

Newburn and been imprisoned and expelled from the 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 of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons for plotting in the interests of the 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 in 1641, Henry Wilmot served Charles I. well during the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, being responsible for the defeats of See also:

• SIR

Sir 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 See also:

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

Waller at Roundway Down in See also:

• JULY

July 1643 and at Cropredy See also:

• BRIDGE

Bridge in See also:

• JUNE

June 1644 . In 1643 he was created See also:

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

Baron Wilmot of Adderbury . Wilmot was on See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad terms with some of the king's See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends and advisers, including See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• RUPERT (1352—1410)
• RUPERT (HRODBERT), ST
• RUPERT, PRINCE, COUNT PALATINE OF THE RHINE AND DUKE OF BAVARIA (1619—1682)

Rupert, and in 1644 he is reported to have said that Charles was afraid of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace and to have advised his supercession by his son, the prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales . Consequently he was deprived of his command, and after a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short imprisonment was allowed to See also:

• CROSS

cross over to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . He was greatly trusted by Charles II., whose defeat at See also:

• WORCESTER
• WORCESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• WORCESTER, JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF (1427—1470)
• WORCESTER, WILLIAM (c. 1415-c. 1482)

Worcester and subsequent wanderings he shared, and during this king's See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile he was one of his See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal advisers, being created by him earl of See also:

• ROCHESTER
• ROCHESTER, JOHN WILMOT, 2ND EARL
• ROCHESTER, LAWRENCE HYDE, EARL OF (1641-1711)

Rochester in 1652 . In the interests of Charles he visited the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand III., the See also:

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

duke of See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine, and the elector of See also:

• BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg, and 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 1655 he was in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, where he led a feeble See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt at a rising on See also:

• MARSTON, JOHN (c. 1575-1634)
• MARSTON, PHILIP BOURKE (1850-1887)

Marston See also:

• MOOR

Moor, near 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; on its failure he fled the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

Born at Ditchley in Oxfordshire on the loth of See also:

• APRIL

April 1647, 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 Wilmot, who succeeded his See also:

• FATHER

father as 2nd earl in 1658, was educated at Wadham See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

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, and in 1661, although he was only fourteen years of See also:

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

age, received the degree of M.A .

On leaving Oxford he travelled in France and See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy with a See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor who encouraged his love of literature, and moreover advocated principles of See also:

• TEMPERANCE

temperance which, however, See also:

• BORE

bore little See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit . He returned in 1664, and at once made his way to Charles II.'s 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, where his youth, See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good looks and wit assured him of a welcome In 1665 he joined the See also:

• FLEET

fleet serving against the Dutch as a volunteer, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year distinguished himself by carrying a See also:

• MESSAGE (a word occurring in slightly different forms in several languages, e.g. Fr. message, Span. mensaje, Ital. messagio; adapted from the Low Lat. missaticum, from mittere)

message in an open See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat under See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire . This reputation for courage was afterwards lost in private quarrels in which he seems to have shirked danger . He became See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman of the bedchamber to Charles II., and was the confidant of his various exploits . According to See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

Anthony See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton, banishment from court for lampooning the king or his mistresses was with Rochester an almost See also:

• ANNUAL

annual occurrence, but his disgrace was never of See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long duration . Charles seems to have found his See also:

• COMPANY

company too congenial to be long dispensed with, and See also:

• PEPYS, SAMUEL (1633-1703)

Pepys says that all serious men were disgusted by the complaisance with which he passed over Rochester's insolence (See also:

• DIARY

Diary, 17th Feb . 1669) . In See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to restore his rapidly vanishing See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune he became a suitor to 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 See also:

• MALET, LUCAS

Malet . In spite of the king's support of Rochester's suit, See also:

• MISS

Miss Malet refused to marry the earl, who thereupon had her seized (1665) from her See also:

• UNCLE

uncle's See also:

• COACH (through the Fr. coche, originally from the Magyar kocsi, an adjective from the Hungarian place named Kocs, between Raab and Buda, i.e. the sort of vehicle used there in the 15th century)

coach . Rochester was pursued, and Charles, who was very angry, sent him to the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower . Miss Malet, however, married him in 1667 . Not content with making or unmaking the reputation of the maids of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour and the courtiers by his squibs and songs, Rochester aspired to be a See also:

• PATRON

patron of See also:

• POETRY

poetry and an arbiter of See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste, but he was vain and capricious, tolerating no rivals in his capacity of patron .

See also:

• DRYDEN, JOHN (1631-1700)

Dryden dedicated to him his See also:

• MARRIAGE

Marriage-See also:

• ALA

ala-Mode (1672) in a See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface full of effusive flattery, at the See also:

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

close of which, however, occurs a passage that may be taken to indicate that he already had misgivings . " Your lordship has but another step to make," he says, " and from the patron of wit, you may become its See also:

• TYRANT (Gr. r6pavvos, master, ruler)

tyrant; and oppress our little reputations with more ease than you now protect them." Dryden had another patron in 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:

• MULGRAVE, EARLDOM OF

Mulgrave (afterwards duke of Bucking-See also:

• HAM

ham and See also:

• NORMANBY, CONSTANTINE HENRY PHIPPS, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1797–1863)

Normanby), to whom he dedicated (r675) Aurengzebe . Mulgrave had engaged in a See also:

• DUEL (Ital. duello, Lat. duellum—old form of bellum-from duo, two)

duel with Rochester, who had re-fused to fight at the last See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute on the ground of See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health . Mulgrave allowed this See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story to spread, and Rochester, who apparently thought him too dangerous an opponent, revenged himself on Dryden as Mulgrave's protege by setting up as his rivals, first Elkanah See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

Settle, and then John See also:

