Richard Fanshawe

Sir Richard Fanshawe (1608 - 1666), diplomatist, translator, and poet,

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1608 - 1666 - Diplomatist - Translator - Poet

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born at Ware Park, Herts, and educated at Cambridge, travelled on the Continent,

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and when the English Civil War broke out sided with the King and was sent to

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Spain to obtain money for the cause. He acted as Latin Secretary to Charles II. when in Holland. After the Restoration he held various appointments,

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Charles II - Restoration

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and was Ambassador to Portugal and Spain successively. He translated

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Guarini's Pastor Fido, Selected Parts of Horace, and The Lusiad of

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Pastor Fido - Selected Parts of Horace - The Lusiad

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Camoens. His wife, nee Anne Harrison, wrote memoirs of her own life.

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His English translation of the Lusiads, circulated from 1655 or earlier, was the first. He was a royalist in the English Civil War, and was captured at the Battle of Worcester.

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Lusiads - Battle of Worcester

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