1494. Iacobus Zevecotius a Hollander esteem'd among the Chief of Belgic writers in Latin Verse and of whose Poems there are particularly quoted by learned Men his Elegies his Tragedy Terris-munda and his Maria Graeca Iames Shirly a just pretender to more then the meanest Place among the English Poets but most especially for Dramatic Poesy in which he hath written both very much and for the most part with that felicity that by some he is accounted little inferiour to Fletcher himself his Comedies are the Ball the Humorous Courtier the Brothers Love in a Maze the Gamester the Grateful Servant the Bird in a cage the Constant Maid the Coronation the Court Secret the Example Hide Park the Lady of pleasure the Opportunity the Wedding the Witty fair one the Royal Master Tragedies the Cardinal the Maids Revenge Chabot Admiral of France the Traitour the Imposture a Tragy-Comedy Arcadia a Pastoral c. Iames Stuart a King of Scotland the first of that Name who being taken prisoner and brought to London where he was educated in all kind of Liberal and accomplishing Arts and Sciences prov'd a great proficient in all and particularly left recorded Memorials behind him of his perfection in Music and Poetry Ianus Antonius Balyfius one of the chief ornaments of his time for polite Learning but most peculiarly eminent for what he hath imparted to the world of his Poetical fancy Ianus Chunradus Rhumelius a writer of Latin Verse with success sufficient to be rankt among the Cheif of modern Latin Poets Ianus Anysius a writer of Satyrs and other Poems which he dedicated to Cardinal Pompeio Colonua Ianus Cornarus a learned German Author of Zwiccaria among whose multitude of other works his Carmen Propempticon to Franciscus a Stiten is not forgotten he is mention'd flou rishing in the year 1551. Janus Douza a Belgic both Poet and Oratour born at Nortwick in Holland of a Noble Family what with his Poems wherein he discovered a most acute wit and sublime fancy and the Annals he wrote of his own Country with no less judgment then learning he obtain'd to be generally styl'd the Varro of Batavia and Common Oracle of the Academy He is recorded flourishing in the year 1604. Janus Lernutius a learned German particularly remember'd among those of that Nation that have a fame in Latin Poetry Jean de Marests a French Author of a Poem entitled Clovis or La France Christienne Janus Pannonius a Poet of Hungary of whose Poems there are extant his Panegyrical Sylva to the Bishop of Funfkirken his Panegyries to Gavariuo of Verona and Giacopo Antonio Marcello of Venice his Proseuâ—htich to Frederik the 3 d for the Peace of Italy besides Epigrams Elegies and other Miscellanies Janus Parrhasius a Calabrian proclam'd by Alstedius the most excellent Poet of his time he was born in the year of our Lord 1470. Joachimus Axonius a Poetical writer among the Latin Versifiers of Belgium or the Low-Countrys Joachimus Bellaius a Kinsman of Cardinal Bellaius in whose Family for he himself was not a Person of any great Fortune he enjoy'd a happy vacancy to his study and Muse to which he was wonderfully addicted his Tristia and his Ludi Rustici are particularly mention'd by Thuanus with commendation Joachimus Camerarius a universally learned and most renowned writer among whose almost innumerable Volumes there are not a few in Verse as particularly his Precepts for Childrens decent behaviour his Description of the Constellations his Prognostics of the weather all in Elegiac Verse also his Epigrams for the Ordering Diet in respect to the alteration of the year Joachimus Myrioianus a German of whose Poetical writings there are extant his Verses against Luther his Elegy upon the death of Empserus his Epicedium to Simon Pistor upon the death of his Wife his Paraphâ—ase in Verse upon the Lords Prayer Ioachimus Mynsingerus Dentatus a Jurisconsult by Profession of Frundeck in Germany but not thereby wholly taken off from his addiction to the Muses by whose instinct he wrote among other things a Poem which by its title Austrias pretends to be Heroic Ioachimus Vadianus a Helvetian both Physician Poet and Orator the chief of whose Poetic works are his Poem in praise of the Emperours Frederic the third and his Son Maximilian his Epiâ—aph of Rodolphus Bishop of Wurtsburg his Eglogue entitled Faustus his Elegy of the Armories and Ensigns of honour given by Sigismund K. of the Romans to the Family of the Vadiani his Elegy describing his combat with Death and his Ode upon the Resurrection he died in the year of our Lord 1551. Ioanâ—es Albinus a German Poet eminent among the writers of Latin Verse of that Nation Ioannes Alexander Brassicanus an industrious publisher of several antient Authors which were before unknown as the workes of Eucherius the Greec Geoponics of Constantine Bishop Salvianus his Book of judgment and Providence and Petronius Arbiter's Satyrs besides what he set forth of the productions of his own fancy which were his Idyliium to Charles King Elect of the Romans Elegies Epigrams Dialogues in Verse and other Poems Ioannes Altus a Poet of Hessen who wrote an Epithalamium to Ioannes Fabricius Montanus and put into Verse Suetonius his History of the 12 Cesars Ioannes Antonius Flaminius a writer of Forum Cornelii a Principal Town of Flaminia who wrote in Latin Verse 2 Books of Sylvae and 3 of Epigrams besides an elegant Paraphrase upon several of Davids Psalms in Prose a Treatise of the several Sects of Philosophers and of the original of Philosophy Ioannes Antonius Hermaphroditus the Author of certain Verses which are extant among other choice Poetical Collections in Albertus de Eyb's Margarita Poetica Joannes Arnolletus the Author of a small triple Poem entitled Faith Hope and Charity which not amounting to a Volume of it self was printed with a Collection of Choice Poems of several Authors by Robert Winter at Basil Joannes Arnoldus a Poet of Bergella who wrote an Encomium upon the Invention of Chalcography in Elegiac Verse Joannes Atrocianus a German Author next after whose Commentaries upon Macer's Book of Planets there is mention'd an Elegy of his upon the Rustic war begun in Germany in the year 1525 he is mention'd flourishing in the year 1528. Joannes Aventinus a writer of several Treatises in Prose especially in Grammar and not altogether a stranger to Verse in which however he is only taken notice of for his Hymn of the Celestial Sphaere Joannes Anratus The Regius Professor of the Greec Tongue at Paris under Charles the 9 th of France and one of the 3 most approved French Poets the other two were Hospitalius and Turnebus whom Vtenhovius in a Latin Distich sets in Competition against 6 Italians namely Sanazarius Fracastorius Flaminius Vidas Navagerius and Bembus Joannes Aurelius Angurellus a Poet of Rimini who being addicted to that kind of Mysterious Philosophy that pretends to the finding out of the Phisopher's Stone wrote a Poem in Heroic Verse entitled
and Lyric Poetry For his excellent Genius in which he prefers him next after Horace himself he was the next Bishop of Antuerp after Franciscus Sonnius was Flourishing beyond the year 1595. Lodovic Carlisle the Author of divers formerly not unesteem'd and not yet totally forgotten Tragi-Comedies as the two parts of Arviragus and Felicia The Passionate Lovers in 2 parts Osmond the Great Turk or the Noble Servant a Tragedy Lopez de Vega Carpio the most noted writer among the Spaniards of Comedies and other Dramatic Poems but more noted for the multitude for he is exceeding Voluminous then for the goodness of them and for his singularity in making but 3 Acts to each Fable or Play He also wrote a Poem of S r Francis Drake's Exploits in the West-Indies Lorenzo Medici a Noble Florentine as his Name imports whose Poesie Volgari was printed at Venice an 1554. Lucas Shepheard an English Poet of Colchester in Essex of so much note in Queen Mary's Reign that he is thought not unworthy of mention by some of our English Historians Ludolphus Pithopoeus a learned and ingenious Hollander but most particularly taken notice of among the Belgic Latin Poets for his singular faculty in Latin in Verse Ludovicus Alealmus a French Poetical writer having a principal Place among the Latin Versifiers of that Nation Ludovico Ariosto one of the two most celebrated Heroic Poets of Italy and thereupon Competitor with Torquato Tasso the other his Poem entitled Orlando Furioso takes its argument from the Expedition of the Emperor Charles the Great against the Saracens in Spain There are also of his writing several Elegant Comedies Ludovicus Andreas Resendius an Eminent both