John Dickenson ( 1570–1636) was an English author, known as a romance-writer. He was a follower in the school of

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and Robert Greene. He worked for a time in the

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, and Germany. Employed by

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and

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, he may have been a spy, and certainly was an agent of the government on the ground at the time of the

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of 1610. He was employed on further missions, in Poland and Scandinavia.

Works

He was the author of: * ''Deorum Consessus, siue Apollinis ac Mineruæ querela'', &c., 1591. * ''Arisbas, Euphues amidst his Slumbers, or Cupids Journey to Hell'', &c., 1594, dedicated ‘To the right worshipfull Maister Edward Dyer, Esquire.’ * ''Greene in Conceipt. New raised from his graue to Write the Tragique Historie of Faire Valeria of London'', &c., 1598, with a woodcut on the title-page representing Robert Greene in his shroud, writing at a table. * ''The Shepheardes Complaint; a passionate Eclogue, written in English Hexameters: Wherevnto are annexed other Conceits'', &c., n. d. (circ. 1594). Three short poems from this work are included in ''

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'', 1600. * ''Specvlum Tragicvm, Regvm, Principvm & Magnatvm superioris sæculi celebriorum ruinas exitusque calamitosos breviter complectens'', &c., Delft, 1601, reprinted in 1602, 1603, and 1605. * ''Miscellanea ex Historiis Anglicanis concinnata'', &c., Leyden, 1606. According to recent scholarship, Dickenson translated from French

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's edition of Aristotle's ''Politics'' in 1598, as ''Aristotles Politiques''.

Notes

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Dickenson, John 1570s births 1636 deaths English male poets Clerks of the Privy Council