the other if it were not the same as Vossius seems to disprove by the interval of time a companion to Lisander and solemnizer of his Victories Alanus a Sicilian both Poet and Eminent Oratour who wrote a book de planctu Naturae partly in verse partly in Solute Oration Albinus see Decius Laberius Albius Tibullus an Elegant Latin Elegiac Poet whose works are commonly printed with Catullus he was a Roman Knight Alcaeus a Lyric Poet who according to Eusebius flourisht in the Forty fourth Olympiad and as Diogenes Laertius testifies was a great Enemie to the Tyrant Pittacus who was also a Poet as his Six hundred Elegiac verses mention'd by Suidas testifie and of the number of those accounted the Seven Sages of Greece He is mention'd by Horace in the Ninth Ode of his Fourth book There was also of the same name a Comic Poet whose Endymion and Pasiphae are mention'd by Pollux and several other Comedies of his by 〈◊〉 he contended at Athens with Aristophanes whose contemporary he was together with Aristomenes an Athenian whose Comedie call'd Admetus is mention'd by the Scholiast of Aristophanes he is one of those call'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Secundarii by Suidas and the anonymous Authour of the History of the Olympiads Nicophon whose Adonis is mention'd by the said Scholiast as his Sirenes and other Comedies of his by Suidas by whom he is call'd Nicophron Nicochares the Son of Philonidas and a contemporary of Aristophanes his Amymone Pelops Galatea and several other Comedies are mention'd by Suldas Pollux Athenaeus and Aristotle Callistratus an Athenian Comic Poet an Emulatour of Aristophanes much about the same time also liv'd Apollophanes whom Suidas and Aelian mention for Comic poesie but Fulgentius mentions him if it be the same for Epic poesie Alcander an ancient writer conjectur'd a Poet by Vossius from a passage of Clemens Alexandrinus Alcimeenes a Tragic Poet of Megara mention'd by Suidas There was also of the same name an Athenian comic Poet whose Thesaurus and Peccantes are mention'd by the said Authours Alcimus Ecdicius Avitus an Archbishop of Vienna who flourisht in the times of the Emperours Zeno and Anastatius and wrote in Hexameter verse de Origine mundi and several other Theological discourses besides some things in prose there flourisht also in the time of Zeno another Bishop of Vienna namely Claudianus Mamertus who wrote a poem de statu animae and another contra vanos poetas also Claudius Marius Victor a Rhetorician of Marseilles who wrote upon Genesis in Hexameter verse to his Son Aethereus with some other things which are said to be yet extant Alcman a Lyric Poet of Lacedemon who began to flourish in the Twenty seventh Olympiad there was also of the same name a Messenian who was also a Lyric and appear'd in the Fourth year of the Thirtieth Olympiad both mention'd by Suidas and one of them by Pausanias for his poem of Castor and Pollux Aldhelmus from the Saxon word Althelm i. e. old Helmet an ancient Saxon Poet who flourisht in the tim of Justinianus Junior he was the Son of Kentenus brother to Ina King of the West Saxons having visited the chief Universities of France and Italy at his return he was made Abbot of Malmesbury and afterwards Bishop of Shirburn Besides his great proficiency in all parts of Divine and humane learning he was particularly excellent in Oratorie and Poetrie wrote several Odes and other Poems among which was his Acrostic of Thirty eight verses mention'd by J. Pitseus in his Scriptores Anglici Alexander a Grammarian and Tragic poet of Aetolia whose verses are cited by Parthenius and Strabo Of the same name also was he whom Cicero mentions with such mean approbation of his poetrie whither the same with Alexander the Ephesian Sirnamed Lychnus who wrote Geographie in verse is doubted by Giraldus also the Roman Emperour of that name sirnamed Severus wrote the lives of some of the foregoing Emperours in Greek Verse as is testifyed by Lampridius Alexis a Thurian Comic Poet who flourisht in the time of Alexander the Great very many comedies of his are mention'd by Athenaeus and Pollux he was Unckle to Menander about the same time was Philippides the Brother of Morsimus and as Plutarch affirms favour'd by King Lysimachus he is said by Suidas to have written Forty five Comedies and by Agellius to have dyed for joy being unexpectedly proclaimed Victor at the Olympian Games also Neophon or Neophron a Tragic poet of Sicyon who wrote One hundred and twenty Tragedies and is thought to have been the Authour of that Medea which is commonly attributed to Euripides he was put to death with Callisthenes