Robert Burrant
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Robert Burrant was an English translator.
He authored works such as an edition of Sir David Lindsay
's Tragical Death of Dauid Beatõ[n], Bishoppe of sainct Andrewes in Scotland: whereunto is joyned the martyrdom of Maister George Wyseharte, gentleman … for the blessed Gospels sake, printed by J. Day and W. Serres. This extremely rare volume is in the Grenville Library in the British Museum
. It contains a long preface from Roberte Burrante to the Reader, in which, after twenty pages on the judgments of God against evil-doers, he speaks of Beaton's enmity against the gospel and against England, of his habit of swearing, and of his condemnation of George Wishart
on 31 March 1546. He also published a translation of the Preceptes of Cato, with annotacions of D. Erasmus of Roterodame, very profitable for all menne dedicated to Sir Thomas Caverden, and printed by R. Grafton in 1553.
He authored works such as an edition of Sir David Lindsay
David Lindsay
David Lindsay may refer to:*David Lyndsay , Scottish poet*David Lindsay *David Lindsay , also Bishop of Brechin*David Lindsay , Australian explorer...
's Tragical Death of Dauid Beatõ[n], Bishoppe of sainct Andrewes in Scotland: whereunto is joyned the martyrdom of Maister George Wyseharte, gentleman … for the blessed Gospels sake, printed by J. Day and W. Serres. This extremely rare volume is in the Grenville Library in the British Museum
British Museum
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. It contains a long preface from Roberte Burrante to the Reader, in which, after twenty pages on the judgments of God against evil-doers, he speaks of Beaton's enmity against the gospel and against England, of his habit of swearing, and of his condemnation of George Wishart
George Wishart
George Wishart was a Scottish religious reformer and Protestant martyr.He belonged to a younger branch of the Wisharts of Pitarrow near Montrose. He may have graduated M.A., probably at King's College, Aberdeen, and was certainly a student at the University of Leuven, from which he graduated in 1531...
on 31 March 1546. He also published a translation of the Preceptes of Cato, with annotacions of D. Erasmus of Roterodame, very profitable for all menne dedicated to Sir Thomas Caverden, and printed by R. Grafton in 1553.