Ludovic Lloyd (floruit 1573–1610) was a Welsh courtier, poet and compiler of
miscellanies.
Life
He was the fifth son of Oliver Lloyd, lord of the manor of
Marrington,
Chirbury
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It is th ...
,
Shropshire, England, by Gwenllian, daughter of Griffith ap Howel ab Ieuan Blayney of
Gregynog,
Montgomeryshire
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, Wales. He describes himself in his works as
sergeant-at-arms
A serjeant-at-arms, or sergeant-at-arms, is an officer appointed by a deliberative body, usually a legislature, to keep order during its meetings. The word "serjeant" is derived from the Latin ''serviens'', which means "servant". Historically, s ...
to
Queen Elizabeth
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Queens regnant
* Elizabeth I (1533–1603; ), Queen of England and Ireland
* Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022 ...
, and continued in the post under
James I. He was an intimate friend of the poet
John Lane. His works were all dedicated to highly placed court figures.
Works
Lloyd's major compilation is ''The Pilgrimage of Princes''.
[''The Pilgrimage of Princes; penned out of sundry Greeke and Latine Aucthours ]573
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printed by William Jones, and to be sold at his nevve long shop at the West door of Powles''. Following the title are acrostic verses on Cristoforus Hattonvs, and a prose dedication to Sir Christopher Hatton. Other editions appeared in 1586 and in 1607; and a reissue appeared in 1653, with a transformed text and title, as ''The Marrow of History, or the Pilgrimage of Kings and Princes, truly Representing the Variety of Dangers inherent to the Crowns, and the lamentable Deaths which many of them, and some of the best of them, have undergone.'' The editor was Robert Codrington. This was reprinted in 1659. Prefixed are
commendatory verses by, among others,
Edward Grant and
Thomas Churchyard.
Lloyd's other works are:
* ''The Consent of Time, Deciphering the Errors of the Grecians in their Olympiads'', 1590, dedicated to
John Whitgift
John Whitgift (c. 1530 – 29 February 1604) was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1583 to his death. Noted for his hospitality, he was somewhat ostentatious in his habits, sometimes visiting Canterbury and other towns attended by a retinue of 8 ...
.
* ''The Triplicitie of Triumphs, containing the Order, Solempnitie, and Pompe of the Feastes, Sacrifices, Vowes, Games, and Triumphes used upon the Nativities of Emperors'', 1591.
* ''A Brief Conference of Divers Lawes, Divided into certaine Regiments'', 1602, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth.
* ''The Stratagems of Jerusalem; with the Martiall Lawes and Militarie Discipline, as well of the Jewes as of the Gentiles'', 1602, dedicated to
Sir Robert Cecil.
* ''The Practice of Policy'', 1604.
* ''The Choice of Jewels'', London, 1607, containing verses arranged acrostically on the words "To
Anna Queene of Gret Britane Health" followed by congratulations to
Christian, king of Denmark, on his visit to England in 1607.
* ''The Tragicomedie of Serpents'', 1607, a collection, chiefly of classical and biblical fables, dedicated to James I.
* ''Linceus Spectacles. Esa. 6, Videntes videbitis non videbitis'', 1607, dedicated to James I, and similar in character to the preceding.
* ''Hilaria, or the Triumphant Feast for the fifth of August (Coronation Day)'', 1607.
* ''The Jubile of Britane'', 1607.
An epitaph by Lloyd, on
Sir Edward Saunders
Sir Edward Saunders (died 12 November 1576) was an English judge and Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench.
Early life and career
Sir Edward Saunders was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Saunders (died 1528) of Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire, by Ma ...
, is printed in the ''Paradise of Dainty Devices'', 1576. Lloyd has commendatory verses signed Lodowick Flood, prefixed to ''The Castle or Picture of Pollicy'' of
William Blandie
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, and verses in praise of the author prefixed to
Thomas Twyne
Thomas Twyne (1543 – 1 August 1613 Lewes) was an Elizabethan translator and a physician of Lewes in Sussex, best known for completing Thomas Phaer's translation of Virgil's Aeneid into English verse after Phaer's death in 1560, and for his 1579 ...
's translation of
Humphrey Llwyd's ''Breviary of Britayne'', 1573.
Notes
References
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External links
''Welsh Biography Online''
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16th-century Welsh poets