the Philosopher whose intimate friend he was as Suidas affirms and lastly Lycon a Comic Poet mention'd by Plutarch in his life of Alexander Alfred a King of this Island of ever glorious memory the Fifth from Ecbert in whom began the English Saxon Monarchy he was equally Renowned both for Arms and Arts in the first whereof he signalis'd himself by his frequent Victories over the invading Danes in the last both by his favour to learned men and his own Studious addiction to all sorts of Learning by which he gain'd himself the Character of a great both Theologist Philosopher Jurisconsult Historian Mathematician Musician and among the rest of Poets also Alphenus Varius see Anser Alphius Avitus the Authour of certain books inscrib'd Excellentium in dimeter Jambic verse being much ancienter than Alcimus for whom he is by some mistaken Amipsiâ—s a Contemporary of Aristophanes his Comedie intituled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is mention'd by the Anonymous Authour of the description of the Olympiads and by the Scholiast of the said Aristophanes Ammonus and Eusebius Scholasticus two Authours mention'd by Socrates and Nieephorus they liv'd in the time of Theodosius Junior and wrote both oâ— them in verse a History of the War against Gaina the Goth. Amaenus a writer of an uncertain age but for certain ancienter than the time of the Emperour Charles the first he is mentiond in some old Manuscripts as the Authour of that Enchiridion of the old and new Testament in verse which Sichardus ascribes to Sedulius Amphilochius a Bishop of Iconium who flourisht in the time of the Emperour Julianus and wrote among other things a Poem in Iambic verse to Seleucus concerning the Canonical books of the Scripture To him St. Basil Dedicated his book de spiritu Sancto about the same time liv'd Eudaemon of Pelusium who besides what he wrote in Grammar and Rhetoric is said by Suidas to have written several Poems he was a companion of Libanius the Rhetorician in Julian's time also liv'd Calistus who as Socrates and Nicephorus affirm wrote in Heroic verse the Acts of the said Emperour also Milesius of Smyrna favour'd of Anatolius and related by Eunapius to have excell'd in all kind of Poetrie and with him Ionicus a Poet and Physician of Sardis And lastly Gregorius of Nazianzen whose Divine
several of his Epigrams are extant in the Fourth Book of the Greek Anthologia Contemporary with him was Synaesius Bishop of Ptolemais who besides other Poems wrote Ten Hymns which are yet extant And also Nonnus likewise of Panopolis the Authour of a well known Greek Poem Entitled Dionysiaca in 48 Books and whose Paraphrase upon St. John's Gospel in Heroic Greek verse is of sufficient esteem among the learned Cyrus Theodorus Prodromus a Divine Epigrammatist who living in or somewhat near the time of the antient Fathers wrote in Greek Verse partly in Iambic partly in Heroic Tetrastics the summary heads of the Pentateuch or Five Books of Moses and also of Joshua Judges and Kings and in the New Testament of the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles also Iambic and Heroic Tetrasticks upon the Three Great Hierarchs St. Gregory Basil and Chrysostome with some other things his Works were Printed at Basil by Bebelius An. 1536. D DAmasus a Spaniard who liv'd in the time of Valentinianus Gratianus Valentinianus junior and Theodosius Magnus and was Bishop of Rome he hath left several Poems and Hymns which are sung in the Church of Rome and is laureated a Poet by Suidas Damochares a Grammarian and Writer of Epigrams whereof some are to be found in the Greec Anthologie Damocrates a Poet of an uncertain time who wrote in Verse several medicinal passages extracted out of Galens works Damâ—xenus an Athaenian Comedian whose Syntrophi and Heauton Penthon are quoted by Athenaeus he is also mention'd by Suidas see Cleanthes Daphitas a Poet and Grammarian who for certain bitter Invectives against Monarchy was crucified upon Thorax a mountain of Magnesia David The 2d King of Israel and Judah commonly celebrated with the threefold Title of King Priest and Prophet to which may be added also that of Poet if under the name of Vates Prophet and Poet were not included together His Divine gift in Poetry appears in the composition of those most Coelestial Hymns or Psalms which take place among those Sacred Books which make up the Old Testament of which is generally reputed the intire Authour but was certainly the Authour of most if not all of them Decius Junius Juvenalis see Junius Decius Laberius a Mimic Writer who began to flourish in the Third year of 181st Olympiad and