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Sir John Davies dā´vĬs , 1569-1626, English poet. A successful lawyer, he served as solicitor general and attorney general in Ireland from 1603 to 1619. His works include Nosce Teipsum (1599), a long poem on the immortality of the soul; Orchestra; or, A Poem of Dancing (1596), an explication of the order of the universe; Hymns of Astraea (1599), acrostics on the name Elizabeth Regina; epigrams; sonnets; and tracts on the state of Ireland.

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Davies, Sir John (1569–1626), was appointed Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench but died before taking office. His Orchestra, or A Poeme of Dauncing (1596) describes the attempts of the suitor Antinous to persuade Penelope to dance with him, giving a long account of the antiquity and universality of dancing. His other works include The Hymnes of Astraea (1599) and Nosce Teipsum (1599), written in quatrains, a philosophical poem on the nature of man and the nature and immortality of the soul. His Epigrammes and Gullinge Sonnets reflect his keen and satirical interest in the contemporary scene.

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