From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Quarles
John Quarles
Towards the end of his life he was reduced to great
poverty, and lived by his pen. He remained in London
during the plague, and was carried off by it in 1665.
Works
The published works of Quarles are:
• Fons Lachrymarum, or a Fountain of Tears; from whence
flow England’s Complaint, Jeremiahs Lamentations
paraphras’d, with Divine Meditations. And an Elegy upon
that Son of Valor, Sir Charles Lucas, London, 1648;
reprinted 1649, 1655, 1677.
• Regale Lectum Miseriæ, or a Kingly Bed of Miserie. In
which is contained a Dreame; with an Elegy upon the
Martyrdome of Charles, late King of England. … And
another upon … Lord Capel. With a Curse against the
Enemies of Peace, and the Authors Farewell to England,
London, 1648; reprinted 1649, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1679.
• Gods Love and Mans Unworthiness, London, 1651;
reprinted, with Divine Meditations, 1655.
• The Tyranny of the Dutch against the English. … And
likewise the Sufferings and Losses of Abraham Woofe …
and others in the Island of Banda, London, 1653 (prose);
reprinted 1660.
• Divine Meditations upon several Subjects …, London,
1655; reprinted 1663, 1671, 1679.
• The Banishment of Tarquin, or the Reward of Lust,
annexed to Shakespeare’s Rape of Lucrece, London,
1655.
Engraving by William Faithorne, 1650s-1660s • An Elegie on … James Usher, L. Archbishop of Armagh, …,
London, 1656.
John Quarles (1624 or 1625–1665) was an English poet. • The History of the most vile Dimagoras …, London, 1658.
• A Continuation of the History [by his father] of Argalus
Life and Parthenia, London, 1659.
• Rebellions Downfall, London, 1662, broadside.
One of the eighteen children of Francis Quarles, he is said • Londons Disease and Cure. Being a Soveraigne Receipt
to have been born in Essex in 1624. He was educated un- against the Plague, for Prevention sake, London, 1665,
der the care of Archbishop James Ussher, and matriculat- broadside.
ed at Exeter College, Oxford, on 9 February 1643, but does • The Citizens Flight, with their Recall, to which is added
not seem to have taken a degree. Englands Tears and Englands Comforts, London, 1665.
He bore arms for the king in the garrison at Oxford, • Self-Conflict, or the powerful Motions between the Flesh
and was imprisoned and banished, apparently in conse- and Spirit, represented in the Person … of Joseph … ,
quence of his adherence to the royal cause. While in ban- London, 1680; reprinted, with a slightly different
ishment in Flanders he wrote the poems contained in his title (Triumphant Chastity, or Joseph’s Self-Conflict),
first published volume, Fons Lachrymarum. He was in Eng- 1684.
land in 1648, but his "occasions beyond sea" compelled There is nothing in the book to show that this last item, a
him to leave in the following year, and the date of his ul- translation entirely in the manner of Quarles, is a posthu-
timate return is unknown. mous publication, but the date of his death given above
is confirmed by William Winstanley, who was apparently
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Quarles
acquainted with at least one member of his family. Quar- Persondata
les also wrote a prose preface to John Hall’s Emblems,
Name Quarles, John
1648, and contributed verses to Thomas Fuller’s Abel
Redevivus (1651).[1] Alternative names
Short description
References Date of birth 1624
Place of birth
[1] Thorn-Drury, George (1896). "Quarles, John". In
47.
Sidney Lee. Dictionary of National Biography. 47 Date of death 1665
London: Smith, Elder & Co. Place of death
Attribution
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in the public domain: "Quarles, John". Dictionary of Nation-
al Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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