Most
Catholic
countries accepted the
Gregorian calendar (after Pope Gregory XIII) from some time
after 1582 (the Catholic countries of France, Spain, Portugal,
and Italy in 1582, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland
within a year or two, Hungary in 1587, and Scotland in 1600),
and celebrated New Year's Day on January 1st.
Gregorian calendar (after Pope Gregory XIII) from some time
after 1582 (the Catholic countries of France, Spain, Portugal,
and Italy in 1582, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland
within a year or two, Hungary in 1587, and Scotland in 1600),
and celebrated New Year's Day on January 1st.
John Donne
34324) has
_Loer_, scil. _Lore_. This is probably the true reading.
ERRATUM.
=P. 274=, l. 28. _for_ figure-inundation _read_ figure--inundation
INDEX OF FIRST LINES.
(VOL. II. )
PAGE
A learned Bishop of this Land 53
Amongst the Poets Dacus numbered is 101
An ill year of a Goodyere us bereft 145
As in tymes past the rusticke shepheards sceant 171
Esteemed knight take triumph over death 145
Goe catch a star that's falling from the sky 12
Henrie the greate, greate both in peace and war 261
How often hath my pen (mine hearts Solicitor) 103
Loe her's a man worthy indeede to travell 129
No want of duty did my mind possess 7
Stay, view this Stone, and if thou beest not such 213
This Lifes a play groaned out by natures Arte 268
Thou send'st me prose and rimes, I send for those 160
Though Ister have put down the Rhene 261
'Tis not a coate of gray or Shepheardes Life 141
Titus the brave and valorous young gallant 101
Whoso termes love a fire, may like a poet 52
Wotton the country and the country swaine 141
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Transcriber's note:
Although Scotland had accepted the Gregorian calendar in 1600,
until 1752, England still followed the Julian calendar (after
Julius Caesar, 44 B. C. ), and celebrated New Year's Day on March
25th (Annunciation Day).
Most Catholic countries accepted the
Gregorian calendar (after Pope Gregory XIII) from some time
after 1582 (the Catholic countries of France, Spain, Portugal,
and Italy in 1582, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland
within a year or two, Hungary in 1587, and Scotland in 1600),
and celebrated New Year's Day on January 1st. England finally
changed to the Gregorian calendar in 1752.
This is the reason for the double dates in the early months of
the years in some parts of this book. e. g. , there is a
statement, on page 134, that "He died February 7, 1627/8. (i. e.
1627 in England; 1628 in Scotland). Only after March 25th
(Julian New Years Day) was the year the same in the two
countries. The Julian calendar was known as 'Old Style', and
the Gregorian calendar as 'New Style' (N. S. ).
Page lxiv, Footnote 9: 'Garrard att his quarters in ? ? '
Perhaps ?
_Loer_, scil. _Lore_. This is probably the true reading.
ERRATUM.
=P. 274=, l. 28. _for_ figure-inundation _read_ figure--inundation
INDEX OF FIRST LINES.
(VOL. II. )
PAGE
A learned Bishop of this Land 53
Amongst the Poets Dacus numbered is 101
An ill year of a Goodyere us bereft 145
As in tymes past the rusticke shepheards sceant 171
Esteemed knight take triumph over death 145
Goe catch a star that's falling from the sky 12
Henrie the greate, greate both in peace and war 261
How often hath my pen (mine hearts Solicitor) 103
Loe her's a man worthy indeede to travell 129
No want of duty did my mind possess 7
Stay, view this Stone, and if thou beest not such 213
This Lifes a play groaned out by natures Arte 268
Thou send'st me prose and rimes, I send for those 160
Though Ister have put down the Rhene 261
'Tis not a coate of gray or Shepheardes Life 141
Titus the brave and valorous young gallant 101
Whoso termes love a fire, may like a poet 52
Wotton the country and the country swaine 141
* * * * *
Oxford: Horace Hart, M. A. , Printer to the University
* * * * *
Transcriber's note:
Although Scotland had accepted the Gregorian calendar in 1600,
until 1752, England still followed the Julian calendar (after
Julius Caesar, 44 B. C. ), and celebrated New Year's Day on March
25th (Annunciation Day).
Most Catholic countries accepted the
Gregorian calendar (after Pope Gregory XIII) from some time
after 1582 (the Catholic countries of France, Spain, Portugal,
and Italy in 1582, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland
within a year or two, Hungary in 1587, and Scotland in 1600),
and celebrated New Year's Day on January 1st. England finally
changed to the Gregorian calendar in 1752.
This is the reason for the double dates in the early months of
the years in some parts of this book. e. g. , there is a
statement, on page 134, that "He died February 7, 1627/8. (i. e.
1627 in England; 1628 in Scotland). Only after March 25th
(Julian New Years Day) was the year the same in the two
countries. The Julian calendar was known as 'Old Style', and
the Gregorian calendar as 'New Style' (N. S. ).
Page lxiv, Footnote 9: 'Garrard att his quarters in ? ? '
Perhaps ?
