Editing 1584 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of '''1584'''.

==Events==
* Master Thomas Giles takes charge of the [[Children of Paul's]], a company of boy actors. This is the start of a close association with the works of [[John Lyly]].<ref>[[Edmund Kerchever Chambers|Chambers, E. K.]] ''The Elizabethan Stage.'' vol. 2, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1923.</ref>
* London printer John Twyn is [[hanged, drawn and quartered]] for producing an edition of [[Gregory Martin (scholar)|Gregory Martin]]'s Catholic ''A Treatise of Schisme'' (1578).<ref>{{cite book|first=John|last=Mullan|title=Anonymity|location=London|publisher=Faber|year=2007|isbn=978-0-571-19514-5|pages=141}}</ref>

==New books==
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===Prose===
*[[Giordano Bruno]] – ''La Cena de le Ceneri'' (Ash Wednesday Supper)<ref>{{cite book|title=A Bibliographical Catalogue of Italian Books Printed in England, 1558-1603|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DoblLc9iPUsC&pg=PA261|year=2009|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-0-7546-6373-7|pages=261|language=en}}</ref>
*[[John Dee]] – ''48 Claves angelicae'' (48 Angelic Keys, written in [[Kraków]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Nicholas Clulee|title=John Dee's Natural Philosophy: Between Science and Religion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9UvWw0ve-pkC&pg=PA306|date=15 February 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-18306-5|pages=306|language=en}}</ref>
*[[James VI and I|James VI of Scotland]] – ''[[Some Reulis and Cautelis to be observit and eschewit in Scottis poesie]]''
*[[David Powel]] – ''[[Cronica Walliae|The Historie of Cambria, now called Wales]]'' (first printed history of Wales)<ref>{{cite book|author=Caradoc (of Llancarvan)|title=The Historie of Cambria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YdVFAQAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Theatrum Orbis Terrarum}}</ref>
*[[Reginald Scot]] – ''[[The Discoverie of Witchcraft]]''
*[[Richard Stanihurst]] – ''De rebus in Hibernia gestis'' (Of matters in the history of Ireland)
*[[Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer]] – ''Spiegel der Zeevaerdt'' (Mariners' Mirror, English 1588, Latin 1591)

===Drama===
*'A.M.' (probably [[Anthony Munday]]) – ''[[Fidele and Fortunio]]''
*[[Robert Wilson (dramatist)|Robert Wilson]] (attributed) – ''[[The Three Ladies of London]]''

===Poetry===
''See'' [[1584 in poetry]]
*[[Thomas Watson (poet)|Thomas Watson]] – ''Hekatompathia or Passionate Centurie of Love'' (publication)

==Births==
*May – [[André Duchesne]], French geographer and historian (died [[1640 in literature|1640]])
*[[August 29]] – [[Patrick Young]], Scottish scholar and royal librarian (died [[1652 in literature|1652]])
*[[September 15]] – [[Georg Rudolf Weckherlin]], German poet (died [[1653 in literature|1653]])
*[[December 16]] – [[John Selden]], English polymath (died [[1654 in literature|1654]])
*''unknown dates''
** [[Francis Beaumont]], English dramatist and poet (died [[1616 in literature|1616]])<ref>{{cite book|author=William Worthen Appleton|title=Beaumont and Fletcher|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t4o8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9|year=1956|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=9=}}</ref>
**[[Anna Ovena Hoyer]], German/Swedish poet (died [[1655 in literature|1655]])
**[[Hu Zhengyan]], Chinese artist, printmaker, calligrapher and publisher (died [[1674 in literature|1674]])

==Deaths==
*[[February 18]] – [[Antonio Francesco Grazzini]], Italian prose writer (born [[1503 in literature|1503]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles Dudley Warner|title=A Library of the World's Best Literature - Ancient and Modern - Vol.XLII|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0g7UAtyUJYMC&pg=PA231|date=1 July 2008|publisher=Cosimo, Inc.|isbn=978-1-60520-248-8|pages=231}}</ref>
*[[March 10]] – [[Thomas Norton]], English lawyer, politician and poet (born [[1532 in literature|1532]])
*[[June 13]] – [[János Zsámboky]], Hungarian humanist, philologist and historian (born [[1531 in literature|1531]])<ref>Jacob Soll, The information master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's secret state intelligence system, University of Michigan Press, 2009, p.26 [https://books.google.com/books?id=vVjru_uV_hoC&dq=J%C3%A1nos+Zs%C3%A1mboky&pg=PA25]</ref>
*[[July 23]] – [[John Day (printer)|John Day]], English Protestant printer (born c. 1522)
*[[August 12]] – [[Carolus Sigonius]], Italian humanist writer (born c. 1524)<ref>{{cite book|author=Timperley (C. H.)|title=A Dictionary of Printers and Printing, with the Progress of Literature, Ancient and Modern; Bibliographical Illustrations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7CtdNOa_-30C&pg=RA1-PA380|year=1839|publisher=Johnson|pages=380}}</ref>
*[[November 21]] – [[Turrianus]], Spanish Jesuit Hellenist and polemicist (born c. 1509)<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of Theological Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rstDAQAAMAAJ|year=1914|publisher=Clarendon Press|page=53|language=en}}</ref>
*''unknown dates''
**[[Stephen Batman]], English translator (date of birth unknown)
**[[Gerhard Dorn]], Flemish philosopher, translator and polymath (born c. 1530)
**[[Alonso Gutiérrez]], Spanish philosopher (born c. 1507)<ref>{{cite book|author=Clarence A. Liederbach|title=Mexico's Bishops|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJZaAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Bona Ventura Press|page=74}}</ref>

==References==
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