Poet Orator Theologist and Antiquary Ludovico Bigi Vittorio or Pittorio a Poet of Ferrara among whose other Poems as Hymns Epitaphs upon the Saints Satyrs Elegies Epigrams c. his Hippolyta an Elegant Poem is most especially noted Ludovico Bruno the commended Author of a Poem upon the Coronation of Maximilian King of the Romans he was Flourishing in the year 1494. Ludovico Celio Calcagnino see Celio Ludovicus Celottus a French Man noted for his Latin Tragedies Sapor Chosroes Adrian the Tragical Marriage of Mahomet the Second besides Hendecasyllables upon the Birth of Christ. Ludovicus Crucius the Author of several Latin Tragedies and Comedies which were printed at Leiden anno 1605. Ludovico Dolce an Italian Lyric Poet or writer of Sonnets one of the next Classis after Ottavio Rinuccini and the rest mentioned with him with this Ludovico may be ranked Ludovico Laurentio Martelli Gabriel Chabriera Giovanni de Casa Mario Colonna Agnolo Firenzuola Cesare Caporale and Burchiello Ludovico Laurentio Martelli see above in Ludovico Dolce Ludovicus Lazarellus the Author of a Poetical Dialogue entitled Crater Hermetis dedicated to Ferdinand King of the Romans and printed at Paris by Henricus Stephanus an 1505. Ludovicus Mazurius a Hollander not inconsiderable among the Belgic Writers of Latin Poesy Ludovico or Luigi Pulci a pretender by his Morgante to a Seat among the Italian Heroic Poets Ludovicus Tribaldus the Author of a Latin Poem entitled Epenesis Iberica which was printed at Antuerp an 1632. Luigi Alamanni a Florentine principally famous for his Heroic Poem entitled Avarchis he wrote also 4 Books of Agriculture in Blanc Verse in which kind of writing not only he but also some others of the most judicious of the Italian Poets have succeeded well enough to demonstrate that Rime is not so very essential in the modern Languages to the making up of a Verse Luigi or Ludovico Tansilli an Italian Poet best known by what he hath written for the Stage yet not solely Dramatic there being other things of his writing of which the chief is his Poem entitled Lagrime di Sancto Pietro Luis Galvez a Poetical Writer of Note among the Spaniards whose Pastor de Philida was printed at Madrid anno 1582. Luke Sheapherd see Lucas Sh. M. MAlens Acidalius a Writer in Latin Poetry of the number of those that are esteem'd of the chief German Writers of that kind Maphaeus Barberinus a great Ornament to the Papal Chair to which he was advanc't by the Name of Vrban the 8 th by reason of his polite Learning and Elegance among other Arts and Sciences in which he had attain'd a great perfection his extant Poetry hath gain'd him a very Flourishing Fame Maphaeus Vegius a Poet of Lodi contemporary with Angelus Politianus among his other Poetical Works his most noted is his Supplement to Virgil's Aeneis He is mentioned Flourishing in the year 1403. Marcellus Palingenius Sirnam'd Stellatus Poeta the Author of a well known and approv'd Poem entitled Zodiacus Vitae whose subject is the right Institution of human Life Study and Manners and dedicated to Hercules the Second Duke of Ferrara it consists of 12 Books according to the number of the 12 Signs and each Book accordingly denominated Marcus Antonius Antimachus a Native of Ferrara who by his assiduous and choice converse with Greec Authors made himself so much Master of that Language that he hath among other things both in Prose and Verse written 8 Books of Greec Epigrams with the success of no vulgar repute he out-liv'd the year 1544. Marcus Aemilius Portus the Son of Franciscus a Cretensian or Native of the Isle of Candie a Professor of the Greec Tongue first at Ferrara next at Orleans whose Metaphrase of David's Psalms in Greec Verse is taken notice 〈◊〉 by Duport though with no extraordinary commendation Marco Antonio Tibaldeo a noted Italian Author of a Poem entitled Tibaldeo which was printed at Venice anno 1556. Marcus Antonius Boba a Cardinal whom Thuanus having convers't with him at Rome commends for his Vein in Poetry and his Eloquence both in speaking and writing Marcus Antonius Flaminius an Italian who besides that he was an excellent Philosopher by his sweet Vein in Latin Poesy sufficiently appearing in his 2 Books of Carmina or Odes indeared himself to several Eminent Men of his time and among others to Cardinal Reginald Pool at whose request he made a Version of David's Psalms in Elegant Latin Verse which by mistake hath been by some imputed to Joannes Antonius Fl. of Forum Cornelii Marcus Antonius Muretus see Antonius Marcus Hieronymus Vida a Noble Poet of Cremona who was promoted to the Bishoprie of Alba his works consist chiefly of these following Poems his Christias or Poem of the Life and death of Christ in 6 Books his three Books De Arte Poetio his 2 Books of the care and management of Silk-worms his Description of the Game at Chesse in one Book besides Hymns Odes Bucolic Eclogues c. He is mentioned by Thuanus among other learned Men under the year 1566. Marcus Joannes Croeselius an Elegiac Writer in two remarkable Books the first his Encomiums of the most noted Emperors Kings and Commanders in War from Constantine the second of Men most Famous for Learning and the Arts. Marcus Joannes Fracta a Poet of Verona
Epinausimache Aceratus an ancient Grammarian and Epigrammatist who hath a name in the Greek Anthologie Achaeus the Son of Pythodorus and Pythoris he flourish't from the Seventy fourth to the Eighty second Olympiad wrote very many comoedies whereof two are remembred by Athenaeus viz. his Cycnus and his Maerae Addaeus of Mitilene and Addaeus of Macedon both cited in the Greec Anthologie Admetus a foolish Poet in the time of the Emperours Trajan and Adrian the Epigram he orderd to be inscrib'd upon his Tomb is derided by Demonaâ—c in Lucian Adrianus a Roman Emperour under whose name there is a witty Epigram in the Greec Anthologie besides several Anacreontics and Iambies in Latin mention'd by Spartianus Aeantides one of the Seven Greec Poets the other Six being Homerus Junior the Son of Myro a Poetess of Byzantium Sositheus Lycophron Alexander Philiscus and Dionysiades who according to the account of the Scholia's of Hephaestion were called the Pleiades though Isacius Tâ—etzes reckons but two of the above mention'd in this famous Septemvirate viz. Lycophron and Homerus junior and makes the rest to be Theocritus Nicander Callimachus Apollonius and Aratus and the Scholiast of Theocritus in stead of Nicander and Callimachus puts in Philiscus and Aeâ—n-a tides Aegidius a Greec Benedictine Monke who flourish't about the year Seven hundred he wrote a book de Pulsibus in verse and another de urinis there is also an Epigram of one Aegidius in the Greec Anthologie Aelius Julius Crottus an ancient writer of Eglogues and also of Iambics Hendecasyllables and other sorts of Lyric verse Aelius Saturninus a Roman who for certain libelling verses against Tiberius was condemn'd to death and thrown down headlong from the Capitol he is reckon'd among the Poets by Lilius Giraldus There flourisht also about the same time Caius Germanicus Caesar the Son of Drusus whom Ovid in his Fasti celebrates for a Poet the Epigram upon the Thracian Boy who had his head cut off by ice is thought to have been his Caius Lutorius Priscus a Roman Knight famous for his Elegie upon Germanicus poyson'd by Piso but put to death by the Senate for writing against Drusus Phaedrus a Thracian who turn'd into Jambic verse certain Fables of Aesop which are mention'd by Avienus in his Praeface to Theod osius Macrobius Marcus Aemilius Scaurus a Tragic Poet who for some expressions in his Atreus which were interpreted by Tiberius as meant of him was driven to lay violent hands on himself Caius Cominius a Roman Knight who notwithstanding his Libelling verses against Tiberius mention'd by Tacitus is scarce allow'd a Poet by Vossius Lucius Fenestella whom Vossius imagines to have been a Historian mistaken for a Poet and lastly Alphius Avitus whom see in Flavus Aemilianus a Greec Epigrammatist whose name is in the foresaid Anthologie Aemilius Mercer a Latin Poet of Verona whom see in Publius Ovidius he is also mention'd by Servius upon the Fourth book of Virgils Georgics and the first of his Aeneids also by Charisius and others though it is doubted whether that Poem which we have extant under his name de virtutibus Plantarum be really his Aenicus a writer of Tragedies whose Antea is by some ascribed to Pollux Aeschines an Athenian whom Plutarch writing his life among the Ten famous Oratours relates to have been first a Tragic Poet he is also mention'd by Philostratus in