was Contemporary with Cicero who though a much better Oratour than Poet yet we have extant among his Works something also of his Poetry his Aquae Aries Augur and very many more of his Mimes are reckoned up by Charisius his Rector Salinator Scripturae are remembred by Agellius much about the same time also flourisht 1. Lucius Cornelius Sylla a famous though cruel and tyrannical Roman Commander who as saith Athenaeus wrote in his own tongue many facetious Satyrs and Mimes with which according to Nieolaus Damafcenus he was much delighted Plutarch in his life reiateth that he made Verses while he was besieging Athens 2. Quintus Hortensius who besides his Fame in Oratory had so much of a Poet as to make a parcell of wanton Verses which are remembred by Ovid in his Elegies and by Agellius 3. Marcus Valerius Cato who wrote two Poems Lydia and Diana 4. Marcus Furius Bibaculus divers of whose Verses are cited by Macrobius and Agellius among which there are some that appear to have been imitated even word for word by Virgil he is said by Suetonius and Tacitus to have written invective Verses against Julius Caesar 5. Titus Pomponius Atticus whose Excellence in Poetry is fully set fortth by Cornelius Nepos in the Description of his Life 6. Marcus Terentius Varro who is styled Philosopher and Poet by Hieronymus in his Chronicle and out of whose Poems we have several fragments yet extant especially of the Satirae Mcnippeae together with divers Epigrams both in the Appendix of Virgil collected by Scaliger and in the Collection of Epigrams set forth by Petrus Pythaeus but his Books de Re Rustica lingua Latina are most lookt upon besides him there was another Varro sirnamed Atacinus not much less ancient who also wrote Poems viz. Argonautics and a Poem of the Sequanic War 7. Quintus Cicero Brother of Tullius whose Verses of the Twelve Signs are yet extant in Pithaeus his Collection 8. Albinus not Aulus Posthumius though both indeed wrote the same subject viz. the History of the Roman Affairs but Aulus in Greek Prose the other in Latin Verse 9. Caius Helvius Cinna who wrote an obscure Poem Entitled Smyrna which the Grammarian Crassitins undertook to interpret besides which Isidorus hath a Tetrastic of his upon the writing of Aratus his Poem in a leaf of Mallows 10. Caius Licinius Calvus of whom there is nothing remembred but his Epigram upon Cn. Pompeius 11. Macer not Aemilius Macer the Botanic Poet of whose Poem Entitled Iliaca see Scaliger upon Eusebius Decius Magnus Ansonius a Physitian and Poet of Burgedala who flonrisht in the time of the Emperour Valentinian the Elder and his two Sons Gratianus and Valentinian the younger by whom he was prefer'd to great honours having been Praeceptor to the two young Princes besides those Poetical works of his which are extant he wrote Fasti and some other things which are lost Demetrius a Satyric Poet of Tarsus of an uncertain time besides whom there were three others of the same name the one a Comedian sirnamed Phalereus whether the Grammarian so sirnamed I find not out of whose Fable Entitled Sicilia Athenaeus cites 4 Verses the other an Epic the last an Iambic writer Demochares a Solian whose Fable Entitled Demetrius is remembred by Plutarch in his Life of Demetrius Poliorcetes Democritus and Demodocus two antient Epigrammatists whose Names are preservâ—d by several Epigrams yet extant in the Greek Anthologie Demolchus a Syracusian Comic Poet who flourisht in the 73d Olympiad and taught Fourteen Fables in the Doric tongue he was the Son of Epicharmus a Physitian Demonax an old Greek Poet quoted by Stobaeus in his Sermon de Superbia Dexicrates an Athenian whose Fable Entitled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is remembred by Athenaeus and Suidas Dicaeogenes a Tragedian and Dithyrambic Poet remembred by Harpocration Suidas and Stobaeus Dinolochus see Euripides Diocles ibidem Diodorus an old Greec Poet of Sinope out of whom several Iambic verses are quoted by Stobaeus in his Sermon de contrahendis Nuptiis and else-where some think him to be the same with Diodorus a Comic Poet of Syene whose Tibiâ—ina Panegyristae and Epiclerus are cited by Athenaeus and who is also mentioned by Suidas Dionysiades see Aeantides Dionysiodorns a Trazenian out of whom a Verse is cited by Plutarch in the beginning of his Life of Aratus he is also taken notice of by the Scholiast of Apollonius Dionysius sirnamed Epaites an Elegiac writeâ—r out of whom Parthenius is said to have borrowed the 15th History of his Erotica Of this name there are several others not to be forgot The first and most considerable for a Poet was Dionysius of
