RENAISSANCE

CONTEXTS
1492- COLUMBUS DISCOVERED AMERICAS
1453-1485- WAR OF ROSES- HOUSE OF LANCASTER (red) &
HOUSE OF YORK (white)- FORMATION OF TUDOR DYNASTY
QUEEN ELIZABETH-1558-1603
HENRY VIII CHILDREN- KING EDWARD VI, MARY I, ELIZABETH I
CONFLICT WITH CATHOLIC CHURCH (POPE CLEMENT VII)
REFORMATION- KING HEAD OF STATE AND CHURCH
*MARTIN LUTHER’S 95 THESES Against the Sale of Papal
Indulgences- WITTENBURG-1517-GERMANY
1588- DEFEAT OF SPANISH ARMANDA (CATHOLIC KING
PHILIP)
ERASMUS- THE PRAISE OF FOLLY-AGAINST CATHOLIC RITUALS
COPERNICUS- SUN AS THE CENTRE OF UNIVERSE
(HELIOCENTRIC)
GUY FAWKES PLOT- 5 NOV, 1605
1576- ‘THE THEATRE’- JAMES BURBAGE (ACTOR)
RENAISSANCE- GREEK AND LATIN
LICENSING 2 TROUPES OF ACTORS (1594)- LORD
CHAMBERLAIN, LORD ADMIRAL
THEATRE CLOSING- 1589 (BURNING MARPRELATE
CONTROVERSY)
POETRY

1.EDMUND SPENSER –
PHILIP SIDNEY PATRONIZED HIM
KILCOLMAN CASTLE (GOT BURNT)- RESIDENCE
*PROTHALAMION-1596- OCCASION OF THE TWIN MARRIAGE
OF THE DAUGHTERS OF EDWARD SOMERSET, 4TH EARL OF
WORCESTER, ELIZABETH SOMERSET AND KATHERINE
SOMERSET
*THE FAERIE QUEENE- (PASTORAL CELEBRATING COURT OF
ELIZABETH I)-6 BOOKS-1590-96- PLANNED FOR 12 BOOKS
-SUPPOSED TO BE 12 BOOKS- EACH FOR A KNIGHT
REPRESENTATIVE OF SOME VIRTUE
KNIGHT OF RED CROSS- HOLINESS
IMP. CHARACTER- KING ARTHUR, MARRIES GLORIANA,
QUEEN OF ' FAERIE- LONDE', MERLIN, SARACENS, FAUNS,
SATYRS
ALLEGORIZED VIRTUES
UNA- TRUTH, GUY ON- TEMPERANCE, DUESSA- DECEIT,
ORGOGLIO- PRIDE
*THE SHEPHERD'S CALENDERS-1579
(SERIES OF ECLOGUES - ONE EACH MONTH)
STOCK PASTORAL CHARACTERS- CUDDIE, COLIN CLOUT,
PERIGOT
VOLUME –
THE RUINS OF TIME, TEARS OF MUSES, MOTHER HUBBERD'S
TALE, THE RUINS OF ROME-1591
*AMORETTI-88 (MARRIAGE AND COURTSHIP WITH
ELIZABETH BOYLE)-1595- SONNET CYCLE
PETRARCHAN SONNETS
*EPITHALAMION- 24 STANZAS- CELEBRATION OF HIS
MARRIAGE-1595-96
“ONE DAY BECOMES ETERNITY”-LAST LINE OF EPITHALAMION

COLIN CLOUT'S COME HOME AGAIN- PASTORAL POEM-1595

PROSE- A VIEW OF THE PRESENT STATE OF IRELAND-1594
*SPENSERIAN STANZA- 9 LINE VERSE FORM, RHYME SCHEME
– ABABBCBCC- EIGHT IAMBIC PENTAMETER LINES FOLLOWED
BY A CONCLUDING ALEXANDRINE (A LINE OF IAMBIC
HEXAMETER)