the lives of the Sophisters Aeschrion a Poet of Mitylene in high esteem with Aristotle as Nicander in his book de disciplina Aristotelie testifies Aescâ—ylus an Athenian Tragic Poet born in the Village of Eleusis contemporary with Pindarus in the Sixty ninth Olympiad according to the old Scholiast but as Mr. Stanly in his most accurate Edition of this Authour makes out by diligent computation and his Collection out of Mr. Seldens Marmora Arundeliana in the Sixty third The Son of Euphorion and Brother of Cynegyruâ— and Aminias who signaliz'd themselves in the battle of Marathon and the Sea-fight of Salamis in which our Poet also was present of Sixty six Drama's which he wrote being Victor in 13 and Five Satyrs we have extant onely Seven Tragedies his Prometheus Vinctus his Septem contra Thebas Agamemâ—on Persae Eumenides Icetides and Choephorae But though he was Victor 13 times yet it is said he took it so to heart to be vanquisht by Sophocles then a young man that he left his Coâ—ntrey and betook himself to Hiero King of Sicily where he made his Tragedy Aetna so called from the City of that name which Hiero was then building Homonimous to the Mountain others say it was because he was vanquisht by Simonides in his Elegiac verse upon the slain at Marathon after he had been resident at Gela Three years he dyed of a fracture of his skull caus'd by an Eagles letting fall a shell-fish out of his claw upon his bald head which seems to have been portended by the Oracle which being consulted upon the manner of his death answered 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 this hapned in the Sixty ninth year of his age according to the above mention'd computation he is mention'd by Horace as the first bringer up of the Tragic pall and of the splendid apparate of Scenes and persons by some of the Tr. Buskin There was also of this name a Poet of Alexandria whose Amphitryo and his Carmina Meseniaca are mention'd by Athenaeus Aeschylus the Tragedian had two Sons Euphorion and Bion who were both Victors by their Poems in the Olympic games Agathias a Smyrnaean who flourisht in the time of the Emperour Justinian and wrote besides his History of Belisarius and Narses a Poem Intituled Dionysiaca and also several Epigrams which are extant in the Greec Anthologie contemporary with whom was Tribonianus Sidetes who wrote in verse a Comment upon Ptolomi'es Canon with some other things mention'd by Suidas Agathon a Tragic Poet who flourisht in the first year of the Ninetieth Olympiad and was Victor by his Lenaei he is mention'd by Athenaeus and Philostratus There liv'd also much about the same time a Comic Poet of the same name who is cited by Aristotle Agathyllus an Arcadian Elegiographer mention'd with praise by Dionysius Halicarnassaeus Agidius Delphus a Greec Poet who flourisht in the primitive time of Christianity and deserves to be remembred for his version of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans into Greec verse Agis Amphiptolemus several verses of his are cited by Pausanias Agis a Poet of Argos whom Curtius brands for a bad Poet and yokes with him one Chaerilus both for time and badness of verses This Chaerilus was in high favour with Alexander the Great and as ill as his verses were for they are very much condemned by Horace l. 11 Epist they were received as the Celebrators of his Acts there were also two others of the same name â—he one a Samian who Elegantly set forth the victory of the Athenians over Xerxes for which he was both highly rewarded and honoured
Pope Gelasius in his Decrees gives a particular commendation This Work being afterwards by himself put into Prose is yet Extant in the Book call'd Bibliotheca Patrum Tomo 8° he wrote besides two Hymns one upon Christs Nativity the other upon Epiphany Caesius Bassus a Lyrick Poet who flourisht in the time of Nero who was also by the testimony of Seneca and Martial a very approved Poet himself and is twice hinted at by Juvena in his Satyrs he is by Fabius who knew him ranked in the next degree of Lyrics to Horace There was also another Caesius in the time of Catullus whom see in Aquinius Cajus Asinius Pollio see Anser and Publius Ovidius Cajus Cilnius Mecaenas ibid. Cajus Cominius see Aelius Saturninus Cajus Cotta see Publius Ovidius Cajus Florus an antient Latin Poet who wrote of the same Subject with Valerius Flaccus in Heroick Verse Cajus Germanicus see Aelius Saturninus Cajus Helvius Cinna the Authour of an old Latin Poem entitled Smirna which as Servius testifies was a Work of no less then ten years Cajus Julius Caesar the Great Roman Captain who first made himself Master of the Roman Empire and was also an Elegant writer besides whose Commentaries which are extant there are reckon'd up several other Works of his writing which are lost and among the rest a Tragedy entitled Oedipus Cajus Laelius see Terentius Cajus Lucilius a Roman Poet of the Equestrian Order Born in the 158 Olympiad Cajus Lutorius Priscus see Aelius Saturninus Cajus Pedo Albinovanus see Publius Ovidius Cajus Rabirius see Anser Cajus Sollius Apollinaris a Sidonian Poet whose Father was an Officer of great Authority under the Emperour Honorius and he himself under Theosius the younger and Valentinian the third thrice Master of the Militia and four times Praefect of the Praetorium he was also in very high Esteem and Authority with Maximus Augustus Avitus whose Daughter he Married and Majorianus by whom he was advanc'd to the Dignity of a Count under Severus he defended Arvernia against the Incursions of the Barbarians Under Anthemius also he was still advanc'd and at length made Bishop of Arverni after which abandoning Poetry he betook himself wholly to the Study of Theologie he is much more happy in his Verse as is to be seen in 24 little Poems of his yet extant than in his Prose wherein his Style is very harsh and crabbed and very much discommended by Ludovicus Vives Cajus Valerius Catullus an Epigrammatist of Verona of whose witty and elegant Poems we have many yet extant Cajus Valerius Flaccus Setinus Balbus a Latin Poet of Padua who Dedicated his Argonauticks or Poem of the Expedition of Jason for the Golden Fleece to the Emperour Domitian which Poem being extant he is said to have written in Imitation of Apollonius Rhodius Calfurnius see Titus Callias an Athenian Tragick Poet of an uncertain age the Son of Lysimachus a Rope-maker his Grammatica is remembred by Athenaeus his Cyclopes by Pollux his Aegyptius Atalanta Pedetae Ranae 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by Suidas Callimachus an excellent Greek Poet of Cyrene in great favour and esteem with Ptolomaeus Philadelphus in whose time he liv'd and of his Son Euergetes in honour of whose Queen he wrote his Fiction call'd Coma Berenices he also wrote Hymns Elegies and Epigrams whereof many of his Hymns and Epigrams as also several fragments of his other works are yet extant There was also of the same Name a Colophonian Poet mention'd by Tatianus in his Oration to the Gentiles and Eusebius in his Evangelical preparations Contemporary with Callimachus of Cyrene were Heraclitus of Halicarnassus whose Epigram upon the death of the said Callimachus is cited by Laertius in the Life of Heraclitus And Timon of Phliasus of the Pyrâ—honian Sect who was in great favour with Antigonus Gonatus in whose time he liv'd he wrote Books of Natural Philosophy in Verse Hexameter besides 40 Tragedies 30 Comoedies with Satyrs and several other works among which his Books call'd Sylli are particularly treated of by Sotion There was another Callimachus a Heroick Poet Sister's Son to him of Cyrene as Suidas testifies Callinus an Elegiack Poet somewhat antienter than Archilochus as Athenaeus Clemens Alexandrinus and Strabo testifie Callistratus see Alcaeus Callistus see Amphilochius Calvus an antient Poet out of whom Verses are cited by Servius Charisius and Gellius Camerinus and Thuscus see Publius Ovidius Caninius Rufus a writer of the Dacian War in Greek Verse as Plinius Junior testifies in one of his Epistles Canius see Curiatius Maternus Cantharus a Comick writer of Athens of an uncertain age whose Comedies Medaea Tereus Symmachiae Myrmeces and Aedones are all mention'd by Suidas his Tereus also by Athenaeus Capella see Publius Ovidius Capito an Alexandrian Poet of an uncertain age who besides what he wrote in Prose wrote also a Poem call'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or of Love affairs of wich Athenaeus makes mention Capnias an obscure Poet of an uncertain age whose writings are said by Suidas to have been of so little esteem