, a Wiltshire gentleman, descended from the family of that name
, a Wiltshire gentleman, descended
from the family of that name residing at Nashhill in that
county, was born in 1565, and admitted a gentleman commoner of Hart hall in Oxford, in 1580. From the university he removed to the Middle Temple, where he was
called to the dignity of barrister at law. After some time
he travelled into Holland, France, &c. conversing with the
learned, and frequenting the public libraries. Being returned into England, he lived many years in the Middle
Temple, and honoured the commonwealth of learning with
several of his lucubrations. He died in a good old age, the
beginning of October 1641, and was buried in the Temple
church the 4th of the same month. He gave several books
to that society. His principal works were, 1. “A Relation of the kingdom of Cochin China,
” Lond. Urania, or heavenly muse,
” London, Au
manzor, the learned and victorious king that conquered
Spain, his life and death,
” London, 1627, 4to. 4. A
Translation from Italian into English of “II Davide perseguitate,
” i.e. David persecuted, London, 1637, written
originally by the marquis Virgilio Malvezzi. Wood tells
us, that part of the impression of this book had a new title
put to it, bearing date 1650, with the picture before it of
Charles I. playing on a harp, like king David, purposely to
carry off the remaining copies.