Authority Cited: Davies
Author name and dates: John Davies (1569-1626) [Sir]
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BKG Bio-tweet: Lawyer, formulated Empire legal principles; philosophical poem quoted by SJ and praised by Coleridge, Eliot
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: about 268 Sir John Davies cites in 1755 Dict. vol. 1, about 274 cites in 1755 Dict. vol. 2. I estimate more than 130 of these in Dict. vol. 1 and more than 80 of these in Dict. vol. 2 are from the State of Ireland title, some cited only as "Davies" and the remainder from the poem, all cited only by the author name. Four Sir John Davies cites were identified as added in the 1773 Dict., as indicated in bold italic in the lists below. The editions of the titles below used by SJ is unknown. Because both titles were printed in London in 1747 as SJ was starting to select quotations for the Dict., I think it likely that he used the 1747 editions as text.]
- Defense of Ireland, State of Ireland: A discouerie of the state of Ireland with the true causes why that kingdom was neuer entirely subdued, nor brought vnder obedience of the crowne of England, vntill the beginning of his Maiesties most happie raigne. John Davies, Sir, 1612, London: Printed by William Jaggard for Iohn Iaggard, dwelling within Temple Bar, at the signe of the Hand and Star. OR A discoverie of the true causes why Ireland was neuer entirely subdued, nor brought vnder obedience of the crowne of England, vntill the beginning of His Maiesties happie raigne. Printed exactly from the edition in 1612. [Dedication: by Sir John Davies] 1747, London: printed for A. Millar, opposite Katharine Street in the Strand [open access text at: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009715693 ]; abate (p.76);; absentee; alterage (same quote as fosterer, p.180); brotherhood (brother-hood in text, p. 63); canton (p.228); cocket (cocquet in text, p.44); commerce (p.119); corner (p.283); defect (p.282); draw (drew in text, p.152); extraordinary; fosterer (p.180);
- The original, nature, and immortality of the soul a poem : with an introduction concerning humane knowledge, John Davies, Sir, Nahum Tate, ed. 1697, London : Printed for W. Rogers (first printed in 1599 [Nosce Tiepsum]). [BKG Note: the Davies cites for this title do not include the name of the work. Watkins in Johnson and English Poetry before 1660 (p. 96) says: "Johnson quotes frequently from Davies, using Tate's edition, but whether the one of 1697, 1714, or 1715 is impossible to tell as the second two (at least the 1715) are close reprints of the first."] OR The original, nature, and immortality of the soul. A poem by Sir John Davies, Attorney-General To Q. Elizabeth. 1749, Glasgow : printed and sold by R. & A. Foulis; accident (p.24); accord (p.83); acknowledge (p.90); chicken ( chick, p.91); draw (p.38); gloss(p.75); launch (p.75); sell (p.52);