Gaza see Christodorus Timotheus of Miletus see Oenâ—maus Titianus a Rhetorician who erected a School at Lyons he is remembred by Ausonius for his Apologies in Trimeter Iambics Titinnius a Latin Comic Poet whose Barathrum and 7 other Comedies are cited by Charisius Titius Septimius see Publius Ovidius Titus Annianus see Annianus Titus Calsurinus Piso a Sicilian Poet whose Bucolic Eglogues are commonly printed with Gratius the Faliscan his Poem of Hunting Titus Lucretius Carus one of the most ancient for he flourisht about 168th Olympiad in the time of the Cymbrian War and for Majesty and Elegancy of Style to be rankt among the best of Latin Poets whoever shall observe his neat Digressions for there he chiefly shews himself his main Subject being a kind of System of Epicurean Philosophy in Heroic Verse Entitled de Rerum Natura There is also another Titus Lucretius a Roman Knight and writer of Mimes in the time of Julius Coesar Titus Pomponius Atticus see Decius Laberius Titus Quintius Atta an old Latin writer of those sort of Comedies called from the kind of Garment used by the Actors Togatae Titus Valgius an old Latin Poet of whom several Verses are cited by Crinitus and Servius Titus Vespatianus a Roman Emperour who besides his great actions in War for which he is renowned in History was considerable in Poetry having written Tragedies in Greec with several other Poems both in Greec and Latine by the Testimony of Eutropius Isidorus and Suidas Toxotius a Roman Senator whose Poems were extant in the time of Capitolinus Trabea a Comic Poet quoted by Cicero and Charisius see Qu. Trabeas Tribonianus Sidetes see Agathias Triphyllius a Cyprian Bishop who as Suidas testifieth wrote the life and miracles in Iambic Verse of Spiridion Bishop of Tremithus in Cyprus who was present at the Nicene Councell Tryphon the Son of Ammonius a Grammarian and Poet of Alexandria cited by Athenaeus and Suidas There is a Tetrastich of Tryphon sirnamed Mercurius in the first Book of the Greec Anthology Tryphiodorus see Christodorus Turanius see Publius Ovidius Turcius Rnfus Festus Asterius a Roman Consul together with Flavius Praesidius in the time of Anastatius he is said to have written in Verse a Comparation of the Old Testament with the New which some nevertheless attribute to Sedulius others to Momertus Turnus see Curiatius Maternus Turpilius see Statius Caecilins Tyrtaeus an Elegiac Poet who as Suidas saith flourisht about the 35th Olympiad In the Messinian War he was once chosen by the Lacedemonians into whom he inspired courage by the Martial spirit which his Verses breathed General against the Messenians V VAgellius an old Latin Poet remembred by Seneca of whom he was an intimate friend Valerius Aedituns an old Latin Epigrammatist in whose Verses his two Mistresses Pamphilia and Philerote are very much celebrated Valerius Cato a Grammarian and Poet who flourisht in the time of Sylla Besides what he wrote in Grammar he wrote also several Poems among which his Lydia and Diana are principally approved He is mentioned most particularly by Suetonius in his Book de Illustribus Grammaticis Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus a Christian Poet who flourisht in the time of the Emperour Justinus the younger he wrote in Verse de partu Virginis de Beneficiis Christi de B. Martino besides his Hymns and several divine Poems mentioned by Giraldus among which are thought to be some which have been attributed to Lactantius Vestritius Spurina a no less famous Souldier for he overcame King Breveterius for which he was honoured with a Statue than Lyric Poet in the time of the Vespatians He addicted himself much to the Imitation of Horace Victorinus Pictaviensis see Caecilius Cyprianus Victorius a Contemporary of Sidonius Apollinaris by whom he is celebrated in the last Epistle of his fifth Book Virgilius Romanus a Comic Poet in the time of the Emperour Trajan he is mentioned with great commendation by Pliny in his Epistle to Caninius Rufus Voconius Victor see Curiatius Maternus Volcatius Sedigitus the Authour of a Treatise of the old Latin Poets both before and in his time in Senary Iambic verse Vomanus one of the 12. sirnamed Scolastici of whom see in Julianus Votienus see Curiatius Maternus X XEnarchus a Comic Poet remembred by Aristotle in his Poetics several of his Comedies are reckon'd up by Athenaeus and Suidas Xenoclides see Theopompus Xenophanes a Physical Poet of Colophon who Flourish'd until the 72 d Olympiad and farther as appearr from Athenaeus he is deliver'd by Laertius who wrote his Life to have written of the Foundation and Antiquities