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BRETON, BRITTON Or BRITTAINE, NICHOLAS (1545?-1626), English poet, belonged to an old family settled at Layer- Breton
Breton
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letter of the second part contains a general complaint of many griefs, and proceeds as follows: " bath another been wounded in the warres, fared hard, lain in a cold bed many a bitter storme, and beene at many a hard banquet? all these have I; another imprisoned? so have I; another long been sicke? so have I; another plagued with an unquiet life? so have I; another indebted to his hearts griefe, and fame would pay and cannot? so am I." Breton was a facile writer, popular with his contemporaries, and for-gotten by the next generation. His work consists of religious and pastoral
earnest mind. His praise of the Virgin and his reference's to Mary Magdalene have suggested that he was a Catholic, but his prose writings abundantly prove that he was an ardent Protestant. Breton had little gift for satire, and his best work is to be found in his pastoral
series of short prose pictures of the months, the Christian festivals and the hours, which throw much light on the customs of the times. Most of Breton's books are very rare and have great bibliographical value. His works, with the exception of some belonging to private owners, were collected by Dr A. B. Grosart in the1 This poem, however, comes from The Arbor of Amorous Devises, which is only in part Breton's work. Chertsey Worthies Library in 1879, with an elaborate introduction quoting the documents for the poet's history. Breton's poetical works, the titles of which are here somewhat abbreviated, include The Workes of a Young Wit (1577) ; A Floorish upon Fancie (1577); The Pilgrimage to Paradise (1592); The Countess of Penbrook's Passion (MS.), first printed by J. O. Halliwell Phillipps in 1853; Pasquil's Fooles cappe, entered at Stationers' Hall
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