, son of the preceding, trod in the steps of his father, applied himself vigorously to the
, son of the preceding, trod in the
steps of his father, applied himself vigorously to the study
of the classics, and published several laborious pieces;
for which he was obliged to Vossius, who had a great respect for him, and made it his business to procure booksellers who would print his works. He was unfortunately
killed, in 1635, by a gang of highwaymen, or, as others say,
by some soldiers at the siege of Keiserslauteren. He was
a considerable master of Greek. His publications are, 1.
“The Poem of Musseus upon the Loves of Hero and Leander, with notes,
” Mellificium Atticum,
” a
thick 4to, being a collection of sentences extracted from
Greek authors, which he dedicated to the university of
Oxford. 3. MeduHa Historise Ecclesiastics,“in 1631; to
which he added
” Notes.“4. An edition of Lucretius,
Francfort, 1631, 8vo. 5.
” Historia Bavarico-Palatina,“1633. 6.
” Spicilegium subsecivum," or notes upon Quintilian, published in an edition of that author at London, in
1641, 8vo.