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:

• THOMAS SHELTON (fl. 1612-1620)

SHELTON (fl. 1612-1620)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English translator of See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Quixote . In the See also:

• DEDICATION (Lat. dedicatio, from dedicare, to proclaim, to announce)

dedication of The delightfull See also:

• HISTORY

history of the wittie See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight, Don Quiskote (1612) he explains to his See also:

• PATRON

patron, 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:

• HOWARD (FAMILY)
• HOWARD, CATHERINE (d. 1542)
• HOWARD, JOHN (1726-1790)
• HOWARD, LORD WILLIAM (1563–1640)
• HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS (1830-19o9)
• HOWARD, SIR ROBERT (1626–1698)

Howard de See also:

• WALDEN, ROGER (d. 1406)

Walden, afterwards 2nd See also:

• EARL

Earl of 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, that he had translated Don Quixote from See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish into English some five or six years previously in the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of See also:

• FORTY

forty days for a " very dear friend " who was unable to understand the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original . See also:

• SHELTON, THOMAS (fl. 1612-1620)

Shelton did not use the original edition of Cervantes, but one published in See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels'in 1607 . On the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of the Brussels imprint of the second See also:

• PART

part of Don Quixote in 1616, he translated that also into English, completing his task in 162o, and See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing at the same 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 a revised edition of the first part . His performance, has become a classic among English See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations for its racy, spirited rendering of the original . See also:

• LIGHT

Light was thrown on 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 Shelton's See also:

• PERSONAL

personal history by the researches of Mr See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander T . See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

Wright in a See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper published in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1898 . Among the kinsfolk of the earl of Suffolk were three persons bearing the name Thomas Shelton, and though all died before 1600 he was probably a member of the same See also:

• FAMILY

family . It seems safe to identify him with the Thomas Shelton who wrote a See also:

• SONNET (Ital. Sonetto, dim. of Suono, Fr. Sonnet)

sonnet prefixed to the Restitution of Decayed Intelligence (16o5) of See also:

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

Richard Verstegan, who was most likely the friend referred to in Shelton's See also:

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

preface, for there is See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason to believe that both of them were then employed in a See also:

• MATTER

matter of doubtful See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty, the intrigues of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Catholics in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . He was acquainted with the " cries of the See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild Irish," and seems to have been honestly employed in carrying letters to persons in England from Lord See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

Deputy See also:

• FITZWILLIAM, SIR WILLIAM (1526-1599)
• FITZWILLIAM, WILLIAM WENTWORTH FITZWILLIAM, 2ND EARL (1748-1833)

Fitzwilliam at See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin See also:

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

Castle . But in 1599 he apparently acted as See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent for See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence McCarthy to offer his service to 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 of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission for which his knowledge of Spanish especially fitted him . Soon afterwards an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official precis of the facts was See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up, in which Shelton was implicated II by name .

A second version of this document in 1617 is actually signed by him, but all reference to his See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the matter is omitted . 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 Suffolk, the wife of his patron, received yearly ix000 in See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret service See also:

• MONEY

money from the Spanish king, and Shelton may have been her See also:

• ACCOMPLICE (from Fr. complice, conspirator, Lat. complex, a sharer, associate, complicare, to fold together; the ac- is possibly due to confusion with " accomplish," to complete, Lat. complere, to fill up)

accomplice . If the " many affairs of his preface were official he would not wish to See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to his antecedents by owning friendship with Verstegan., The 1612 edition is available in Mr Fitzmaurice See also:

• KELLY, EDWARD (1854–188o)
• KELLY, HUGH (1739–1777)
• KELLY, MICHAEL (1762–1826)
• KELLY, SIR FITZROY (1796–1880)

Kelly's reprint for the Tudor Translations (1892) ; that of 162o is reproduced in See also:

• MACMILLAN

Macmillan's " Library of English See also:

• CLASSICS

Classics " with an introduction by Mr A . W . See also:

• POLLARD, EDWARD ALBERT (1828–1872)

Pollard, who incorporates the suggestions made by Mr A . T . Wright in his Thomas See also:

• SKELTON, JOHN (c. 1460-1529)

Skelton, Translator .