that they vanisht into smoak which alludes to his name their loss not being in the least regarded Carcinus an Athenian Tragick and Lyrick Poet who began to flourish about the 100th Olympiad viz. in the time of Phillip of Macedon and contemporary with Plato who besides his Philosophical writings is said to have written several Tragedies which he afterwards burnt as Laertius testifies The Tragedies of this Carcinus remembred by Athenaeus are his Achilles and his Semele There was also another Carcinus of Agrigentum whose Comedy intituled Plutus is mention'd by Athenaeus he liv'd as appears from Polycritus Mendesius a little before the other Contemporary with whom were Eudoxus of Gnidus who wrote Astrology in Hexameter Verse besides another Eudoxus a Comick Poet of Sicilie as also Anaxilaus or Anaxilas who in a Comedy of his call'd Botrylion nips Plato Two other Comedies of his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 are cited by Athenaeus Carneades an Elegiack Poet of an uncertain age made mention of by Laertius as a different person from Carneades the Philosopher Suidas mentions three Philosophers but no Poet of that name Carus see Publius Ovidius Cassius Severus see Anser Cato by some call'd Batto a Comick Poet of an uncertain age but the more eminent was Valerius Cato whom see in Valerius Cephisodorus see Euripides Chaeremon see Philistion Choerophon ibid. Charmus a Syracusian of an uncertain age whose Poem intitled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 argued him a person more given to his belly than Epicure himself Chedmon an old Brittish Poet who as it were by divine Inspiration to use Cambden's own words in the year 680 with his sweet Verses full of Compunction drew men from Vice to Vertue Chersias see Epimenedes Chilo ibid. Chionides an Athenian writer of Vetus Comoedia who according to Suidas began to flourish in the 70th Olympiad of his Comedies there are remember'd his Heroes commended by Pollux and Suidas
in the Octavian Portico he is reckon'd by Ovid among the Comedians 18. Caius Asinius Gallus the Son of Asinius Pollio he is reckoned among the Poets by Giraldus from the commendation of Pliny and Tranquillus cites an Epigram of his against Pomponius Marcellus Besides these there were several others as Tuâ—anius a Tragic Poet Lupulus Siculus a Comedian and Actor of his own Co-and also of an â—legy upon the death of Mecaenas 9. Aulus Sabinus another of the same order remembred several times by the said Ovid and said to be the Authour of some of those Epistles which are ascribed to Ovid as of Paris to Helena and four or five others he left some things unfinisht as appears from l. 4. Eleg. 16. of the Pontics 10. Titus Septimius a Lyric and Tragic Poet mentioned by Horace in his Epistles 11. Aulus Cornelius Severus the Authour of a Poem Entitled Aetna which hath been heretofore attributed to Virgil also certain Verses are cited by Marcus Seneca concerning the death of Cieero as is suppos'd out of a Poem of the Sicilian War which by Fabius the Historian he is delivered to have written to him belongs one Elegie in the fourth Book of Ovids Pontics 12. Domitius Marsus the Authour of a Poem Entitled Amazonis mentioned by Martial in one of his Epigrams he makes one in Ovids Catalogue and is also taken notice of by Petronius Arbiter There is extant of his an Epigram against Tibullus 13. Fannius medies Carus Numa Marius whether the famous Rhetorâ—cian of that name and time is uncertain the two Priscus's Proculus an imitator of Callimachus Fontanus Capella Cajus Cotta Julius Montanus Camerinus and Thuscus Aemilius Macer of Verona with others already mentioned all celebrated by Ovid with an account for the most part of the subject of their Poems only Marcus Manilius or Manlius whose Astronomical Poem we have yet extant of all the Poets that we hear of of that time for to think as Guevartius that he was the same with Manlius Theodorus in the time of Theodocius the elder his dedicating his Poem to Augustus renders it absurd is omitted by him Publius Porcius the Authour of a Poem Entitled de pugna poreorum of which every Verse begins with the letter P. Publius Statius Papinius see Staâ—ius Publius Syrus a Mimic writer who after the death of Decius Laberius kept up the reputation of the Scene at Rome Publius Volumnius a Latin Poet out of whom several Verses are cited by Plutarch in his life of Marcus Brutus Publius Terentius Afer see Statius Câ—cilius Publius Virgilius Maro the Prince of Latin Heroic Poets his Aeneis however not uncensured by some being equalled by none of the ancient Latins that are extant and so particularly esteemed by Augustus Caesar that after Virgils death who had left in charge with some friends to have that Poem burnt he committed it to the custody and strict care of Lucius Varius and Plotius Tucca with command that nothing should be altered He was the Son of Maro a mean person some say a Potter and Maia whose dream of her bringing forth a Laurel branch boaded very significantly born in the 177 th Olympiad in the Ides of October at Andes a Village not far from Mantua whence he is stiled the Mantuan Swan also see Publius Ovidius Pythagoras a Samian one of the most fam'd of ancient Greec pâ—ilosophers and the reputed Authour of those 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or golden Verses which are commonly publisht under his name in the common Edition of the poetae minoâ—es though by some ascribed to Philolaus Pythangelus a Tragic Poet and Grammarian not less notorious for his lewdness than for his poetry Pythostratus an Athenian who is said to have written a Poem Entitled Theseis he is remembred by Laertius in the life of Xenophon together with a Brother named also Xenophon Q QVintus Cicero see Decius Laberius Quintus Cornificius an old Latin Epigrammatist contemporary with Salust having a command in the Wars he was slain by his Souldiers for calling them Helmetted Hares Quintus Ennius the ancientest of Latin Poets that we hear of next after Livius Andronicus and Cnaeus Naevius he wrote besides his Annals in Verse Satyrs Comedies and Tragedies of all which we have nothing now remaining excepting some few fragments Quintus Fabius Labeo see Statius Cecilius Quintus Horatius Flaccus a most illustrious Lyric Poet of Venusium in Apulia not for the Nobility of his birth for he is reported the son but of a mean person some say a Salter but for that delicacy of wit purity of style and weight of judgement both in his Lyrics other Writings w ch gain'd him the esteem of the noblest of Favorites Mecaenas and by his means of the greatest Prince upon earth Augustus by whom he was advanced to such a Fortune as being returned back again at his death which was in the Fifty sixth year of his age made Posterity take notice that Horace made Augustus his Heir He is certainly not equalled in that kind of Poetry he undertook to any of the ancient Greecs and Latins that are extant Pindarus himself only and that scarcely too excepted Quintus Hortensius a Noble Roman Oratour if not Poet also as some represent him though we have nothing of his extant Quintus Lutatius Catulus an ancient Latin Epigrammatist of a witty and voluptuous strain sutable to his Conversation very much in favour with Cornelius Cotta and Lucius Crassus Quintus Maecius sometimes simply Maecius subscrib'd to Eight Epigrams in the Greec Anthology Quintus Nonius an old Latin writer of those Comedies calld Attellanae Quintus Rhemnius Palaemon a Contemporary of Claudian He is reported to have been very fluent in making Verses ex tempore for which he is vilified by Martial Some confound him with Rhemnius Fannius but erroniously Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus see Tertullianus Quintus Serenus Sammonicus a sufficiently esteem'd Latin Poet in the time of the Empâ—rour Severus of the many things he is said to have written in Verse we have only something of his left de Medicina He was slain by Antonius Caracalla as saith Spartianus in the life of that Emperour and as Capitolinus affirms left his Son a most noble Library consisting of 62000 Volumes of which he made so good use that he became Preceptor to the Emperour Gordianus juâ—ior Quintus Smyrnaeus see Christodorus Quintus Trabeas the Eighth in place among the ancient Latin Comic writers according to the opinion of Volcatius Sedigitus Quintus Valerius Saranus a very ancient Versifier honoured by Cicero with the Title Doctissimus Togatorum R RAbanus Maurus see Theodulphus Regianus a writer of an uncertain age whose Poem of the waters of Baiae is commended by Brietius both for the ingenuity of the Matter and as written in no bad Verse Rhemnius Fannius an elegant both Grammarian and Poet who flourisht in the time of Constantine the Great he was the Disciple of Arâ—obius and so was Lactantius Firmianus who had the
