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:

• WATSON, RICHARD (1737-1816)
• THOMAS WATSON (c. 1557–1592)
• WATSON, WILLIAM (1858- )
• WATSON, WILLIAM (c. 1559-1603)

WATSON (c. 1557–1592)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English lyrical poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London, probably in 1557 . He proceeded to 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 while quite a See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man enjoyed a certain reputation, even abroad, as a Latin poet . His De remedio amoris, which was perhaps his earliest" important See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition, is lost, and so is his " piece of See also:

• WORK

work written in the See also:

• COMMENDATION (from the Lat. commendare, to entrust to the charge of, or to procure a favour for)

commendation of See also:

• WOMEN

women-See also:

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

kind," which was also in Latin 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 . He came back to London and became a See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law-student . The earliest publication by See also:

• WATSON, RICHARD (1737-1816)
• WATSON, THOMAS (c. 1557–1592)
• WATSON, WILLIAM (1858- )
• WATSON, WILLIAM (c. 1559-1603)

Watson which has survived is a Latin version of the See also:

• ANTIGONE, (I)

Antigone of See also:

• SOPHOCLES (495-406 B.c.)

Sophocles, issued in 1581 . It is dedicated to See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip 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, See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• ARUNDEL
• ARUNDEL, EARLDOM OF
• ARUNDEL, EARLS OF
• ARUNDEL, THOMAS (1353-1414)

Arundel, who was perhaps the See also:

• PATRON

patron of the poet, who seems to have spent some See also:

• PART

part of this See also:

• YEAR

year in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . Next year Watson appears forthe first 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 as an English poet in some verses prefixed to Whet-See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone's Heptameron, and also in a far more important See also:

• GUISE
• GUISE, HOUSE OF

guise, as the author of the 'EicaroµaaOla or Passionate Centurie of Love . This is a collection or See also:

• CYCLE
• CYCLE (Gr. KUK)^os, a circle)

cycle of too pieces, in the manner of See also:

• PETRARCH (1304-1374)

Petrarch, celebrating the sufferings of a See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover and his See also:

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

long farewell to love . The technical peculiarity of these interesting poems is that, although they appear and profess to be sonnets, they are really written in triple sets of See also:

• COMMON

common six-See also:

• LINE

line See also:

• STANZA (Low Lat. stantia, Ital. stantia or stanza)

stanza, and therefore have eighteen lines each . It seems likely that Watson, who courted comparison with Petrarch, seriously desired to recommend this See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form to future sonneteers; but in this he had no imitators.' Among those who were at this time the See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends of Watson we See also:

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

note See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew Boyden and See also:

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

George See also:

• PEELE, GEORGE (1558-c. 1598)

Peele . In '585 he published a Latin See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• TASSO, TORQUATO (1544-1595)

Tasso's See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral See also:

• PLAY

play of Aminta, and his version was afterwards translated into English by See also:

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

Abraham See also:

• FRAUNCE, ABRAHAM (c. 1558-1633)

Fraunce (1587) . Watson was now, as the testimony of See also:

• NASHE (or NASH), THOMAS (1567-1601)

Nashe and others prove, regarded as the best Latin poet of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England .

In 1590 he published, in English and Latin verse, his Meliboeus, an See also:

• ELEGY

elegy on the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• WALSINGHAM, SIR FRANCIS (c. 1530-1590)
• WALSINGHAM, THOMAS (d. c. 1422)

Walsingham, and a collection of See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian Madrigals, put into English by Watson and set to See also:

• MUSIC

music by See also:

• BYRD, WILLIAM (1543-1623)

Byrd . Of the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of Watson's career nothing is known, See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save that on the 26th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1592 he was buried in the 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 of St See also:

• BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN (1831-1893)
• BARTHOLOMEW, SAINT

Bartholomew the . Less, and that in the following year his latest and best See also:

• BOOK

book, The Tears of Fancie, or Love Disdained (1593), was posthumously published . This is a collection of sixty sonnets, See also:

• REGULAR

regular in form, so far at least as to have fourteen lines each . See also:

• SPENSER, EDMUND (c. 1552-1599)
• SPENSER, JOHN (1559-1614)

Spenser is supposed to have alluded to the untimely death of Watson in See also:

• COLIN, ALEXANDRE (1526-1612)

Colin Clout's Come See also:

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

Home Again, when he says: " Amyntas quite is gone and lies full See also:

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

low, Having his See also:

• AMARYLLIS (the name of a girl in classical pastoral poetry)

Amaryllis See also:

• LEFT

left to moan." He is mentioned by See also:

• MERES, FRANCIS (1565-1647)

Meres in See also:

• COMPANY

company with See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare, Peele and See also:

• MARLOWE, CHRISTOPHER (1564-1593)
• MARLOWE, JULIA [SARAH FRANCES FROST] (1870– )

Marlowe among " the best for tragedie," but no dramatic work of his except the See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations above mentioned has come down to us . It is certain that this poet enjoyed a See also:

• GREAT

great reputation in his lifetime, and that he was not without a See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

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

influence upon the youth of Shakespeare . He was the first, after the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original experiment made by See also:

• WYAT, SIR THOMAS (1503—1542)
• WYAT, SIR THOMAS (d. 1554)

Wyat and See also:

• SURREY
• SURREY, EARLDOM OF
• SURREY, HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF (1518?-1547)

Surrey, to introduce the pure See also:

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

imitation of Petrarch into English See also:

• POETRY

poetry . He was well read in Italian, See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French and See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek literature . Watson died young, and he had not escaped from a certain languor and insipidity which prevent his graceful verses from producing their full effect . This demerit is less obvious in his later than in his earlier pieces, and with the development of the See also:

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

age, Watson, whose See also:

• CON

con-temporaries regarded him as a poet of true excellence, would probably have gained See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power and music . As it is, he has the 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 of being one of the direct forerunners of Shakespeare (in See also:

• VENUS

Venus and See also:

• ADONIS

Adonis and in the Sonnets), and of being the See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader in the long procession of Elizabethan See also:

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

sonnet-cycle writers . (E .

G.) The English See also:

• WORKS

works of Watson, excepting the madrigals, were first collected by See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• ARBER, EDWARD (1836– )

Arber in 187o . 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 Watson's " Italian Madrigals Englished " (159o) were reprinted (ed . F . J . See also:

• CARPENTER, LANT (1780-1840)
• CARPENTER, MIRY (1807-1877)
• CARPENTER, WILLIAM BENJAMIN (1813-1885)

Carpenter) from the See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of Germanic See also:

• PHILOLOGY

Philology (vol. ii., No . 3, p . 337) with the original Italian, in 1899 . See also Mr See also:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

Sidney 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's Introduction (pp. xxxi.-xli.) to Elizabethan Sonnets in the new edition (1904) of An English Garner . ' Speaking of the Hecatompathia, Mr Sidney Lee says: " Watson deprecates all claim to originality . To each poem he prefixes a See also:

• PROSE

prose introduction in which he frankly indicates, usually with ample quotations, the French, Italian or classical poem which was the source of his See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration " (Elizabethan Sonnets, p. See also:

• XXVIII

xxviii.) . In a footnote (p. xxxix.) he adds: " Eight of Watson's sonnets .ie, according to his own See also:

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

account, renderings from Petrarch; twelve are from Serafino dell' See also:

• AQUILA
• AQUILA ('AxdXas), (1)
• AQUILA, CASPAR [KASPAR ADLER] (1488-1560)
• AQUILA, SERAFINO

Aquila (1466–1500); four each come from Strozza, the Ferrarese poet, and from See also:

• RONSARD, PIERRE DE (1524-1585)

Ronsard; three from the Italian poet, Agnolo See also:

• FIRENZUOLA, AGNOLO (1493-c. 1545)

Firenzuola (1493–1548) ; two each from the French poet, See also:

• ETIENNE, CHARLES GUILLAUME (1778-1845)

Etienne Forcadel, known as Forcatulus (1514?–1573), the Italian See also:

• GIROLAMO (1450-1486)

Girolamo Parabosco (fl .