1618 in literature
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The year 1618 in literature involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- Sir Francis Bacon is appointed Lord Chancellor by King James I of England.
- Ben Jonson sets out to walk to Scotland.
- The King's Men perform Twelfth Night at Court on Easter Monday, April 6, and The Winter's Tale on April 7.
- Lady Hay and eight other Court ladies plan and rehearse a Ladies' Masque or Masque for Ladies, intended for a Twelfth Night performance; but the show is cancelled a few days prior to the holiday, either by King James or Queen Anne.
[edit] New books
- William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley - Certain Precepts or Directions, For the Well-ordering and Carriage of a Man's Life
- Renold Elstracke - Braziliologia
- Vicente Espinel - Relaciones de la vida del escudero Marcos de Obregón
- Robert Fludd - De Musica Mundana
- Michael Maier - Atalanta Fugiens
- Friedrich Nausea -A Treatise of Blazing Stars in General
- Edmund Reeve - A Heptaglottology, that is A Treatise Concerning Seven Languages, to wit the Hebrew, Greek, Chaldean, Latin, Arabic, Syriac, Talmudicorabbinical
- Angelus Sala - Opiologia, or A Treatise Concerning the Nature, Properties, True Preparation and Safe Use and Administration of Opium
- Arthur Saul - The Famous Game of Chess-Play
- John Selden - History of Tythes
[edit] New drama
- Anonymous - The Tragedy of Amurath
- Guillén de Castro y Bellvis - Comedias, part 1
- Nathan Field - Amends for Ladies published
- John Fletcher - The Loyal Subject
- Peter Heylin - Theomachia (in Latin)
- Barten Holyday - Technogamia
- Ben Jonson
- Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue (masque)
- For the Honour of Wales (masque)
[edit] Poetry
Main article: 1618 in poetry
- Jacob Cats - Emblemata
- Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar - Rimas
- John Taylor - The Pennylesse Pilgrimage
[edit] Births
- March 23 - Ferrante Pallavicino, satirist (died 1644)
- April - Agustín Moreto y Cavana, dramatist (died 1661)
- date unknown
- Thomas Blount (lexicographer) (died 1679)
- Abraham Cowley, poet (died 1667)
- Raffaello Fabretti, antiquarian author (died 1700)
- Richard Lovelace, Cavalier poet (died 1658)
- Isaac Vossius, librarian (died 1689)
- probable - Jacques Chausson, French writer involved in a notorious criminal case (died 1661)
[edit] Deaths
- August 23 - Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero, poet (born 1585)
- September 28 - Joshua Sylvester, poet (born 1563)
- October 29 - Sir Walter Raleigh, adventurer and author (executed) (born c1553)
- date unknown
- François de Boivin, chronicler
- John Davies of Hereford, poet (born c1565)
- Richard Stanihurst, translator of Vergil (born 1547)
- probable - Bento Teixeira, Portuguese author (born 1560)