Chrysopoea or The Art of making Gold in 3 Books which he dedicated to Pope Leo the 10 th another call'd Geronticon in one Book besides 5 Books of Iambics 2 of Sermones and 2 of Odes Joannes Baleus an English writer who flourisht in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth best known by his Treatise which give account of all the Eminent writers of our Nation of what Art or Faculty soever and by what he hath thereby contributed to this work the better meriting to be here inserted to which place the title he derives is by those Dramatic Pieces out of Holy Scripture which we find enumerated among the rest of his works Ioannes Baptista Almadianus a Viterbian of whom there are several Elegies in Latin Verse upon the death of Platina extant at the end of Platina's works Ioannes Baptista Egnatius an Eminent and General Professor of the Liberal Arts at Venice of which Citty he was also a Native the only Monument of whose Poetic Genius we find mentioned among many other of his Volumes is his Panegyric in Heroic Latin Verse upon Francis the first of that Name King of France Ioannes Baptista Pigna another Venetian of whose writings there are 4 Books of Sonnets printed at Venice together with the Sonnets of Celio Calcagnino and Ludovico Ariosto by Vincentio Valgrisio Ioannes Baptista Scaphenatius a Milanese of whose writing something is preserv'd among the Collected works of several Eminent Italian writers of Latin Poetry Ioannes Barclaius a most acute learned and Elegant Scochman and very famous for what he hath writen both in Prose and Verse but especially for his Argenis and his Euphormio both which works though written for the most part in solute Oration yet may very well be accounted Poems not only for that they are intersperst throughout with Verse but also for that they have their Political and Moral truths allegoris'd or coucht under feign'd and invented Story Ioannes Boccatius see Giovanni Boccatio Ioannes Bonfinius a Frenchman of Auvergne whose Basia and other Poems were printed at Leiden an 1656. Ioannes Busmannus a writer of Poems which were printed at Wirtemberg an 1337. Ioannes Carbonirosa an Author of Kirkhoven who among other things wrote certain Dramatic Pieces out of the Holy Scripture Joannes Columbinus the Author of a little Poem entiled Contra Philomusum or against the Contemners of School Divinity Joannes Cotta a native of Ponte Aliaco a Town upon the River Athesis who publisht an Elegant Book of Latin Epigrams but whose Noble Book of Chorographie begun in Verse was not only left unfinisht but also that which was done of it lost together with his learned Scholia upon Plinie Joannes Crato a Silesian born at Vratislaâ—â— the Cheif City of that Country in the year of our Lord 1512 he is styl'd by Boisaâ—dus in his Icones the Hierophantes of all polite Literature and had indeed the general reputation as well of an excellent Poet as of a profound Philosopher and most skilful Physician but for being so great a Philosopher and Physician it was that he remain'd Counsellor and Chief Physician for 26 years to 3 Emperours successively Ferdinand the first Maximilian the second and Rodulphus the second Joannes Dantiscus a Polonian who wrote in Heroic Verse a Poem entitled Soteria to Sigismund de Erberstein a Knight of Poland upon his return from Muscovie another upon the Victory of Sigismund King of Poland against the Waywod of Moldavia also a Sylva in Elegiac Verse upon the calamities of his times He was flourishing in the year 1531. Joannes Elius a writer of Divine Odes mention'd in Hervagius his Catalogue Joannes Fabritius a Native of Berkena in Lower Alsatia who wrote in Verse the History of Gulielmus Thellius which dedicating to Conradus Pellicanus he publisht himself with other Poems of his He flourisht at Zurich in the year 1554. Joannes Filiczkius a Hungarian Poet remembred for what he hath written in Latin Verse among the Chief of that Nation Joannes Franciscus Camaenus a Native of Perusia a Town of Hetruria but under the Pope's Dominion who wrote an Heroic Poem in name at least of the Rape of Philenis which with several other Poems as Eclogues Elegies Epigrams Odes Epicedia c. was printed at Venice by Gulielmo de Fontaneto an 1520. Ioannes Franciscus Mutius an Italian of whom what is extant in Latin Verse is to be found among the selected workes of divers of the principal Latin Poets of that Nation Ioannes Franciscus Picus Mirandula the Nephew of that Miracle of his time Picus Count of Mirandula and as related to him by Blood so also by Ingenuity and perfection of learning both his Books de Veritate Fidei Christianae and also his Sacred Poems are mentioned with high commendation by Paulus Iovius in his Elogies and also by Boissartus in his Icones Ioannes Franciscus Quintianus Stoa an Italian writer of very many Poetical things in Latin Verse besides some in Prose among his first kind are his Threnodies upon the deaths of the K. of France the K. of Scots Queen Anne Philippus Beroaldus c. His Poem of the Amours of Mars and Venus in 8 Books his Cleopolis or Sylva upon the Glory of the City of Paris his Sylva in praise of Marinus Beichemius his Theandrogenosis and Theanastasis the first an Ode upon our Saviours Nativity the second a Sylva upon his Resurrection 7 Tragedies whereof 2 Divine and 5 Comedies Ioannes de Gerson a French Author of a most wonderful multitude of Volumes whereof some in Verse particularly his Epithalamium upon the Mystical Marriage betwen a Divine and the Study of Theology He was Chancellor of the Parisian Academy and is mentioned flourishing in the year of our Lord 1429. Ioannes Fungerus a German who sung in Heroic Verse the Acts of Maurice William Governor of Friseland Ioannes Gigas the Author of a Treatise concerning the Certainty of Christian Religion to which are added his Divine Poems besides which he wrote many things in Poetry as Sylvae Epigrams Elegies and among the rest his Elegy upon the 2 Eclipses of the Moon that hapened in the year 1538. his Funeral Elegy upon John Prince of Saxonie his Encomium upon the City of Leipsich and his Epicedium upon the death of Erasmus Joannes Gilleius a Burgundian who among other things wrote an Elegant Description of the Stately House and Gardens of Pagnâ—l belonging to the Gileian Family and of the City of Salines and the River Furiosa flowing by it together with the Famous Wilderness belonging to the Sieur Du Sachet Joannes Girardus the Author of a Poem entitled Divionensis Stichostratia with two Centuries of Epigrams Joannes Grasserus the Author of certain Latin Poems which were printed at Colen an 1595. Joannes Hasembergius a Bohemian no less mention'd for his Drolling Verses upon Martin Luther then for his being Tutor to the Emperor Ferdinand's Children Joannes Honterus an Eminent Geographer of Cronstadt in Transilvania who among divers Geographical Treatises wrote one in Hexameter
Astronomical and Geographical Joannes Stella a Venetian Poet who wrote the Lives of several Popes in Latin Verse Joannes Stigelius a famous German Astronomer and not obscure Poet which last Character he bears from his Epithalamium of Georgius Sabinus and Anne the Daughter of Philip Melanction his Versification of several of David's Psalms with other Scripture Hymns his Epicedium upon the death of Euricius Cordus another upon the death of Anne Wife of Philip Earl of Nassaw his Eclogue Jolas upon the Emperour Charles 5 th c. He Flourisht in the year 1554. Joannes Tetthingerus an Author of Tubingen one of the 16 Earldoms in the Circle of Suevia who set forth in Heroic Verse the 4 Wirtembergs wars which lasted for many years he flourisht at Pfullendorf anno 1534. Joannes Thomas Musconius a Member of that Society of Italian Poets who are joyn'd together in a Publisht Collection of their selected Works in Latin Verse Joannes Thuilius a Poet of Mons-Mariae who saluted Nicolaus Contarenus Duke of Venice with a Solemn Panegyric in Verse and was highly in Favour with Andreas Maurocenus and Dominicus Molinus for his Exalted Vein in Poetry Joannes Versola a Spaniard who by King Philip the Second then in England and Married to our Queen Mary was sent Embassadour to Rome The Verses which he took delight to Compose in the interval of his more serious affairs had the esteem of Learned Men and were printed at Panormus in Sicily under the Title of Epistles