1588 in literature
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[edit] Events
[edit] New books
- William Cardinal Allen - An Admonition to the nobility and people of England
- Thomas Hariot - A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia
- Thomas Nashe - The Anatomie of Absurditie
- Welsh Bible (translation by William Morgan)
[edit] New drama
- Thomas Hughes - The Misfortunes of Arthur
- George Peele - The Battle of Alcazar (date first performed)
[edit] Poetry
- Felipe Fernandez-Armesto - Two Prayers and a Sailor's Lilt Aboard the Spanish Armada
- Jean de Sponde - Essai de quelques poèmes chrétiens
[edit] Births
- April 5 - Thomas Hobbes, philosopher (d. 1679)
- April 15 - Claudius Salmasius, Classical commentator (d. 1653)
- September 8 - Marin Mersenne, theologian and philosopher (d. 1648)
- date unknown
- Leonard Digges (II), poet and translator (d. 1635)
- Francis Higginson, colonial Puritan writer (d. 1630)
- Johannes Maccovius, theologian (d. 1644)
[edit] Deaths
- February 24 - Johann Weyer, Dutch demonologist (b. c. 1515)
- September 3 - Richard Tarlton, Elizabethan actor (b. 1530)
- November 1 - Jean Daurat, French poet (b. 1508)
- date unknown
- Sperone Speroni, Humanist scholar and dramatist (b. 1500)
- Christian Wursteisen, theologian and historian (b. 1544)