2. JOHN DONNE
IDEA OF ‘CONCEIT’
ENTERED ANGLICAN CHRUCH- 1615, ANGLICAN PREACHER

*POETRY- OF THE PROGRES OF THE SOULE- SATIRE- 1601

*SATIRES, THE SONGS AND SONETS AND THE ELEGIES- 1590-
1601- AIRE AND ANGELS, A NOCTURNALL UPON S. LUCIES
DAY, A VALDEDICTION: FORBIDDING MOURNING, THE
EXTASIE, THE FLEA, THE CANONIZATION, THE GOOD-
MORROW, THE SUN RISING

*RELGIOUS POETRY AFTER 1610

*HOLY SONNETS-19, LYRIC- A HYMN TO GOD, MY GOD, IN MY
SICKNESS, DEATH BE NOT PROUD, BATTER MY HEART, THREE-
PERSONED GOD
*DRYDEN FOR DONNE-" HE AFFECTS THE METAPHYSICS"
*PARTED LOVERS- LEGS OF PAIR OF COMPASSES, LOVE IS A
SPIDER, HIS SICK BODY IS A MAP, HIS PHYSICIANS
COSMOGRAPHERS AND DEATH HIS " SOUTH WEST
DISCOVERIE"

PROSE- THE PSEUDO- MARTYR-1610 (DEFENCE OF OATH OF

ALLEGIANCE), IGNATIUS HIS CONCLAVE -1611(SATIRE UPON
IGNATIUS LOYOLA AND JESUITS)
SERMONS-160- DEATH'S DUELL -1630

METAPHYSICAL POETS- GEORGE HERBERT, RICHARD

CRASHAW, HENRY VAUGHAN, ROBERT HERRICK, THOMAS
CAREW, ANDREW MARVELL
METAPHYSICAL REVIVAL BY T.S. ELLIOT
*GEORGE HERBERT- THE COLLAR, EASTER WINGS, THE
TEMPLE
*HENRY VAUGHAN- THE RETREAT, SILEX SCINTILLANS (1650),
OLOR ISCANUS-1651, THALIA REDIVIVIA-1678,
*THOMAS CAREW- ELEGY FOR DONNE, COELUM
BRITANNICUM (MASQUE), MEDIOCRITY IN LOVE REJECTED
*RICHARD CRASHAW- STEPS TO THE TEMPLE (1646),
CARMEN DEO NOSTRO-1652, THE FLAMING HEART
*ANDREW MARVELL- AN HORATIAN ODE UPON CROMWELL’S
RETURN FROM IRELAND (1650), TO HIS COY MISTRESS, - THE
REHEARSAL TRANSPOSED (VINDICATION OF MILTON)- 1672-
73
‘METAPHYICAL’ TERM GIVEN BY SAMUEL JOHNSON
(PEJORATIVE USAGE- LACK OF FEELING, SURPRISING RANGE
OF IMAGES AND COMPARISONS)
* ABRAHAM COWLEY -PYRAMUS AND THISBE-1628,
CONSTANTINA AND PHILETUS-1630, THE DAVIDEIS-1656
(EPIC ON KING DAVID), THE MISTRESS -1647, PINDARIQUE
ODES
ESSAYS AND DISCOURSE BY WAY OF VISION CONCERNING
THE GOVERNMENT OF OLIVER CROMWELL-1661

