See also:

• JOSHUA, BOOK OF

JOSHUA See also:

• SYLVESTER, JAMES
• JOSHUA SYLVESTER (1563–1618)

SYLVESTER (1563–1618)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet, the son of a Kentish See also:

• CLOTHIER

clothier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1563 . In his tenth See also:

• YEAR

year he was sent to school at See also:

• SOUTHAMPTON
• SOUTHAMPTON, EARL OF
• SOUTHAMPTON, HENRY WRIOTHESLEY, 3RD EARL OF (1J73—1624)

Southampton, where he gained a knowledge of Frencn . After about three years at school he appears to have been put to business, and in 1591 the See also:

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

title-See also:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

page of his Yvry states that he was in the service of the See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

Merchant Adventurers' See also:

• COMPANY

Company . He was for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short 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 See also:

• LAND

land steward, and in 16o6 See also:

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

Prince 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 gave him a small See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension as a See also:

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

kind of 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 poet . In 1613 he obtained a position as secretary to the Merchant Adventurers . He was stationed at See also:

• MIDDELBURG

Middelburg, in the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Countries, where he died on the 28th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1618 . He translated into English heroic couplets the scriptural epic of See also:

• GUILLAUME
• GUILLAUME, JEAN BAPTISTE CLAUDE EUGENE (1822-1905)

Guillaume du Bartas . 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 of the Second See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

Week was published in 1598; and in 1604 The Divine See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

Weeks of the See also:

• WORLD

World's See also:

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

Birth . The ornate See also:

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

style of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original offered no difficulty to See also:

• SYLVESTER, JAMES
• SYLVESTER, JOSHUA (1563–1618)

Sylvester, who was himself a See also:

• DISCIPLE

disciple of the Euphuists and added many adornments of his own invention . The Sepmaines of Du Bartas appealed most to his English and See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German co-religionists, and the See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation was immensely popular . It has often been suggested that See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton owed something in the conception of See also:

• PARADISE (Gr. lrap6BEwos)

Paradise Lost to Sylvester's translation . His popularity ceased with the Restoration, and See also:

• DRYDEN, JOHN (1631-1700)

Dryden called his 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 " abominable See also:

• FUSTIAN

fustian." His See also:

• WORKS

works were reprinted by Dr A .

B . See also:

• GROSART, ALEXANDER BALLOCH (1827-1899)

Grosart (188o) in the See also:

• CHERTSEY

Chertsey Worthies Library." See also C . See also:

• DUNSTER

Dunster's Considerations on Milton's See also:

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

early See also:

• READING

Reading ("Boo) .