Ioannes Vrsinus an Eminent Professor of Medicine which Apollo-like he joyned with Poetry he described in Elegiac Verse the Prosopopoea or Metaphorical Representation of divers Animals as also the Diaetetical part of Medicine besides a little Book of Moral Sentences in Verse like that of Cato Iodocus Badius Ascentius a Commentatour upon Tully's Offices and Epistles and Boethius de Consolatione Philosophiae Erasmus compares him to Budaeus whom he calls the Ornament of France Moreover by a late English Author he is character'd the most famous Philosopher Rhetorician and Poet of his time Iodocus Gallus a Dr of Theology of Rubeaqua a Town in Upper Alsatia and Pastor of the Church of Spire who besides several Theological Treatises in Prose wrote Epigrams in divers kinds of Verse Iohn Cleaveland a Notable High soaring Witty Loyalist of Cambridge whose Verses in the time of the Civil War begun to be in great request both for their Wit and zeal to the King's cause for which indeed he appear'd the first if not only Eminent Champion in Verse against the Presbyterian Party but most especially against the Kirck and Scotch Covenant which he prosecuted with such a Satyrical fury that the whole Nation fares the worse for it lying under a most grievous Poetical Censure In fine so great a Man hath Cleaveland been in the Estimation of the generality in regard his Conceits were out of the common road and Wittily far fetch 't that Grave Men in outward appearance have not spar'd in my hearing to affirm him the best of English Poets and let them think so still who ever please provided it be made no Article of Faith S r John Davis the Learned and well accomplisht Father of a no less learned and accomplisht Daughter the present Countess Dowager of Huntington his Poem Nosce teipsum besides which and his Orchestra publisht together with it both the products of his younger years I remember to have seen from the hands of the Countess a judicious Metaphrase of several of David's Psalms is said to have made him first known to Queen Elizabeth and afterwards brought him in favour with King James under whose auspices addicting himself to the Study of the Common Law of England he was made the King's First Serjeant and afterwards his Attorney General in Ireland S r John Denham late Surveyour of his Majestie 's Works but of a much more ceâ—ebrated memory by the Fame of what he hath written in Poetry especially his Coopers Hill and his Tragedy The Sophi which having been long since publisht and in general esteem came forth again a few years since joyn'd with the rest of his Poetical Works which together amount to a considerable Volume John Donne a Student in his younger years in Lincoln's Inne whither he betook himself from the University of Oxford but instead of poâ—ing upon readious Reports Judgments and Statute Books he accomplisht himself with the politer kind of Learning moderately enjoy'd the pleasures of the Town and frequented good Company to which the sharpness of his Wit and gayety of Fancy render'd him not a little grateful in which state of life he compos'd his more brisk and Youthful Poems which are rather commended for the heighth of Fancy and acutness of conceit then for the smoothness of the Verse At last by King James his command or rather earnest persuasion setting himself to the study of Theology and entring into Holy Orders he was first made Preacher of Lincoln's Inne afterwards advanc't to be Dean of Pauls and as of an Eminent Poet he became a much more Eminent Preacher so he rather improved then relinquisht his Poetical Fancy only converting it from human and worldly to Divine and Heavenly subjects John Driden Poet Laureat and Historiographer to His present Majesty with whom such hath been the approbation and acceptance his Poetry hath obtained especially what he hath written of Dramatic with wonderful success to the Theater Royal viz. Comedies several abounding with no vulgar wit and ingenuity as the Maiden Queen the Wild Gallant the Mock Astrologer Marriage a la mode the Amourous Old Woman the Assignation Tyrannic Love and Amboyna Tragedies besides Historical Drama's viz. the Indian Emperor and two parts of the Conquests of Granada in which if he have indulg'd a little too much to the French way of continual Rime and interlarding of History with ascititious Love and Honour I am apt to impute it rather to his complying with the modyfied an gallantish humour of the time then to his own well examined judgment Iohn Fletcher one of the happy Trinmvirat the other two being Iohnson and Shakespear of the Chief Dramatic Poets of our Nation in the last foregoing Age among whom there might be said to be a symmetry of perfection while each excelled in his peculiar way Ben. Iohnson in his elaborate pains and knowledge of Authors Shakespear in his pure vein of wit and natural Poetic heighth Fletcher in a courtly Elegance and gentile familiarity of style and withal a wit and invention so overflowing that the luxuriant branches thereof were frequently thought convenient to be lopt off by his almost inseparable Companion Francis Beaumont Iohn Ford a Dramatic Writer some years since of Tragedies and Comedies in their season I suppose not wholly strangers to the English Stage His Tragedies The Broken Heart Loves Sacrifice and 'T is pitty she 's a Whore his Comedies the Fancies the Lady's Tryall he wrote also a Tragy-Comedy Loves Labyrinth besides the Dramatic History of Perkin
Warbec S r John Gowr a very Famous English Poet in his time and counted little inferiour if not equal to Chaucer himself who was his Contemporary and some say his Scholar and Successor in the Laurel For Gowr was also both Poet Laureat and Knight His Cheif Works may be gather'd from his Tomb in St. Mary Overeis Church where lying buried he is represented with his head upon three large Volumes thus inscribed the first Votum Meditantis the next Confessio Amantis the 3 d Vox clamantis of which last being printed in the Reign of King Henry the 8 th the Impression is not yet totally extinguisht the other two doubtless if not printed are preserved in Public Libraries For his Confessio Amantis I have seen in a private Library in a large Folio Manuscript of Vellam fair written containing the whole circuit of Natural Philosophy and the allegories of all the Poeticall Fictions but that there were other things of his writing appears by what is extant of him in Chaucers publisht Works Iohn Hall a Poetical writer who never having had any great Fame that ever I heard of no wonder if now totally forgotten especially since his Poem entitled The Court of Vertue was publisht no less while ago then the year 1565. Of the same name also flourisht within these 30 years a Bishopric of Durham Man who besides his juvenile Poems memorable only for their airy and youthful wit improv'd afterwards to a more substantial reputation for what he has wrote as well in Verse as Profe but a Poem he began of great and general expectation among his Friends had he liv'd to compleat it would doubtless have very much advanc't and compleated his Fame Iohn Harding a writer recorded in History for one of the Chief of his time viz. the Reign of K. Edward the 4 th and claiming his Seat among the Poetical Writers by his Chronicle in English Verse Iohn Hauvise a Monk of St. Albans whom living about the Reign of K. Richard the first or not long after Camden quoting him in several places of his remains reckons among the Chief of English Latin Poets of that Age. Iohn Hoddesdon one of the last Age who with his Sion and Parnassus makes a shift to croud in among many others not of the greatest Fame And so likewise Iohn Kennedie a Scotchman with his History in Verse of Lycanthropos and Lucilla Iohn Lane a fine old Queen Elizabeth Gentleman who was living within my remembrance and whose several Poems had they not had the ill fate to remain unpublisht when much better meriting then many that are in print might possibly have gain'd him a name not much inferiour if not equal to Drayton and others of the next rank to Spencer but they are all to be produc't in Manuscript namely his Poetical Vision his Alarm to the Poets his Twelve Months his Guy of Warwic a Heroic Poem at least as much as many others that are so Entitled and lastly his Supplement to Chaucers Squires Tale. Iohn Leland an Antiquary of London who Flourisht in the year 1546 and wrote among many other Volumes several Books of Epigrams his Cignea Cantio a Genethliae of Prince Edward Naeniae upon the death of S r Thomas Wiat and several other things in Verse Iohn Lilly a Writer of several old fashion'd