Philip Ayres (1638–1712), the

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of numerous books and

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s, flourished in the latter part of the seventeenth century; was born at Cottingham, and educated at Westminster, and

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. He became tutor in the family of

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, of Agmondesham, Bucks, and lived in the family till his death on 1 December 1712. His chief work is his ''Lyric poems made in imitation of the Italians'', 1687, a collection of original pieces and translations. One copy of verses is addressed to "his honoured friend"

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Works

The following is a list of Ayres's works in chronological order: * ''A short Account of the Life and Death of Pope Alexander VII, by P. A. Gent.,'' 1667. * ''Pax Redux, or the Christian Reconciler. Done out of the French by P. A.,'' 1670. * ''The Fortunate Fool, written in Spanish by A. G. de Salas Barbadillo. Translated by Philip Ayres, Gent.,'' 1670. * ''Count Nadasdy's Hungarian Rebellion, translated by P. A. Gent.,'' 1672. * ''The Count of Gabalis,'' 1680, from the French of the Abbe de Montfaucon de Villars. * ''Emblemata Amatoria. Emblems of Love.'' In four languages, Latin, English, Italian, French, 1683. * ''The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Barth. Sharp and others in the South Sea, &c.,'' 1684. * ''Vox Clamantis, or an Essay for the Honour, Happiness and Prosperity of the English Gentry,'' 1684. * ''Mythologia Ethica, or Three Centuries of Æsopian Fables in English,'' 1689. * ''The Revengeful Mistress, being an Amorous Adventure of an English Gentleman in Spain,'' 1696. This prose work is either a short novel or a

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. LeTellier (1997), p. 186

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