CAVALIER POETS- SUPPORTER OF CHARLES I

CAVALIER POETS-
* ROBERT HERRICK- NOBEL NUMBERS-1647, HESPERIDES-
1648, TO ANTHEA, TO JULIA, CHERRY RIPE
* RICHARD LOVELACE- LUCASTA-1649, TO ALTHEA, FROM
PRISON AND TO LUCASTA, GOING TO THE WARS
* SIR JOHN SUCKLING- BALLAD UPON A WEDDING, WHY SO
PALE AND WAN FOND LOVER?
*THOMAS CAREW
OTHER POETS
1. SIR THOMAS WYATT
PRINCIPLE PATRON - THOMAS CROMWELL
TOTTEL'S MISCELLANY- 96 LOVE POEMS -1557- 31 SONNETS
PETRARCHAN SONNET- ABBAABBA+ CDCDCD
HIS SATIRES (ITALIAN TERZA RIMA)
TERZA RIMA (THIRD RHYME)- INTERLOCKING RHYME
SCHEME- ABA BCB CDC
FIRST USE BY DANTE IN DIVINE COMEDY
SIR THOMAS WYATT IS CREDITED WITH INTRODUCING THE
ITALIAN SONNET FORM, ALONG WITH ITALIAN RHYMING
STRUCTURES LIKE OTTAVA RIMA AND TERZA RIMA, TO
ENGLISH LITERATURE.

2. HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY- POEMS- 1557

CERTAIN BOKES OF VIRGILES AENEIS TURNED INTO ENGLISH
METRE--1557(BLANK VERSE)
CREDITED WITH INTRODUCING BLANK VERSE TO ENGLISH
LITERATURE IN THE 1550S WITH HIS TRANSLATION OF
VIRGIL'S THE AENEID
3. THOMAS SACKVILLE, EARL OF DORSET-
MYRROURE FOR MAGISTRATES (1563)- THE INDUCTION &
THE COMPLAYNT OF HENRY, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
COLLOBORATED WITH NORTON - GORBODUC
4.GEORGE GASCOIGNE
SATIRE - THE STEELE GLAS-1576 (BLANK VERSE)
TRAGEDY - JOCASTA-1566, SUPPOSES- COMEDY-1566 (BASIS
FOR SHAKESPEARE'S TAMING THE SHREW)
CERTAYNE NOTES OF INSTRUCTION CONCERNING THE
MAKING OF VERSE OR RYME IN ENGLISH -1575
5. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY-
32- MORTALLY WOUNDED AT ZUTPHEN, ASSISTING DUTCH
AGAINST SPANIARDS
ASTROPHEL AND STELLA- 108 LOVE SONNETS-1591 (INSPIRED
BY PETRARCH AND RONSARD)- WRITTEN TO HIS ' MISTRESS'-
PENELOPE RICH BUT DEDICATED TO WIFE.
APOLOGIE FOR POETRIE-1595- REPLY TO GOSSON'S SCOOLE
OF ABUSE (PURITAN PAMPHLET)
PASTORAL PROSE ROMANCE- ARCADIA- 1598

6. MICHAEL DRAYTON-
THE HARMONIE OF THE CHURCH -1591 (TRANSLATIONS
FROM SCRIPTURES).
HISTORICAL POEMS- ENGLAND'S HEROICALL EPISTLES AND
THE BARONS' WARS-1603
POLY- OLBION- POEM
POEM ON AGINCOURT
THE MAN IN THE MOON, NYMPHIDIA - PASTORAL
7. THOMAS CAMPION
COLLECTION OF SONGS- A BOOKE OF AYRES-1601, SONGS OF
MOURNING-1613, TWO BOOKES OF AYRES-1612
OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY-1602
8. PHINEAS FLETCHER AND GILES FLETCHER

PHINEAS FLETCHER- THE PURPLE ISLAND/ THE ISLE OF MAN-

1633 (12 CANTOS)
GILES- CHRIST'S VICTORIE AND TRIUMPH-1610 (4 CANTOS)-
INSPIRED PARADISE REGAINED
9. SAMUEL DANIEL-
SONNET SERIES - DELIA-1592, THR COMPLAYNT OF
ROSAMOND- ROMANCE- 1592
HISTORICAL POEMS- THE CIVIL WARS-1595
MASQUE- THE QUEENES WAKE-1610, HYMEN'S TRIUMPH-
1615
DEFENCE OF RYME-1602
MISCELLANEOUS -
THE PARADYSE OF DAYNTY DEVISES-1576, A HANDEFULL OF
PLEASANT DELITES-1584, THE PHOENIX NEST-1593, THE
PASSIONATE PILGRIM-1599 (ATTRIBUTED TO BE
SHAKESPEARE’S WORK), ENGLAND'S HELICON-1600

