See also:

• SIR

SIR 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 See also:

• WOTTON, NICHOLAS (c. 1497–1567)
• SIR HENRY WOTTON (1568–1639)
• WOTTON, WILLIAM (1666-1727)

WOTTON (1568–1639)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English author and diplomatist, son of 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:

• WOTTON, NICHOLAS (c. 1497–1567)
• WOTTON, SIR HENRY (1568–1639)
• WOTTON, WILLIAM (1666-1727)

Wotton (1521–1587) and See also:

• GRAND

grand-See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew of the diplomatist See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas Wotton (q.v.), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Bocton See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall in the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of Bocton or See also:

• BOUGHTON, GEORGE HENRY (1834-1905)

Boughton See also:

• MALHERBE, FRANCOIS DE (1555-1628)

Malherbe, See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent ?. He was educated at See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester School and at New See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, 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, where he matriculated on the 5th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1584 . Two years later he removed to See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen's College, graduating B.A. in 1588 . At Oxford he was the friend of Albericus Gentilis, then See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• CIVIL

Civil 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, and of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• DONNE, JOHN (1573–1631)

Donne . During his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence at Queen's he wrote a See also:

• PLAY

play, Tancredo, which has not survived, but his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief interests appear to have been scientific . In qualifying for his M.A. degree he read three lectures De oculo, and to the end of his See also:

• LIFE

life he continued to See also:

• INTEREST

interest himself in See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical experiments . His See also:

• FATHER

father, Thomas Wotton, died in 1587, leaving to his son the very inadequate See also:

• MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

maintenance of a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred marks a See also:

• YEAR

year . About 1589 Wotton went abroad, with a view probably to preparation for a See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic career, and his travels appear to have lasted for about six years . At See also:

• ALTDORF

Altdorf he met See also:

• EDWARD

Edward, 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:

• ZOUCH, RICHARD (c. 159o-1661)

Zouch, to whom he later addressed a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of letters (1590–1593) which contain much See also:

• POLITICAL

political and other See also:

• NEWS

news . These (Reliquiae Wottonianae, pp . 585 et seq . 1685) provide a See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of the See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey .

He travelled by way of See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna His See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• BROTHER

brother, Edward Wotton (1548-1626), entered the service 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 in 1585 was sent on an important errand to See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James VI. of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . In 1602 he was made See also:

• COMPTROLLER

comptroller of the royal See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household, and in 1603 he was created See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Wotton of Marley . The See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct on the See also:

• DEATH

death of his son Thomas, the 2nd baron (1588-1630) . and See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, and in 1593 spent some 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 at See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac See also:

• CASAUBON, FLORENCE ESTIENNE
• CASAUBON, ISAAC (1559-1614)

Casaubon, to whom he contracted a consider-able See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt . He returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1594, and in the next year was admitted to the See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple . While abroad he had from time to time provided See also:

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

Robert Devereux, second See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex, • with See also:

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

information, and he now definitely entered his service as one of his agents or secretaries . It was his See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty to See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply intelligence of affairs in Transylvania, See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . Wotton was not, like his unfortunate See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-secretary, 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 Cuffe, who was hanged at See also:

• TYBURN

Tyburn in 16o,, actually involved in Essex's downfall, but he thought it prudent to leave England, and within sixteen See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours of his See also:

• PATRON

patron's See also:

• APPREHENSION (Lat. ad, to; prehendere, to seize)

apprehension he was safe in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, whence he travelled to Venice and Rome . In 1602 he was See also:

• RESIDENT

resident at See also:

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

Florence, and a See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot to See also:

• MURDER

murder James VI. of Scotland having come to the ears of the grand-See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• TUSCANY
• TUSCANY (Toscana)

Tuscany, Wotton was entrusted with letters to warn him of the danger, and with See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian antidotes against See also:

• POISON

poison . As " Ottavio See also:

• BALDI, BERNARDINO (1533-1617)

Baldi " he travelled to Scotland by way of See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway . He was well received by James, and remained three months at the Scottish 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, retaining his Italian incognito . He then returned to Florence, but on receiving the news of James's See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession hurried to England .

James knighted him, and offered him the See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy at See also:

• MADRID

Madrid or 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; but Wotton, knowing that both these offices involved ruinous expense, desired rather to represent James at Venice . He See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• LONDON

London in 1604 accompanied by Sir Albertus See also:

• MORTON, JAMES DOUGLAS, 4TH EARL OF (c. 1525-1581)
• MORTON, JOHN (c. 1420-1500)
• MORTON, JOHN MADDISON (1811-1891)
• MORTON, LEVI PARSONS (1824- )
• MORTON, OLIVER PERRY (1823-1877)
• MORTON, THOMAS (1564-1659)
• MORTON, THOMAS (c. 1590-1646)

Morton, his half-nephew, as secretary, and 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:

• BEDELL, WILLIAM (1571-1642)

Bedell, the author of an Irish See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, as See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain . Wotton spent most of the next twenty years, with two breaks (1612—1616 and 1619—1621), at Venice . He helped the See also:

