John Heywood
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[[File:Heywood portrait 1556.jpg|thumb|Heywood portrait 1556]] |
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'''John Heywood''' ({{circa|1497}} – {{circa|1580}}) was an English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of [[proverb]]s.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldofquotes.com/author/John-Heywood/1/index.html|title=John Heywood Quotes - Page 1 - WorldofQuotes.|work=WorldofQuotes|access-date=26 November 2009|archive-date=9 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709060318/http://www.worldofquotes.com/author/John-Heywood/1/index.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.giga-usa.com/quotes/authors/john_heywood_a001.htm|title=John Heywood Quotations Compiled by GIGA (Page 1)|work=giga-usa.com}} Although he is best known as a playwright, he was also active as a musician and composer, though no musical works survive.{{Cite Grove |last=Ward |first=John M. |title=John Heywood}} A devout Catholic, he nevertheless served as a royal servant to both the Catholic and Protestant regimes of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]], [[Mary I of England|Mary I]] and [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]. |
'''John Heywood''' ({{circa|1497}} – {{circa|1580}}) was an English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of [[proverb]]s.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldofquotes.com/author/John-Heywood/1/index.html|title=John Heywood Quotes - Page 1 - WorldofQuotes.|work=WorldofQuotes|access-date=26 November 2009|archive-date=9 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709060318/http://www.worldofquotes.com/author/John-Heywood/1/index.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.giga-usa.com/quotes/authors/john_heywood_a001.htm|title=John Heywood Quotations Compiled by GIGA (Page 1)|work=giga-usa.com}} Although he is best known as a playwright, he was also active as a musician and composer, though no musical works survive.{{Cite Grove |last=Ward |first=John M. |title=John Heywood}} A devout Catholic, he nevertheless served as a royal servant to both the Catholic and Protestant regimes of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]], [[Mary I of England|Mary I]] and [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]]. |
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=== Collections === |
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*''Proverbs'' (c. 1538) |
*''Proverbs'' (c. 1538) |
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*''The Proverbs of John Heywood'' (1546), originally titled ''A dialogue conteinyng the nomber ... of all the prouerbes in the englishe tongue''.[https://books.google.com/books?id=6X2RcwdGshsC ''The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood''] on [[Google Books]]''Encyclopædia Britannica'', ''Micropædia'' (1985), v. 5, p. 908. |
*''The Proverbs of John Heywood'' (1546), originally titled ''A dialogue conteinyng the nomber ... of all the prouerbes in the englishe tongue''.[https://books.google.com/books?id=6X2RcwdGshsC ''The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood''] on [[Google Books]]''Encyclopædia Britannica'', ''Micropædia'' (1985), v. 5, p. 908. |
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== Famous epigrams == |
== Famous epigrams == |
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* [https://audioboom.com/posts/6948864-the-four-p-s-by-john-heywood ''The Four P's''] |
* [https://audioboom.com/posts/6948864-the-four-p-s-by-john-heywood ''The Four P's''] |
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* [https://audioboom.com/posts/7103930-a-play-of-love-by-john-heywood ''A Play of Love''] |
* [https://audioboom.com/posts/7103930-a-play-of-love-by-john-heywood ''A Play of Love''] |
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* [https://audioboom.com/posts/7172950-the-play-of-the-weather-by-john-heywood ''The Play of the Weather''] |
* [https://audioboom.com/posts/7172950-the-play-of-the-weather-by-john-heywood ''The Play of the Weather''] |
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