PRE- SHAKESPEARIAN DRAMA

INFLUENCE OF SENECA- TRAGEDY
TERENCE AND PLAUTUS- COMEDY

UNIVERSITY WITS
1. GEORGE PEELE-
THE ARAYGNEMENT OF PARIS, THE FAMOUS CHRONICLE OF
KING EDWARD THE FIRST, THE OLD WIVES' TALE, THE LOVE OF
KING DAVID and FAIR BETHSABE, THE BATTLE OF ALCAZAR
1. ROBERT GREENE-
ALPHONSUS, KING OF ARAGON (IMITATION OF
TAMBURLAINE), FRIER BACON AND FRIER BONGAY, ORLANDO
FURIOSO (FROM ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF ARIOSTO), THE
SCOTTISH HISTORIE OF JAMES THE FOURTH, A GROAT’S-
WORTH OF WIT (1592), PANDOSTO/ THE TRIUMPH OF TIME
(1588)
3. THOMAS NASH-
COLLABORATED WITH MARLOWE FOR DIDO
SUMMER'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, THE UNFORTUNATE
TRAVELLER/ LIFE OF JACKE WILTON- PICARESQUE, THE
ANATOMY OF ABSURDITY (1589), PIERCE PENNILESS (1592),
THE TERRORS OF THE NIGHT (1594)
4. THOMAS LODGE-
COLLOBORATED WITH SHAKESPEARE FOR HENRY IV
THE WOUNDES OF CIVILE WAR, ROSALYNDE: EUPHUES
GOLDEN LEGACIE (AS YOU LIKE IT)
5. THOMAS KYD (REVENGE PLAYS)-
THE SPANISH TRAGEDIE-1592, CORNELIA, SOLIMAN AND
PERSEDA, FIRST PART OF JERONIMO, DON HORATIO
6. CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE -PART OF LORD ADMIRAL'S GRP.
USAGE OF BLANK VERSE
TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT- CONQUER WHOLE WORLD
THE JEW OF MALTA(BARABBAS)- ATTAIN LIMITLESS WEALTH
DOCTOR FAUSTUS- UNLIMITED KNOWLEDGE
EDWARD II- HISTORICAL TRAGEDY- HOMOSEXUALITY
VAMOUR DE L’IMPOSSIBLE
THE TRAGEDY OF DIDO QUEEN OF CARTHAGE (with Thomas
Nash), THE MASSACRE AT PARIS
POEM- HERO AND LEANDER-1598
DEATH- 1593
BEN JOHNSON COINED “MARLOWE'S MIGHTY LINE”

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
STRATFORD-ON- AVON
CONVICTED OF POACHING BY SIR THOMAS LUCY
LORD CHAMBERLAIN GRP
ROBERT GREENE- CALLED- " UPSTART CROW"- A
GROATSWORTH OF WIT-1592
SHORDITCH, GLOBE, BLACKFRIARS- THEATRE HOUSE
GLOBE BURNT DOWN DURING OF PERFORMANCE OF HENRY
VIII IN 1613

POEMS-
*VENUS AND ADONAIS-1593 (IN SESTA RIMA), THE RAPE OF
LUCRECE-1594, THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM -1594,
*SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS BY THOMAS THORPE (DEDICATED
TO MR. W.H.)-1609- 154 SONNETS- WILLIAM HERBERT, EARL
OF PEMBROKE
FAIR YOUTH- 1 TO 126 SONNETS
BLACK BEAUTY- MARY FITTON-127 TO 154
SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET- ABAB CDCD EFEF GG- IAMBIC
PENTAMETER- THREE QUATRAINS AND A FINAL COUPLET
LYRICS-
*THE TEMPEST- ARIEL-" FULL FATHOM FIVE"
*WILLOW SONG- OTHELLO
*" TAKE, O TAKE THOSE LIPS AWAY" - MEASURE FOR
MEASURE
*NOBEL DIRGE- " FEAR NO MORE THE HEAT OF THE SUN"-
CYMBELINE