of Colophon and of the Colonie transplanted from thence to Elea in Verse by Hieronymus in his Eusebian Chronicle to have Composed several Tragedies though with what ground I know not but there is nothing Extant of his except certain Fragments in H. Stephanus his Collection it is doubted by Vossius whether Xenophanes cited by Athenaeus be this of Colophon or another but that Xenophanes mentioned by Fulgentius was of Heracleopolis About the same time flonrisht Ibycus not he of Rhegium otherwise Hippicus Hippias or Hipys certain fragments of whom are to be seen in H. Stephanus his Collection of the fragments of the Lyric Poets Phocylides a Milesian commonly reputed the Authour of that Nuthetic Poem printed among the Minor Poets though Vossius judgeth the Authour thereof of a much later time an Alexandrine Jew or else Christian of the same name also Hipponax a Poet mentioned by Pliny l. 35. c. 5. and perhaps the same Ephesian Poet whose Senary Iambics are quoted by Stobaeus his Parodia and Synonyma by Athenaeus and who is also mentioned by Suidas Z ZEnodotus of Ephesus see Menander Eminent Poets Among the MODERNS AAron Batalaeus the Author of a little Poem Entitled Plausus Triviliensis Printed at Basil with some small Poetical peices of the choicest of the Modern Poets Abraham Cowly the most applauded Poet of our Nation both of the present and past Ages his early Muse began to down at the Thirteenth Year of his Age he being then a Scholar at Westminster School in Two little Poems Antonius and Melida and Pyramus and Thisbe which discovering a Maturity of sence above the Years that writ them were thought worthy to be then publisht though not to be inserted into the now compleated Edition of his Works divided into 4 parts his Mistress being the amorous prolusions of his Youthful Muse his Miscellanies or Poems of various Arguments his most admir'd Heroick Poem Davideis the first Books whereof he Compos'd while but a young Student at Trinity Colledge in Cambridge and lastly that is in order of time though not of place his Pindaric Odes so call'd I suppose ftom the measure in which he Translated the first Ithmian and Nemean Odes whereas the form of those Odes in the Original is very different yet in Imitation of him 't is pleasant to observe what a notable Trade hath been driven of late in Pindaric Odes Besides these Poems
very near the Maiesty of Virgil. Hieronymus Donatus an Eminent both Philosopher Theologist Mathematician Oratour and also Poet by the Testimony of Angelus Politianus who mentions him in his Miscellanies Hieronymus Guntius a Poet of Bibrac one of the 35 Free Cities in the Circle of Suevia who supply'd several Greec Poets of the latter date as Prodromus Xanthopulus Psellius Philus Callieles and Nonnus Panopolita a multitude of Verses expung'd and lost by the injury of time and other accidents to which their Manuscripts had been expos'd besides several Epigrams of his own both in Latin and Greec Hieronymus Spartanus the Author of a Poem printed by J. Oporinus at Basil Anno 1550. Entitled Miles Christianus written in Elegiac Verse Hieronymus Zieglerus a writer of divers Tragecomedies and other Dramatic pieces out of the Old and New Testament as his Protoplastus Immolation of Isaac Nomothesia Sampson Heli out of the Old his Vineyard Ophiletes and Royal Marriage out of the New besides a Tragedy out of Prophane History Entitled Cyrus Major Hippolytus Capilupus an Italian of paincipal Note and Fame among the Latin Poets of that Nation Honoratus Tascitellus an Italian Author of a very Elegant Latin Poem Dedicated to the Lady of Piscaria Honorio Navazzotti an Italian Poet who by his Poem Celebrating the Vertues of a 100 Noble Women of Casal celebrates his own memory Hubertus Susannius a Writer of Soissons both in Prose and Verse of which last kind are his Book of Epigrams his Book of Games his Eclogue entitled Sylvius his Poem upon the Resurrection with some other things of various subject Hugo Grotius a Native of Delph in Holland born in the year of our Lord 1513 whose equal in fame for Wit Learning Christendom of late Ages hath rarely produc'd particularly of so happy a Genius in Poetry that had his Annals his Book De Veritate Christianae Religionis De Satisfactione Christi and other his extolled works in Prose never come to Light his extant and universally approved Latin Poems had been sufficient to gain him a Living Name Huldricus Huttenus a German born but Knight of France among whose Poetical works collected together and printed at Frank ford an 1538 are his Satyr against the times of Julius Secundus his Hortatory to the Emperour