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    Camden's Britannia into English. Philemon Holland, born at Chelmsford, Essex, in 1552, was the son of John Holland (died 1578), a member of the same...
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    name Colosseum in Early Modern English is the 1600 translation, by Philemon Holland, of the Urbis Romae topographia of Bartolomeo Marliani, which he used...
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    fine frontispiece). The first English-language edition, translated by Philemon Holland, appeared in 1610, again with some additional content supplied by Camden...
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    Elder (1601). "LV. Of Hares and Connies.". Natural History, Book VIII. Philemon Holland (trans). Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 19...
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    headmaster Frank Rogers set up the system of "Houses" – Holland, named for the translator Philemon Holland; Mildmay, for the courtier and politician Sir Walter...
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  • There were a number of shipbuilders and shipwrights called Philemon Ewer in the villages of Bursledon and Hamble in the River Hamble area of Hampshire...
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    Nicolas Jenson of Venice is held in the library at Wells Cathedral. Philemon Holland made an influential translation of much of the work into English in...
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    Camillus Translators and editors Jacques Amyot Arthur Hugh Clough John Dryden Philemon Holland Thomas North 1 Comparison extant 2 Four unpaired Lives...
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    "William Camden, Britannia (1607) with an English translation by Philemon Holland – Danmonii". The University of Birmingham. Archived from the original...
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    comprising Afghanistan, Iran, North-western India and Pakistan. In 1601, Philemon Holland used 'Arianes' in his translation of the Latin Arianus to designate...
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    Camillus Translators and editors Jacques Amyot Arthur Hugh Clough John Dryden Philemon Holland Thomas North 1 Comparison extant 2 Four unpaired Lives...
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    might also have drawn on Livy's Ab Urbe condita, as translated by Philemon Holland, and possibly a digest of Livy by Lucius Annaeus Florus; both of these...
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    Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia, book VIII. As translated by Philemon Holland (1601), "Of all other living creatures, they [elephants] cannot abide...
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    flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, Translated by Philemon Holland "Britannia Articles: Nennius' Twenty-Eight British Cities". 15 April...
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  • (1876-1925), writer Philemon Holland, 16th/17th century English translator Richard Holland, 15th-century Scottish writer Thomas Holland (translator) (1539–1612)...
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  • Abraham Holland (died 18 February 1626) was an English poet. He was the son of the translator, Philemon Holland, and the brother of the printer, Henry...
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    Moralia was first translated into English from the original Greek by Philemon Holland in 1603. In 1683, John Dryden began a life of Plutarch and oversaw...
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    Winifred Pound. Thomas Holland was a descendant of the translator Philemon Holland. Holland was an early property owner along the brook, although he never...
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    Baron Berkeley (7 October 1601 – 10 August 1658), who was tutored by Philemon Holland of Coventry. George married Elizabeth Stanhope, the daughter of Sir...
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    298. Camden, William (1607). "Lauden or Lothien". Britannia. trans. Philemon Holland. Archived from the original on 7 April 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009...
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    Camillus Translators and editors Jacques Amyot Arthur Hugh Clough John Dryden Philemon Holland Thomas North 1 Comparison extant 2 Four unpaired Lives...
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    Philemon Holland, translator (1601): C. Plinius Secundus The Historie of the World. Book VIII, p. 215. See https://penelope.uchicago.edu/holland/pliny8...
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  • (Latin from LacusCurtius website / 1601 Philemon Holland translation from http://penelope.uchicago.edu/holland/index.html / 1855 John Bostock translation...
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  • Philemon is a given name. In the Bible, the Epistle to Philemon is addressed to Saint Philemon. Others so named include: Philemon (poet) (ca. 362 BC–ca...
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  • meets Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, and they become firm friends. Philemon Holland publishes his translation of the Natural History of Pliny the Elder...
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  • on 29 September 1583, was one of the ten children of the translator Philemon Holland and his wife Anne Bott (1555–1627). He came to London as a youth, and...
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    Jallet-Huant, 2009, pp. 27–31 Martin, 2003, pp. 174–177 Jallet-Huant, 2009, p. 33 Holland, Rubicon, p. 287 Ramsey, John T (2016). "How and why was Pompey Made sole...
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    and English (1599) has "Birdes of a feather will flocke togither". Philemon Holland's 1600 translation of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita Libri has "As commonly...
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    on his 1610 Huntingdonshire map First published in 1586. In 1610, Philemon Holland translated the 1607 edition from the original Latin Originally "Ipsa...
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    calendars. See Suetonius, History of the twelve Caesars, trans. Philemon Holland, 1606, for Holland's English rendition of divus Claudius, Archive.org Beard et...
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