Comedies and Tragedies which have been printed together in a Volume and might perhaps when time was be in very good request namely Endymion The Woman in the Moon Midas Mother Boniby Galatea Sapho Phao Comedies a Warning for Fair Wâ—men â—â—hn Lydgate an Augustin Monk of St. Edmunds-Bury who had the reputation of a person much accomplisht by his travels into Italy and France and besides several things of his of polite Argument in Prose was much esteem'd for what he wrote also in Verse as his Eglogues Odes Satyres and other Poems Iohn Marston a Tragic and Comic Writer not of the meanest Ranck among our English Dramatics His Comedies are the Dutch Curtisan the Fawn What you will His Tragedies Antonio and Melida the Insatiate Countess besides the Malecontent a Tragy Comedy the Faithful Sheapheard a Pastoral Iohn Milton the Author not to mention his other Works both in Latin and English both in strict and solute Oration by which his Fame is sufficiently known to all the Learned of Europe of two Heroic Poems and a Tragedy namely Paradice lost Paradice Regain'd and Sampson Agonista in which how far he hath reviv'd the Majesty and true Decornm of Heroic Poesy and Tragedy it will better become a person less related then my self to deliver his judgement John Ogilby one of the prodigies of our Age for producing from so late an initiation into Literature so many large learned Vol. as well in verse as Prose in Prose his Volumes of the Atlas and other Geographical Works which have gain'd him the Style and Office of his Majestie 's Cosmographer in Verse his Translat of Homer Virgil which is the chief of all as Compos'd propria Minerva his Paraphrase upon Aesop's Fables which for Ingenuity Fancy besides the Invention of new Fables is generally confess 't to have exceeded what ever hath been done before in that kind John Philips the Maternal Nephew and Disciple of an Author of most deserved Fame late deceas't being the exactest of Heroic Poets if the truth were well examin'd and it is the opinion of many both Learned and Judicious persons either of the Ancients or Moderns either of our own or what ever Nation else from whose Education as he hath receiv'd a judicious command of style both in Prose and Verse so from his own natural Ingenuity he hath his Vein of Burlesque and facetious Poetry which produc't the Satyr against Hypocrites and the Travested Metaphrase of two Books of Virgil besides what is dispeirc't among other things nevertheless what he hath writ in a serious Vein of Poetry whereof very little hath yet been made public is in my opinion nothing inferior to what he hath done in the other kind John Skelton a jolly English Rimer and I warrant ye accounted a notable Poet as Poetry went in those daies namely King Edward the fourth's Reign when doubtless good Poets were scarce for however he had the good fortune to be chosen Poet Laureat methinks he hath a miserable loos rambling style and galloping measure of Verse so that no wonder he is so utterly forgotten at this present when so many better Poets of not much later a date are wholly laid aside His chief Works as many as I could collect out of an old printed Book but imperfect are his Philip Sparrow Speak Parrot The death of K. Edward the fourth A Treatise of the Scots Ware the hawk The tunning of Eleanor Rumpkin in many of which following the humour of the ancientest of our modern Poers he takes a Poetical libertie of Satyrically gibing at the vices and corruptions of the Clergy S r Iohn Sucking a witty and elegant Courtier under
his late Majesty his Poems which being few besides his Dramatics Aglaura Brenoralt the Goblins are collected together with his Letters into a Volume entitled Fragmenta Aurea have a pretty touch of a gentile Spirit and seem to savour more of the Grape then Lamp and still keep up their reputation equal with any Writ so long ago his Plays also still bring audience to the Theater Iohn Webster an Associate with Thomas Decker in several not wholly to be rejected Plays viz. Northward Hoe the Noble Stranger New trick to cheat the Divel Westward Hoe the Weakest goes to the wall Woman will have her Will with Samuel Rowly in the Cure for Cuckolds a Comedy besides what he wrote alone the Divels Law case a Tragy-Comedy the White Devil the Dutches of Malfy Tragedies John Wilson a late Writer with no bad success of two Comedies the Cheats and the Projectors and the Tragedy of Andronicus Commenius Jonas ab Elvervelt an Holsatian who wrote a Description of the State of that Country in Elegiac Verse Josephus Iscanus or Joseph of Exeter the very first of the Moderns both in time and Fame of Latin Poets among the English who accompanying King Richard the first in his Expedition into the Holy Land had the better advantage to celebrate as he did the Acts of that Warlike Prince in a Poem entitled Antiocheis He wrote also 6 Books De Bello Trojano in Heroic Verse which as Cambden well observes appears to be no other then that Version of Dares Phrygius into Latin Verse which hath been generally imputed to Cornelius Nepos have been equal to his undertaking Joshua Sylvester the English Translator of Du Bartas his Poem of the six daies work of Creation by which he is more generally fam'd for that Poem hath ever had many great admirers among us then by his own Poems commonly printed therewith Juan de Mena a Spaniard whose Poetical Works were printed at Antuerp anno 1552. Julius Ascanius a Native of Crenta in the Venetian Territory a tast of whose Poetical Fancy is extant among other the choise collected works of the most noted Italian Writers of Latin Verse Julius Caesar Stella the Author of a Latin Poem of Heroic title Columbeis Justulus an Eminent Author of Spoleto whose writings are chiefly Poetical as his Poem of the Culture of Saffron another of Silk-worms his Epicedium of Pomponius Laeta his Musae Phanestres his Description of the Mountain adjacent to Spoleto his Poem to Ferdinand of Arragon and some others Josephus Justus Julius Caesar two most celebrated Authors Son and Father of the Illustrious Family Della Scala of Verona and therefore generally known by the Sirname of Scaligeri of whom Julius hath the testimony of the Great Thuanus for a Person unparallell'd by any of his Age scarce giving Place to any of the Ancients as Josephus is by the same Historian rankt in the next Place to his Father Julius whose extant Poems both Greec and Latin have gain'd him among Learned Men a particular reputation of an excellent Poet and if in any doubtless in that very respect above all others he is to be preferred before his Son Joseph who though accounted in the number of Poets also yet is much more fam'd for what he hath written in Prose yet as much a Poet as Julius passeth for his judgement of some of the Poets in his Critica might for ought I know if well examined bring in some question whither if he had undertaken those great Provinces in Poetry which require the highest judgement his success would Justus Lipsius one of the most Illustrious Antiquarys Critics and Commentatours of his time in Christendom by the testimony of Thuanus Dilherus and Aubertus Miraeus and though what he hath written in Poetry is not so much taken notice of as his Antiquae Lectiones his Notes upon Tacitus his Saturnalia and other fam'd things in Prose yet to be reckon'd also among the cheif of Belgic Latin Poets for he was born at Brussells for his excellent Genius in Latin Verse he was a constant admirer of Joseph Scaliger and by him no less belov'd He was Flourishing beyond the year 1606. Justus Ricehius a Native of Gaunt who for his Varia Carmina is inserted among the Belgic Writers of Latin Poetry L. LAelius Capilupus a Mantuan who had such an artful and igenious way of making Centones out of his Country-Man Virgil's Verses that by Learned Men he is judged to have excell'd Ausonius and Proba Falconia in that way of writing he is mentioned Flourishing in the year 1560. Laevinus Torrentius see Levinus Lambertus a Benedictine Monk of Liege who besides his Life of Heribertus Arch-Bishop of Coloign wrote a Book of Hymns in various kinds of Verse Lambertus Danaeus a Writer of Geography in Latin Verse Lancinus Curtius wrote decads of Epigrams which were printed at Milan by Rochus Ambrosius de Valle anno 1521. Laurentius Bonicontrius a Commentator upon the Poet Manilius his Astronomica being himself both an Astronomer and Poet his chief Poetic work being his Tractate of things Natural and Celestial in Heroic Verse He was Flourishing an 1494. Laurentius Gambarus a principal Favorite of Cardinal Alexander Farnese and that chiefly for his