Maximilian to prosecute his War against the Venetians his Poem in Heroic Verse concerning the Fishing of the Venetians his Marcus in the same kind a pleasant Poem entitled Outis c. Huldricus Scoberus another German Poetical Writer of the number of those Latin Versifiers of that Nation whose fames are not obscure among the Learned Huldricus Vannius a Poet of Ausburg the Author of a Heroic Poem entitled Christs Passion Humbertus Momnoretanus the Authour of a Sylva in praise of Upper Burgundy which is printed with Gilbertus Cognatus his Descriptiou of Burgundy Humphry Mills a Poetical Writer of the last Age but whose name I believe by this time is known to few notwithstanding two Volumes of his Poetry were once publisht under the title of the Melancholy Vision consisting of several Moral and Divine Contemplations I. Jacobus Balde a Jesuit of whom there are extant Miscellaneous Poems divided into 4 tomes Iacobus Catzius an eminent Low-Country Man both for Dignity for he was Syndic of West-Freise Land and Gelder Land and his zeal to Learning and the Arts among which Poetry was not his least excellency as appears by his Patriarcha Bigamus publisht with several Poems of Gaspar Barlaeus and Cornelius Boius by both whom he was highly celebrated Iacobus Ceporinus a learned Grammarian and Commentatour of Zurich one of the Chief Cantons of Switzers much esteem'd for his Scholia's upon Hesiod Dionysius Afer and Aratus as also for a Book of Lepid Greec Epigrams of his own Composing Iacobus Crellius wrote in Greec Verse Arguments upon all the Books of the Old and New Testament Iacobus Crittonius a Scotch Writer particularly in Latin Verse among several other noted Men of that Nation of whose Latin Poems there is a Select collection Iacobus Ghibbesius a late Authour of Lat. Odes which were printed at Rome an 1665. Iacobus Grevinus an advancer in the Study of Poetry to which in his younger years he especially addicted himself to that degree that Thuanus mentioning with praise his Gelodachrys and other Poems thinks him woâ—thy to be compar'd with the most admir'd of his time either of France or other parts and for his Version of Nicander into French Verse when not totally abandoning Poetry he betook himself to Physic with the most elegant of the Ancient Greecs and Latins he was flourishing about the year 1570 but what ever else he intended to oblige the World with immature death prevented Iacobus Iaspar a Danish Poet who wrote a Consolatory Poem to the Prince of Orange upon the death of his First-born Daughter and a Genethliacon upon the Birth of Renatus the young Prince both which are printed with Gilbertus Cognatus his Description of Burgundy Jacobus Lectius a late German Poet whose Varia Poemata were printed at Geneva an 1609. Jacobus Macolonus a Scotch-Man whose Anthroporia Xeniorum is extant among the Selected works of others of the prime Latin Poets accounted of that Nation Jacobus Micyllus a fam'd Writer of Strasburg whose Epigrams both Greec and Latin Elegy of the Falcon and the Pie Epistle to Joachimus Camerarius in Elegiac Verse foretelling the precise time of the ruin of the old Castle of Heidelberg speak him no less a Poet then the rest of his elaborate Works a universal Schollar Jacobus Montanus a Poet of Spire one of the 18 Imperial Cities He wrote Christs Passion in four Books in Elegiac Verse Hymns upon the Feast daies of the whole year in divers kinds of Verse the Heroe of Tarsus or the Life of St. Paul in Heroic Verse beside some things in Prose Jacobus Rueff a Chirurgian of Zurick who besides several useful things in Prose among which is his Catalogue of the Chief Physitians and Astrologers to his time wrote also several things in Dramatic Poetry as his Comedy of William Thel the principal promoter of the Helvetian Conspiracy the Rape of Paulina the Cheat of the Priests of Isis with some others of Divine argument taken out of the Holy Scripture Jacobus Sadoletus see Giacopo Sadoletti Jacobus Schoepperus Fremonianus the Author of a Tragi-Comedy entitled the Monomachie or single Combta between David and Goliab Jacobus Wimphelingus a Native of Sledstadt in Germany and Presbyter of the Church of Spire a very copious and fruitful writer both in Prose and Verse of which last kind were his Poem in praise of the B. Virgin in Elegiac Verse dedicated to Bartholdus Arch-Bishop of Mentz his Angelical Nuncio in Heroic Verse his Poem to Philip Count Palatine in Heroic Verse his Elegy to his Eldest Son Lewis his Poem to Eberhard Duke of Wirtenberg in Heroic not to mention his Hymns Epigrams and other various Pieces of Poetry He flourisht at Spire an