• DOGE

Doge in his resistance to ecclesiastical aggression, and was closely associated with See also:

• PAOLO (GIROLAMO GASPARE)5 (1532-1600)

Paolo See also:

• SARPI, PAOLO (1552-1623)

Sarpi, whose See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council of See also:

• TRENT
• TRENT (Lat. Tridentum; Ital. Trento; Ger. relent)
• TRENT, COUNCIL OF

Trent was sent to 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 James as fast as it was written . Wotton had offended the See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar Caspar See also:

• SCHOPPE, CASPAR (1576-1649)

Schoppe, who had been a fellow student at Altdorf . In 1611 Schoppe wrote a scurrilous See also:

• BOOK

book against James entitled See also:

• ECCLESIASTICUS (abbreviated to Ecclus.)

Ecclesiasticus, in which he fastened on Wotton a saying which he had incautiously written in a friend's See also:

• ALBUM (Lat. albus, white)

album years before . It was the famous See also:

• DEFINITION (Lat. definitio, from de-finire, to set limits to, describe)

definition of an See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador as an " honest See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man sent to See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie abroad for the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good of his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country." It should be noticed that the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original Latin See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the See also:

• EPIGRAM

epigram did not admit of the See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double meaning . This was adduced as an example of the morals of James and his servants, and brought Wotton into temporary disgrace . Wotton was at the time on leave in England, and made two formal defences of himself, one a See also:

• PERSONAL

personal attack on his accuser addressed to See also:

• MARCUS

Marcus See also:

• WELSER

Welser of See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg, and the other privately to the king . He failed to secure further diplomatic employment for some time, and seems to have finally won ba.ck the royal favour by obsequious support in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament of James's claim to impose arbitrary taxes on merchandise . In 1614 he was sent to the See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague and in 1616 he returned to Venice . In 162o he was sent on a See also:

• SPECIAL

special embassy to See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand II. at Vienna, to do what he could on behalf of James's daughter See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth, queen of Bohemia .

Wotton's devotion to this princess, expressed in his exquisite verses beginning " You meaner beauties of the See also:

• NIGHT

night," was sincere and unchanging . At his departure the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor presented him with a See also:

• JEWEL, JOHN (1522-1571)

jewel of See also:

• GREAT

great value, which Wotton received with due respect, but before leaving the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city he gave it to his hostess, because, he said, he would accept no gifts from the enemy of the Bohemian queen . After a third See also:

• TERM

term of service in Venice he returned to London See also:

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

early in 1624 and in See also:

• JULY

July he was installed as See also:

• PROVOST (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. prevot, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front)

provost of See also:

• ETON

Eton College . This See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office did not relieve him from his pecuniary embarrassments, and he was even on one occasion arrested for debt, but he received in 1627 a See also:

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

pension of f200, and in 163o this was raised to £500 on the understanding that he should write a history of England . He did not neglect the duties of his provostship, and was happy in being able to entertain his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends lavishly . His most See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant associates were Izaak See also:

• WALTON, BRIAN (1600-1661)
• WALTON, IZAAK (1593-1683)

Walton and John See also:

• HALES, JOHN (1584-1656)
• HALES, or HAYLES, JOHN (d. 1571)
• HALES, STEPHEN (1677-1761)

Hales . A See also:

• BEND

bend in the See also:

• THAMES

Thames below the Playing See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

Fields, known as " See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black Potts," is still pointed out as the spot where Wotton and Izaak Walton fished in See also:

• COMPANY

company . He died at the beginning of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1639 and was buried in the See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel of Eton College . Sir Henry Wotton was not an industrious author, and his writings are very small in bulk . Of the twenty-five poems printed in Reliquiae Wottonianae only fifteen are Wotton's . But of those fifteen two have obtained a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place among the best known poems in the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, the lines already mentioned " On his Mistris, the Queen of Bohemia," and " The See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

Character of a Happy Life." During his lifetime he published only The Elements of See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

Architecture (1624), which is a See also:

• PARAPHRASE (Gr. irapa¢pavis, from rrapa4p4av, to relate something in different words, 'raga, beside, and ¢pai"eav, speak, tell)

paraphrase from Marcus See also:

• VITRUVIUS (MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO)

Vitruvius See also:

• POLLIO, GAIUS ASINIUS (76 B.C.–A.D. 5; according to some, 75 B.C.–A.D. 4)

Pollio, and a Latin See also:

• PROSE

prose address to the king on his return from Scotland (1633) . In 1651 appeared the Reliquiae Wottonianiae, with Izaak Walton's Life .

An admirable Life and Letters, representing much new material, by See also:

• LOGAN
• LOGAN, JOHN (1748-1788)
• LOGAN, JOHN (c. 1725-1780)
• LOGAN, JOHN ALEXANDER (1826-1886)
• LOGAN, SIR WILLIAM EDMOND (1798-1875)

Logan See also:

• PEARSALL, ROBERT LUCAS DE (1795-1856)

Pearsall See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith, was published in 1907 . See also A . W . See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

Ward, Sir Henry Wotton, a See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

Biographical See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

Sketch (1898) .