PLAYS- FIRST FOLIO-1623- JOHN HEMINGE & HENRY CONDELL

EARLY SHAKESPEARE EDITORS- NICHOLAS ROWE, ALEXANDER
POPE, AND LEWIS THEOBALD
*SIR JOHN FALSTAFF- PLAYS HENRY IV, PART 1 AND PART 2,
WHERE HE IS A COMPANION TO PRINCE HAL, THE FUTURE
KING HENRY V OF ENGLAND.
FALSTAFF IS ALSO FEATURED AS THE BUFFOONISH SUITOR OF
TWO MARRIED WOMEN IN THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
AT THE COMMAND OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I.
*ROMAN PLAYS ARE BASED ON NORTH'S TRANSLATION OF
PLUTARCH' LIVES
* THEMES OF SHAKESPEARE PLAYS
LOVE- ROMEO AND JULIET, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
COMIC- LOVE- TWELFTH NIGHT, AS YOU LIKE IT, LOVE'S
LABOUR LOST
REVENGE AND FAMILY DUTY - HAMLET
JEALOUSY -OTHELLO
SEXUAL CORRUPTION AND BOUNDS OF JUSTICE - MEASURE
FOR MEASURE
MISANTHROPY - TIMONS OF ATHENS
FAMILY REJECTION AND MADNESS- KING LEAR
POWER OF MONEY AND VULNERABILITY OF MINORITY - THE
MERCHANT OF VENICE.
*SHYLOCK- JEW CHARACTER
*OTHELLO- MOOR (BLACK) CHARACTER
* HAMLET- 7 SOLILOQUIES- “TO BE OR NOT TOBE”- 4TH
*DRYDEN- HE WAS THE MAN WHO OF ALL MODERN AND
PERHAPS ANCIENT POETS, HAD THE LARGEST AND MOST
COMPREHENSIVE SOUL.
PLAYED ROLES- ADAM IN AS YOU LIKE IT, GHOST IN HAMLET

POST SHAKESPEARIAN DRAMA

1. BEN JONSON- LORD ADMIRAL'S GRP
POET LAUREATE- 1616-1637
*ODE- TO THE MEMORY OF MY BELOVED, THE AUTHOR MR
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: AND WHAT HE HATH LEFT US
(WRITTEN FOR FIRST FOLIO)
PICTURESQUE PAEGANT- MASQUE
MEETING PLACE- MERMAID TAVERN
EPITAPH - " O RARE BEN JONSON"
FIRST NEOCLASSIC
TIMBER- COMMONPLACE BOOK
COMEDY OF HUMOURS
HUMOUR- BLOOD(SANGUINE), PHLEGM, CHOLER (YELLOW
BILE), MELANCHOLY (BLACK BILE)
COMEDY -
EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR-1598,
EVERY MAN OUT OF HIS HUMOUR-1599,
CYNTHIA'S REVELS-1600,
THE POETASTER-1601,
VOLPONE/ FOX-1605,
EPICCENE/ SILENT WOMAN-1609,
THE ALCHEMIST -1610,
BARTHOLOMEW FAIR-1614- CITY COMEDY
THE DEVIL IS AN ASS-1616, THE STAPLE OF NEWS-1625
TRAGEDIES - SEJANUS HIS FALL-1603, CATILINE HIS
CONSPIRACY-1611
MASQUE- LAVISH CUSTOMES, ELABORATE STAGE DESIGNS,
MACHINERY, SPECTACULAR EFFECTS
FAMOUS DESIGNER OF MASQUE- INIGO JONES
ANTI- MASQUE- THE MASQUE OF BEAUTY-1608, THE
MASQUE OF QUEENS-1609, MASQUE OF BLACKNESS,
OBERON, THE FAIRY PRINCE -1611
MY PICTURE LEFT IN SCOTLAND- POEM

