Adrian Damman of Bysterveldt a native of

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, He was an ambassador of the

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in Scotland in the 1590s. He was an author, and taught at the

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. Damman was godfather or a baptismal witness to a son of

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, a Flemish portrait painter working in Edinburgh, and a daughter of

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a confectioner. The

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, John Maitland died on 3 October 1595.

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composed an epitaph and Damman translated it into Latin. In February 1598, Damman became involved in controversy when he contributed a succession tract, a pamphlet arguing that

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should become King of England. The English diplomat George Nicholson reported that David Foulis had directed the printer

Robert Waldegrave Robert Waldegrave or Walgrave (c.1554 – October 1603), the son of Richard Waldegrave of Blockley, Worcestershire, was a 16th-century printer and publisher in England and Scotland. From 1578 to 1588 he printed numerous, mainly religious works i ...

to publish a Latin succession tract written by Walter Quinn, a tutor to

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and corrected and edited by Damman. Such works argued that James VI should be Elizabeth's successor. Waldegrave was reluctant to print it. No copies of this work are known to have survived. This work was ''A Pithie Exhortation to her Majesty for Establishing a Successor to the Crown'', printed by Waldegrave in 1598.

Works

Published works of Ardrian Damman include:Peter Auger, 'Translation and Cultural Convergence', Tracey A. Sowerby & Joanna Craigwood, ''Cultures of Diplomacy and Literary Writing in the Early Modern World'' (Oxford, 2019), p. 125. * ''Schediasmata Hadr. Damanis a Bisterveld gandavensis'' (Edinburgh, Robert Waldegrave, 1590), a description of the voyages of

and

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and their wedding. * ''Bartasias; de mundi creatione'' (Edinburgh, Robert Waldegrave, 1600), a translation of works by

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, a poet admired by James VI.

References

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