John Johnston (poet)
John Johnston (c.1570–1611) was a Scottish poet.
Life
He was born not later than 1570. He styled himself Aberdonensis, i.e. "from
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Works
In 1602 Johnston published at Amsterdam Inscriptiones Historicæ Regum Scotorum, continuata annorum serie a Fergusio I. ad Jacobum VI.; præfixus est Gathelus, sive de gentis origine Fragmentum Andreæ Melvini; additæ sunt icones omnium regum nobilis Familiæ Stuartorum. The Inscriptiones are a series of epigrammatic addresses to the
- Consolatio Christiana sub Cruce, et Iambi de Felicitate Hominis Deo reconciliati, Leyden, 1609.
- Iambi Sacri, Leyden, 1611.
- Tetrasticha et Lemmata Sacra, item Cantica Sacra, item Icones Regum Judæ et Israelis, Leyden, 1612.
He also wrote an unpublished work on Scottish and English martyrs, and he contributed to William Camden's Britannia epigrams on Scottish towns. Letters of his occur in Camden's correspondence and in Robert Wodrow's Life of Robert Boyd, one of which shows that some of his writings were printed at Saumur.
References
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Notes
- ^ See entry of John Johnston in Rostock Matrikelportal
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Johnston, John (1570?-1611)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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