Editing 1614 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of '''1614'''.

==Events==
[[File:Hollar Globe.gif|thumb|Rebuilt [[Globe Theatre]]]]
*January–June – In the first six months of the year, no London theatres operate on the South Bank of the [[River Thames|Thames]], causing a severe decline in demand for the watermen's taxi service. The watermen respond by proposing to limit the locations of the theaters around London, much to the actors' displeasure. [[John Taylor (poet)|John Taylor the Water Poet]] describes the controversy in his ''The True Cause of the Watermen's Suit Concerning Players''.
*[[January 25]] – The [[Lady Elizabeth's Men]] perform the formerly controversial ''[[Eastward Hoe|Eastward Ho]]'' at Court.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ben Jonson|title=The Works of Ben Jonson: An historical survey of the text|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qbDTAAAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Clarendon Press|page=193}}</ref>
*April – Sir [[Francis Bacon]]'s dual role as [[Member of Parliament]] and [[Attorney General for England and Wales|Attorney General]] is objected to by the [[Parliament of England]].
*[[May 24]] – [[Lope de Vega]] becomes a priest.<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Félix de Lope de Vega Carpio}}</ref>
*[[June 30]] – Rebuilding of the [[Globe Theatre]] is complete.<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Shakespeare|author2=John Fletcher|title=King Henry VIII, Or, All is True|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NskTDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA45|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-813001-7|pages=45}}</ref>
*[[August 15]] – [[Pietro Della Valle]] lands in Constantinople, after leaving Venice to begin his travels.<ref>{{cite book|author=Eric Dursteler|title=Venetians in Constantinople: Nation, Identity, and Coexistence in the Early Modern Mediterranean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LF8uer6PMfAC&pg=PA1|year=2006|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-8324-8|pages=1}}</ref>
*[[October 31]] – The first performance of [[Ben Jonson]]'s ''[[Bartholomew Fair]]'' is given at [[Philip Henslowe]]'s newly opened [[Hope Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Paola Pugliatti|author2=Alessandro Serpieri|title=English Renaissance Scenes: From Canon to Margins|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TiBxQY_DwpYC&pg=PA59|year=2008|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-3-03911-079-7|pages=59}}</ref>
*[[November 1]] – The [[Lady Elizabeth's Men]] perform ''[[Bartholomew Fair]]'' at Court, the day after its première.
*''unknown dates''
**[[Luís de Sousa (writer)|Luís de Sousa]] becomes a [[Dominican friar]].
**[[Izaak Walton]] moves from [[Chancery Lane]] to [[Fleet Street]], London, where he opens a shop.<ref>{{cite book|author=Curtis Guild|title=Abroad Again, Or, A Fresh Foray in Foreign Lands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-yo2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA62|year=1877|publisher=Lee and Shepard|pages=62}}</ref>
**[[John Webster]]'s tragedy ''[[The Duchess of Malfi]]'' is first performed publicly, at the [[Globe Theatre]], London.<ref>{{cite book |last=Clark |first=Sandra |title=Renaissance Drama |publisher=Polity |location=Cambridge, England |date=2007 |page=12 |isbn=0-7456-3311-0}}</ref>
**[[Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé|Madeleine de Souvré]] marries the marquis de Sablé.

==New books==
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===Prose===
*[[Johannes Althusius]] – ''{{lang|la|Politica Methodice Digesta}}''
*[[Johannes Valentinus Andreae]] – ''{{lang|la|Fama fraternitatis Roseae Crucis}} {{lang|de|oder Die Bruderschaft des Ordens der Rosenkreuzer}}'' (at [[Kassel]])
*[[Christoph Besold]] – ''Signatura temporum''
*New edition of the [[King James Version of the Bible]] (in an easily read Roman typeface)
*"[[Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda]]" – Second Part of ''[[Don Quixote]]'' (spurious)
*[[Alonso Jerónimo de Salas Barbadillo]] – ''{{lang|es|El Cavallero puntual}}''
*[[Lope de Vega]] – ''{{lang|es|Pastores de Belen: prosas y versos divinos}}''
*[[Heinrich Doergangk]] – ''{{lang|la|Institutiones in linguam hispanicam, admodum faciles, quales antehac nunquam visae}}''
*[[Michael Maier]] – ''{{lang|la|Arcana arcanissima}}''
*[[Samuel Purchas]] – ''Purchas, his Pilgrimage; or, Relations of the World and the Religions observed in all Ages''

===Drama===
*Anonymous – ''[[The Masque of Flowers]]''
*[[Samuel Daniel]] – ''Hymen's Triumph''
*[[Lope de Vega]]
**''{{lang|es|Amor secreto hasta celos}}''
**''[[Fuenteovejuna]]'' (approximate date)
*[[John Fletcher (playwright)|John Fletcher]] and [[William Shakespeare]] – ''[[The Two Noble Kinsmen]]''
*[[Ben Jonson]] – ''[[Bartholomew Fair (play)|Bartholomew Fair]]'', first performance on 31 October
*[[Johannes Messenius]] – ''Blanckamäreta''
*[[Anthony Munday]] – ''Himatia-Poleos''
*[[Robert Tailor]] – ''The Hog Hath Lost His Pearl'' published

===Poetry===
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*[[William Browne (poet)|William Browne]] – ''The Shepherd's Pipe''
*[[Miguel de Cervantes]] – ''{{lang|es|Viaje del Parnaso}}''
*[[Lope de Vega]] – ''{{lang|es|Rimas sacras}}''

==Births==
*[[October 12]] – [[Henry More]], English philosopher (died [[1687 in literature|1687]])
*''Unknown date'' – [[Hallgrímur Pétursson]], Icelandic poet (died [[1674 in literature|1674]])
*''Probable year of birth'' – [[John Lilburne]], English political writer and [[Levellers|Leveller]] (died [[1657 in literature|1657]])

==Deaths==
*[[January 2]] – [[Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza]], Spanish poet and author (born [[1556 in literature|1556]])
*[[March 29]] – [[Joshua Falk]], Polish Hebrew scholar (born [[1555 in literature|1555]])
*[[April 3]] – [[John Spenser]], English classicist and cleric (born [[1559 in literature|1559]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Hooker|title=The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr. Richard Hooker: With an Account of His Life and Death|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y-tDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA104|year=1844|publisher=D. Appleton|pages=104}}</ref>
*[[June 17]] – [[William Bathe]], Irish writer and priest (born [[1564 in literature|1564]])
*[[July 1]] – [[Isaac Casaubon]], Genevan classicist and church historian (born [[1559 in literature|1559]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Isaac Casaubon {{!}} French scholar |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isaac-Casaubon |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |accessdate=8 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[July 15]] – [[Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme]], French historian and biographer (born c. 1540)
*''Unknown dates'' 
**[[Simon Grahame]], Scottish miscellanist (born [[1570 in literature|1570]])
**[[Cristóbal de Virués]], Spanish dramatist and poet (born [[1550 in literature|1550]])

==See also==
* [[English Renaissance theatre]]

==References==
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