1568 in literature

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Overview of the events of 1568 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1568.

## Events

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* October – The Bishops' Bible (inscribed The Holie Bible) is published as a translation into English made under the authority of the Church of England.[1]

## New books

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### Prose

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* Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki – De optimo senatore[2]
* Petar Hektorović – Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje (Discourse on Fishing and Fishermen)[3]
* Hans Sachs and Jost Amman (illustrations) – Das Ständebuch (Book of Trades)
* William Turner
* Of Sage
* A New Boke on the Natures and Properties of all Wines
* Giorgio Vasari – Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori (Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects; revised edition)
* Christopher Watson (translator) – The hystories of the most famous and worthy chronographer Polybius[4]

### Children

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* Niels Bredal – The Child's Mirror (in Danish)

### Drama

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* Ulpian Fulwell – Like Will to Like
* William Wager – The Longer Thou Livest, The More Foole Thou Art

### Poetry

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* François d'Amboise – Élégie sur le trépas d'Anne de Montmorency
* See also 1568 in poetry

## Births

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* January 20 – Daniel Cramer, German Lutheran theologian (died 1637)
* February 11 – Honoré d'Urfé, French novelist (died 1625)
* March 30 – Henry Wotton, English diplomat and author (died 1639)[5]
* July 7 – Richard Burbage, English actor and theater owner (died 1619)
* September 5 – Tommaso Campanella, Italian philosopher and poet (died 1639)
* Unknown date – Richard Baker, English chronicler (died 1645)

## Deaths

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* April 7 – Onofrio Panvinio, Italian historian (born 1529)
* September 14 – Jan van Casembroot, Flemish humanist poet (executed, born c. 1525)
* December 23 – Roger Ascham, English didact (born c. 1515)
* Unknown dates
* Antoine Héroet, French poet
* Garcia de Orta, Portuguese Jewish physician, naturalist, and medical writer (born 1501/2)
* Dirk Philips, Frisian Anabaptist theologian (born 1504)

## References

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1. ^ Short account. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
2. ^ Dirk Sacré; Jan Papy; Monique Mund-Dopchie (December 2009). Humanistica Lovaniensia: Journal of Neo-Latin Studies. Leuven University Press. p. 489\. ISBN 978-90-5867-766-2.
3. ^ Zara Martirosova Torlone; Dana LaCourse Munteanu; Dorota Dutsch (17 April 2017). A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe. John Wiley & Sons. p. 20\. ISBN 978-1-118-83271-4.
4. ^ Polybius (1979). Walbank, Frank W.; Scott-Kilvert, Ian (eds.). The Rise Of The Roman Empire. Penguin Classics. p. 36\. ISBN 0-14-044362-2.
5. ^ Eglise wallonne (Norwich, England); William John Charles Moens (1887). The Walloons and Their Church at Norwich: Their History and Registers. 1565-1832 ... Huguenot Society of London. p. 230.