See also:

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

GEORGE See also:

• GEORGE WHETSTONE (1544?-1587?)

WHETSTONE (1544?-1587?)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English dramatist and author, was the third son of See also:

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

Robert See also:

• WHETSTONE, GEORGE (1544?-1587?)

Whetstone (d . 1557) . A member of a wealthy See also:

• FAMILY

family that owned the See also:

• MANOR

manor of Walcot at Bernack, near See also:

• STAMFORD
• STAMFORD, HENRY GREY

Stamford, he appears to have inherited a small patrimony which he speedily dissipated, and he complains bitterly of the failure of a lawsuit to recover an See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance of which he had been unjustly deprived . In 1572 he joined an English See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment on active service in the See also:

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

Low Countries, where he met See also:

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

George See also:

• GASCOIGNE, GEORGE (c. 1535—1577)

Gascoigne 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:

• CHURCHYARD
• CHURCHYARD, THOMAS (c. 152o-16o4)

Churchyard . Gascoigne was his See also:

• GUEST (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Gast, and Swed. gust; cognate with Lat. hostis, originally a stranger, hence enemy; cf. " host " )
• GUEST, EDWIN (1800–188o)

guest near Stamford when he died in 1577, and Whetstone commemorated his friend in a See also:

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

long See also:

• ELEGY

elegy . His first See also:

• VOLUME

volume, the Rocke of Regarde (1576), consisted of tales in See also:

• PROSE

prose and 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 adapted from the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian, and in 1578 he published The right excellent and famous Historye of Promos and See also:

• CASSANDRA

Cassandra, a See also:

• PLAY

play in two parts, See also:

• DRAWN

drawn from the eighty-fifth novel of See also:

• GIRALDI, GIGLIO GREGORIO [LILIus GREGORIUS GYRALDUS] (1479-1552)
• GIRALDI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1504-1573)

Giraldi Cinthio's Hecatomithi . To this he wrote an interesting See also:

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

preface addressed to 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:

• FLEETWOOD
• FLEETWOOD, CHARLES (d. 1692)
• FLEETWOOD, WILLIAM (1656-1723)

Fleetwood, See also:

• RECORDER
• RECORDER, FIPPLE FLUTE

recorder of See also:

• LONDON

London, with whom he claimed kinship, in which he criticizes the contemporary See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama . In 1582 he published his Heptameron of Civill Discourses, a collection of tales which includes The Rare Historie of Promos and Cassandra . From this prose version apparently See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew the See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot of Measure for Measure, though he was doubtless See also:

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

familiar with the See also:

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

story in its earlier dramatic See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form . Whetstone accompanied See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• HUMPHREY (or HUMFREY), LAWRENCE (1527?-1590)

Humphrey See also:

• GILBERT
• GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
• GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
• GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
• GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
• GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
• GILBERT, J
• GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
• GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
• GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
• GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
• GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
• GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )

Gilbert on his expedition in 1578-1579, and the next See also:

• YEAR

year found him in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . The Puritan spirit was now abroad in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and Whetstone followed its dictates in his prose See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract A Mirour for Magestrates (1584), which in a second edition was called A Touchstone for the 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 . Whetstone did not abuse the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage as some Puritan writers did, but he objected to the performance of plays on Sundays .

In 1585 he returned to the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, and he was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• ZUTPHEN, or ZUTFEN

Zutphen . His other See also:

• WORKS

works are a collection of military anecdotes entitled The See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

Honourable Reputation of a Souldier (1585); a See also:

• POLITICAL

political tract, the English Myrror (1586), numerous elegies on distinguished persons, and The Censure of a Loyall Subject (1587) . No See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information about Whetstone is available after the publication of this last See also:

• BOOK

book, and it is conjectured that he died shortly afterwards .