THE UNDERWOOD- POETRY COLLECTION- THE TRIUMPH,

EPITAPH ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE

2.FRANCIS BEAUMOUNT & JOHN FLETCHER- 52 PLAYS

COMEDY- A KING AND NO KING -1611, THE KNIGHT OF THE
BURNING PESTLE-1607(BEAUMOUNT), THE SCORNFUL LADY-
1613-16
TRAGEDY- THE MAID'S TRAGEDY-1610, PHILASTER-1611
FLETCHER- THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS

3. GEORGE CHAPMAN -
HISTORICAL PLAYS- THE BLIND BEGGAR OF ALEXANDRIA-
1596, BUSSY D' AMOIS- 1604, CHARLES, DUKE OF BYRON-
1608, THE TRAGEDIE OF CHABOT- 1613
COMEDY - ALL FOOLS -1605, EASTWARD HOE! - 1605
(COLLABORATED WITH JONSON AND MARSTON)
TRANSLATIONS OF HOMER
4. JOHN MARSTON- SENECAN INFLUENCE
ANTONIO AND MELLIDA-1599, ANTONIO'S REVENGE -1602,
THE MALCONTENT-1603
5. THOMAS DEKKER- DICKENS OF ELIZABETHAN AGE
OLD FORTUNATUS-1599, THE SHOEMAKER'S HOLIDAY-1599,
SATIROMASTIX-1602
COLLABORATION WITH FORD AND ROWLEY- THE WITCH OF
EDMONTON-1621, THE VIRGIN MARTYR -1620
6. THOMAS MIDDLETON- THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY-1607,
THE CHANGELING -1624, WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN- 1622,
THE WITCH, THE SPANISH GIPSY -1623, A GAME AT CHESS-
1624 (ALLEGORICAL COMEDY), A MAD WORLD,MY MASTERS,
A CHASTE MAID IN CHEAPSIDE (1613)
COLLABORATION WITH DEKKER- THE ROARING GIRLE/ MOLL
CUTPURSE -1611
7. THOMAS HEYWOOD-
A WOMAN KILLED WITH KINDNESSE-1603, THE ENGLISH
TRAVELLER -1633, THE ROYALL KING AND THE LOYALL
SUBJECT-1602, THE CAPTIVES-1624
HISTORICAL DRAMA- KING EDWARD IV

8. JOHN WEBSTER- SENECAN REVENGE

TRAGEDY-
THE WHITE DEVIL-1609-1612
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI- 1613-14
VITTORIA AND THE DUCHESS, THE DEVIL'S LAW CASE-1623

9. CYRIL TOURNER- THE ATHEIST'S TRAGEDY-1607-11

10. PHILIP MASSINGER- COLLOBORATER WITH FLETCHER
COMEDIES - A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS-1633, THE CITY
MADAM-1632
TRAGEDIES- DUKE OF MILAINE-1623, THE UNNATURAL
COMBAT -1639
CHARACTERS- SIR GILES OVERREACH, LUKE FRUGAL
12. JOHN FORD
TRAGEDIES- THE BROKEN HEART-1633, TIS PITY SHE'S A
WHORE-1633, PERKIN WARBECK-1634 (HISTORICAL
TRAGEDY), THE WITCH OF EDMONTON- 1621 (WITH DEKKER,
ROWLEY), THE LOVER'S MELANCHOLY-1628, LOVE'S
SACRIFICE-1633, THE FANCIES, CHAST AND NOBEL -1638
13.JAMES SHIRLEY - THE LADY OF PLEASURE-1635

