See also:JOHN See also:WEEVER (1576-1632)
, See also:English poet and See also:antiquary, a native of See also:Lancashire, was See also:born in 1576
.
He was educated at Queens' See also:College, See also:Cambridge; where he resided for about four years from 1594, but he took no degree
.
In 1599 he published Epigrammes in the See also:Oldest Cut and Newest See also:Fashion, containing a See also:sonnet on See also:Shakespeare, and epigrams on See also:Samuel See also:Daniel, See also:Michael See also:Drayton, See also:Ben See also:Jonson, 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:Warner and See also:Christopher See also:Middleton, all of which are valuable to the See also:literary historian
.
In 16o1 he published The See also:Mirror of Martyrs or The See also:Life and See also:Death of
.
.
.
See also:Sir See also:John Oldcastie, which he calls in his See also:preface the " first trew See also:Oldcastle," perhaps on See also:account of the fact that Shakespeare's Falstaff first appeared as Sir John Oldcastle
.
In the See also:fourth See also:stanza of this See also:long poem, in which Sir John is his own panegyrist, occurs a See also:reminiscence of Shakespeare's See also:Julius See also:Caesar which serves to See also:fix the date of the See also:play
.
After travelling in See also:France, the See also:Low Countries and See also:Italy, See also:Weever settled in See also:Clerkenwell, and made See also:friends among the See also:chief antiquaries 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
.
The result of extensive travels in his own See also:country appeared in See also:Ancient Futter all Monuments (1631), now valuable on account of the later obliteration of the See also:inscriptions
.
The Huth Library contains a unique copy of a thumb-See also:book Agnus Dei (i6o6), containing a See also:history of See also:Christ
.
The Mirror of Martyrs has been reprinted for the See also:Roxburghe See also:Club (1872)
.
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