• CROWNE, JOHN (d. c. 1703)

Crowne . By his See also:

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

influence Settle's Emperor of See also:

• MOROCCO

Morocco was played at See also:

• WHITEHALL

Whitehall, and Crowne was employed, in See also:

• DIRECT

direct infringement of Dryden's See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province as See also:

• LAUREATE (Lat. laureatus, from laurea, the laurel tree)

laureate, to write a masque for the court . Both these poets were discarded in turn for Nathaniel 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 and 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:

• OTWAY, THOMAS (1652-1685)

Otway . In 1679 Mulgrave began to circulate his See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

Essay on See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

Satire in which Rochester was singled out for severe See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism . Rochester See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose to pretend that this was Dryden's See also:

• WORK

work, not Mulgrave's, and by his orders a See also:

• BAND

band of roughs set on the poet in See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

Rose See also:

• ALLEY (from the Fr. allee, a walk)

Alley, 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, and See also:

• BEAT (a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages; it is connected with the similar Romanic words derived from the Late Lat. battere)

beat him . He obviously See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt no shame for this infamous attack, for in his " See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

Imitation of the First Satire of See also:

• JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS) (c. 60-140)

Juvenal " he says, " Who'd be a wit in Dryden's cudgelled skin?" His health was already undermined, and in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of i68o he retired to High See also:

• LODGE
• LODGE, EDMUND (1756-1839)
• LODGE, H
• LODGE, HENRY CABOT (1850– )
• LODGE, SIR OLIVER JOSEPH (1851– )
• LODGE, THOMAS (c. 1558–1625)

Lodge, See also:

• WOODSTOCK

Woodstock See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park . He began to show signs of a more serious See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper, and at his own See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request was visited (July 20th to July 24th) by See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop See also:

• BURNET
• BURNET, GILBERT (1643-1715)
• BURNET, THOMAS (1635-1715)

Burnet, who attested the sincerity of his repentance . He died, however, two days after the bishop See also:

• LEFT

left him . When his son Charles, the 3rd earl, died on the 12th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1681, his titles became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct .

As a poet Rochester was a follower of See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham See also:

• COWLEY, ABRAHAM (1618-1667)
• COWLEY, HANNAH (1743-1809)
• COWLEY, HENRY RICHARD CHARLES WELLESLEY

Cowley and of Boileau, to both of whom he was considerably indebted . His love lyrics are often happy, but his real vigour and ability is best shown in his See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical poems and satires . The See also:

• POLITICAL

political satires are notable for their fierce exposure of Charles II.'s weakness, his ingratitude, and the See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery in which he was held by his mistresses . They show that Rochester had it in him to be a very different See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man from the criticizing courtier and the " very profane wit " who figures in contemporary See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs . BIBLiOGRAPHY.—Poems on Several Occasions by the Right Honour-able the Earl of Rochester . . . (See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp, 168o) , was really printed in See also:

• LONDON

London, Other issues, slightly varying in See also:

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

title and contents, appeared in 1685, 1691 and 1696 . Valentinian, A Tragedy, adapted from See also:

• BEAUMONT
• BEAUMONT, BELMONT, or BELLOMONT
• BEAUMONT, CHRISTOPHE DE (1703-1781)
• BEAUMONT, SIR JOHN (1583–1627)

Beaumont and 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, was printed in 1685; a scurrilous attack. on Charles H. in the shape of a See also:

• PLAY

play in heroic couplets, Sodom, was printed in 1684, and is supposed, in spite of Rochester's denial, to have been chiefly his work . No copy of this is known, but there are two See also:

• MSS

MSS. extant . The completest edition of his See also:

• WORKS

works is The Poetical Works of the Earl of Rochester (1731-32) . Expurgated -collections are to be found in See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson's, See also:

• ANDERSON
• ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
• ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
• ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
• ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
• ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
• ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
• ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
• ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
• ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)

Anderson's and See also:

• CHALMERS, ALEXANDER (1759-1834)
• CHALMERS, GEORGE (1742-1825)
• CHALMERS, GEORGE PAUL (1836-1878)
• CHALMERS, JAMES (1841-1901)
• CHALMERS, THOMAS (1780-1847)

Chalmers's See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of the See also:

• BRITISH

British Poets . His See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

Familiar Letters were printed in 1686, 1697 and 1699 .

His Political Satires are available, with those of Sir John See also:

• DENHAM, DIXON (1786–1828.)
• DENHAM, SIR JOHN (1615—1669)

Denham and See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew Marvell, in the Bibliotheca Curiosa (Some Political Satires of the Seventeenth Century, vol. i., See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, 1885) . Contemporary accounts of Rochester are to be found in the memoir by See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint-Evremond pre-fixed to an edition of 1709, in Hamilton's Memoires du See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

Comte de See also:

• GRAMONT, ANTOINE AGENOR ALFRED
• GRAMONT, PHILIBERT, COMTE DE (1621-1707)

Gramont, in the funeral See also:

• SERMON (Lat. sermo, a discourse)

sermon preached by See also:

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

Robert See also:

• PARSONS
• PARSONS (or PERSONS), ROBERT (1546-161o)
• PARSONS, THEOPHILUS (1750-1813)

Parsons (168o), and in Bishop Burnet's Some Passages in the See also:

• LIFE

Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester (168o), reprinted in Bishop See also:

• WORDSWORTH, CHARLES (1806–1892)
• WORDSWORTH, CHRISTOPHER (1774–1846)
• WORDSWORTH, CHRISTOPHER (1807–1885)
• WORDSWORTH, DOROTHY (1771-1855)
• WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM (1770-185o)

Wordsworth's Ecclesiastical See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

Biography (vol. vi.) .