fine with and gentile Spirit in Poetry Laurentius Niendalius the Author of Latin Poems which were printed at Vtrecht an 1641. Lazarâ— Buonamico an Italian Poet of Basiana Paduan Professour 20 years his most noted things in Poetry are his Epistles in Verse to Vrsinus Velius of Silesia Donatus Rullus of Venice Altenerius Avogarus of Verona and several other Eminent Men of Italy and other parts Within the time of his Professourship is comprehended the year of our Lord 1553 the mentioned time of his Flourishing Leonardo Salviati an Italian Comic writer whose Comedy call'd La Spina being particularly taken notice of was printed at Ferrara an 1592. Leonardus Brunus an Eminent both Philosopher Historian Orator and also Poet of Aretium and thereupon generally known by the Appellation of Leonardus Aretinus Leonardus Pellicanus the Brother of the most learned Conradus and had he liv'd might perhaps have arriv'd somewhat near his perfection if not equall'd him at least in another kind for his Genius was Poetical but he was snatcht away in the flour of his age by an untimely death in the year 1510 at Rubeaqua the place also of his nativity a Town of Upper Alsatia however he left behind him no inconsiderable Fame by his elaborate Elegy upon the death of the Lady Margaret the Wife of Philip Count Palatine and Duke of Bavaria and his Poem upon the Resurrection and Last Judgment besides Epigrams in various kind of Verse Levinus Brechtus a Friar Minorite of Lovain who wrote the Lives of divers Illustrious Martyrs both in Frose and Verse Levinus Torrentinus a Native of Gaunt highly extoll'd by Meibomius for his Learning in general by Sandius for his Notes upon Suetonius and Horace and by Aubertus Miraeus for his Odes
died of the Pestilence in the West Country before he could take shipping an 1541. Tobias Guthberlingius a Hassian Native of Crusbon and Governor of the Colledge of Leovardia where his Latin Poems were printed an 1667. Torquato Tasso the Prince of Italian Heroic Poets born at Bergamo the Son of Bernardo Tasso and Portia de Rubeis His chief Poems are Gerusalemme Liberata Rinaldo Sette Giornate Gerusalemme Conquistata Torrismondo a Tragedy Amintas a Pastoral elegantly translated into English by John Reynolds he wrote also judicious Discourses in Prose Sieur Du Tristan his Amours printed anno 1662 V. VAlentinus Boltzius a German Writer native of Rubeaqua who wrote in Verse the Combat between David Goliah the History of Sampson the Tragedy of Susanna the Comedy of the 7 Liberal Arts and several others Valentinus Pacaeus a Writer of Latin Idyls and Epigrams Victor Geselinus a Writer of Latin Hymns Victorinus Anxiginus Scuthius the Author of a Poem entitled The Triumph of Christ's Resurrection written in Elegiac Verse Vidus Faber Pibracius a French Gentleman whose Learning and excellent abilities advanc't him to be President of the Parliament of Paris besides his general knowledg in the Arts and Sciences his Felicity in French Poesy had been sufficient to recommend him to Posterity he was flourishing in the year 1584. Vincentio Guidorci his Rime Varie were printed at Padua an 1634. Vincentius Barsius a Carmelite of Mantua whose Alba Labyrinthus was printed at Parma an 1515. His Silva Elegies at Bononia an 1524. Vincentius Contarenus a Venetian not obscure writer in Latin Poetry Vincenzo Martelli a noted Man among the Italian writers of Rime or Sonnets Vitus Amerbachius a German Writer of diverse learned Commentaries other works in Prose besides what he wrote in Verse namely Epigrams and other various Poems which were printed by Oporinus at Basil an 1550. W. WAlter de Mapes Arch-Deacon of Oxford a Latin Rimer in the Reign of K. Henry the Second and may well be call'd a Pot Poet for he shews his singular love to good Liquor in a parcell of Latin Riming Verses quoted by Cambden William Alabaster a considerable Poet so accounted in the time he Flourisht which was under Qu. Elizabeth the Chief Transactions of whose Reign he began to describe in a Latin Poem entitled Elisaeis which he left unfinisht William Brown the Author of a Poem entitled Britains Pastorals which though not of the sublimest strain yet for a subject of that nature amorous and rural containing matter not unpleasant to the Reader William Bosworth the Bringer forth of a small Poem which was printed somewhat above 20 years since under the title of the Chast and lost Lovers or the History of Arcadius Sepha which from the very brink of oblivion nor had the loss been very great hath accidentally met with the good fortune to be here remember'd William Cartwright Student of Christ-Church in Oxford where he liv'd in fame reputation for his singular parts and Ingenuity but most especially his excelling Vein in Poetry which produc't a Volume of Poems which were publisht not long after his death and among the rest his Tragedie The Royal Slave hath been in principal esteem William Cavendish the present Duke of New-Castle and the first advanc't from Earl to that Title for his eminent Service to his late and present Majesty a Person accomplisht according to the Nobility of his Birth and Quality that is equally addicted both to Arts and Arms and particularly a friend to the Muses for besides his splendid Treatise of the Art of Horse-manship in which his experience was no less then his delight he wrote two ingenuous Comedies The Variety and the Country Captain Sir William Davenant a very large sharer in the Poetic Fame of the present Age of which he was a surviving over-hearer till within these few years and of no less a memory for the future for the great fluency of his wit and Fancy especially for what he wrote for the English Stage of which having layd the Foundation before by his Musical Dramas when the usual Plays were not suffer'd to be acted he was the first reviver improver by painted Scenes after his Majesty's Restauration erecting a new Company of Actors under the Patronage of the Duke of York his works since his death have been fairly publisht in a large Volume consisting of many Comedies which need not be enumerated as being printed altogether with several Tragedies Interludes Historical Drama's his Poem entitled Madagascar a Farrago of his Juvenile other Miscellaneous Peices and the Crown of all his Gondibert the best of Heroic Poems either Ancient or Modern in the judgement of Mr Hobs a Learned Man indeed but in some other of his opinions suppos'd to have been prov'd fallible by those that have taken him in hand William Drummond of Hawthornden a Scotch Gentleman of considerable note and esteem Flourishing in K. James his Reign who imitating the Italian manner of Versifying vented his Amours in Sonnets Canzonets and Madrigals and to my thinking in a style sufficiently smooth and delightful and therefore why so utterly disregarded and layd aside at present I leave to the more curious palats in Poetry William Gray an Elegant writer if we may rely upon the testimony of Balaeus of several things in English Verse in the Reigns of King Edw. the Sixth and Qu. Mary William Habington the Author of Poems which came forth above twenty years since under the Title of Castara the feign'd Name no doubt of that human Goddess that inspir'd them but better known by his History of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth in which also he hath a style sufficiently florid and perhaps better becoming a Poetical than Historical subject in respect of his Poems however they are now almost forgotten he may be rank't in my opinion with those that deserve neither the highest nor the lowest Seat in the Theater of Fame William Hammond one of the forgotten Poem writers of the last Age. William Hemings the Author of a well known Tragedy called The Fatal Contract William Lilly of Odiham in Haâ—t shire a Grammarian of great note in the Reign of K. Henry the Eighth and first School Master of Paul's School who besides his Lat. Grammar the oracle of Free-Schools of England and other Grammatical works is said by Balaeus to have written Epigrams and other Poetry of various subjects in various Latin Verse William Rowly an Associate with Middleton in the writing of several Comedies and Tragi-Comedies as The Spanish Gipsies the Old Law the Fair Quarrel the Widow besides what he wrote alone as The Woman never vext and the Match at Midnight All 's lost by Lush a Tragedy and joyn'd with Webster as the Thracian wonder A Cure for a Cuckold William Sampson a Tragic writer who wrote alone the Vow-Breaker and Valiant Scot with Marsham the Tragedy of Herod and Antipater How to choose a good Wife from a bad a Tragi-Comedy William