1627 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1627.

## Events

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* January 1 – Menasseh Ben Israel, founder of the first Hebrew printing press in Amsterdam, produces its first publication, a Spanish rite prayer book.[1]

## New books

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### Prose

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* Francis Bacon (died 1626) – Sylva Sylvarum, or A Natural History and New Atlantis[2]
* Jean-Pierre Camus – Hyacinthe
* George Hakewill – An Apologie or Declaration of the Power and Providence of God[3]
* Marin Mersenne – Traité de l'harmonie universelle[4]
* Honoré d'Urfé (died 1625) – L'Astrée (completed)

## New drama

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* William Davenant – The Cruel Brother
* William Hawkins – Apollo Shroving
* Philip Massinger – The Great Duke of Florence[5]
* Thomas Vincent – Paria (in Latin)

## Poetry

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Main article: 1627 in poetry

* Michael Drayton – miscellaneous poems, including The Battle of Agincourt, First Steps up Parnassus, and Nymphidia
* Phineas Fletcher – Locustae, vel Pietas Jesuitica (in Latin and English)

## Births

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* August 8 – Joseph Moxon, English printer and lexicographer (died 1691)
* September 27 – Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French theologian (died 1704)
* November 29 – John Ray, English naturalist (died 1705)
* Unknown dates
* John Flavel, English religious writer and Presbyterian minister (died 1691)
* Dorothy Osborne, English literary correspondent (died 1695)

## Deaths

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* April 12 (burial) – John Minsheu, English linguist and lexicographer (born 1560)
* April 19 – John Beaumont, English dramatist and poet (born 1583)[6]
* May 24 – Luis de Góngora, Spanish lyric poet (born 1561)[7]
* June 22 – Lawrence Beyerlinck, Flemish theologian and encyclopedist (born 1578)
* June 27 – John Hayward, English historian (born c.1560)
* July 4 (burial) – Thomas Middleton, English dramatist and poet (born 1580)
* September 20 – Jan Gruter, Flemish critic (born 1560)
* September 29 – Johannes Acronius, Dutch theologian (born 1565)
* October – Bernardo de Balbuena, Spanish-born Latin American poet (born 1561)
* December – Henry Condell, English actor, co-compiler of the First Folio (date of birth unknown)

## References

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1. ^ Marvin J. Heller (26 December 2007). Studies in the Making of the Early Hebrew Book. BRILL. p. 246\. ISBN 978-90-474-2392-8.
2. ^ Francis Bacon, New Atlantis and The Great Instauration, Jerry Weinberger, ed., (Wheeling, IL: Crofts Classics, 1989), xxv–xxvi, xxxi.
3. ^ P. E. McCullough, ‘Hakewill, George (bap. 1578, d. 1649)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 19 July 2009
4. ^ Kerry Scott Grant (1983). Dr. Burney as Critic and Historian of Music. UMI Research Press. p. 57\. ISBN 978-0-8357-1375-7.
5. ^ Ward, Adolphus William. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne. London, Macmillan, 1875, Vol. 2, p. 275.
6. ^ Gosse, Edmund William (1911). "Beaumont, Sir John" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). pp. 591–592.591-592&rft.edition=11th&rft.date=1911&rft.aulast=Gosse&rft.aufirst=Edmund+William&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1627+in+literature" class="Z3988">
7. ^ Hugh Chisholm; James Louis Garvin (1926). The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature & General Information. Encyclcopædia Britannica. p. 234.

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