PROSE
FRANCIS BACON- BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS
INFLUENCE BY FRENCH MONTAIGNE
ENGLISH - ESSAYS- OF DEATH, OF REVENGE, OF GARDENS, OF
STUDIES
1597- 10 ESSAYS
1612- 38 ESSAYS
1625-58 ESSAYS
THEMES- LEARNING, STUDIES, VAINGLORY, GREAT PLACE
THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING -1605, THE HISTORY OF
HENRY VII-1622, APOPHTHEGMS-1625, THE NEW ATLANTIS-
1626(P)
LATIN- INSTAURATIO MAGNA
DE AUGMENTIS SCIENTIARUM-1623, NOVUM ORGANUM-
1620, SYLVA SYLVARUM, SCALA INTELLECTUS, PRODROMI,
PHILOSOPHIA SECUNDA

ROGER ASCHAM-
TUTOR TO ELIZABETH, SECRETARY TO QUEEN MARY
TOXOPHILUS-1545 (TREATISE ON ARCHERY), THE
SCHOLEMASTER-1570

2.JOHN LYLY- EUPHUES: THE ANATOMY OF WIT -1579,

EUPHUES AND HIS ENGLAND-1580 (EUPHUES - ATHENIAN-
TRAVEL ROMANCE)- FATHER OF ENGLISH COMEDY
PLAYS- THE WOMAN IN THE MOON (1597)
LOVE’S METAMORPHOSIS-1601
ENDYMION, THE MAN IN MOON-1591
3. RICHARD HOOKER- OF THE LAWS OF ECCELIASTICAL
POLITY- 8 BOOKS- SUPPORTED EPISCOPACY AGAINST
PRESBYTERIAN -1593
ANSWERING TO ANONYMOUS PAMPHLETS – “MARPRELATE
TRACTS” -MARTIN MANPRELATE
4. SIR THOMAS QVERBURY-
CHARACTERS - SERIES-1614 (BASED ON THEOPHRASTUS)-
MILKMAID, PEDANT, FRANKLIN, AFFECTATE TRAVELLER

5. ROBERT BURTON- THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY -1621

6. SERMON WRITERS-
JAMES USSHER- CHRONOLOGIA SACRA
JOSEPH HALL- VIRGIDEMIARUM-1597 (SERIES OF SATIRES)
7. SIR THOMAS MORE- UTOPIA (NO PLACE)-1516- LATIN
TRANSLATED BY RAPLH ROBINSON IN 1551
8. SIR WALTER RALEIGH- THE DISCOVERY OF GUIANA (1596),
HISTORY OF THE WORLD (1614)
9. SIR THOMAS BROWNE- RELIGIO MEDICI (1642), URN
BURIAL/HYDRIOTAPHIA-1658 (ARCHAEOLOGY RELATED), THE
GARDEN OF CYRUS (TREATISE ON QUINCUNX)- II PART OF
URN BURIAL
PSEUDODOXIA EPIDEMICA/ VULGAR ERRORS-1646,
CHRISTIAN MORALS
10. TRANSLATORS -
VIRGIL TRANSLATED BY PHAER-1588, STANYHURST-1562
PLUTARCH'S LIVES - NORTH-1579
OVID- GOLDING- 1565,1567, TURNERVILLE-1567, CHAPMAN-
1595
HOMER- CHAPMAN
SENECA-1581
SUETONIUS, PLINY, PLUTARCH' MORALS- HOLLAND
MACHIAVELLI'S ARTE OF WANE-1560, THE PRINCE-1640
CASTIGLIONE'S THE COURTYER- HOBY-1561
THE PALACE OF PLEASURE - WILLIAM PAINTER-1566
ARIOSTO'S ORLANDO FURIOSCO- HARRINGTON-1591
ESSAYS OF MONTAIGNE- 1603,
COMMINES- THOMAS DENETT-1596, THE DIALL OF PRINCES-
NORTH-1557
PAMPHLETEER- THOMAS NASH, ROBERT GREENE, THOMAS
LODGE