Patrick Gordon, Penardo and Laissa, Book I (1615). EEBO Editins, 2010. Courtesy Amazon.com.
Patrick Gordon (1614-1615 fl.) was a Scottish poet.
Life[]
Gordon was King James I's envoy to Poland. Beyond that, nothing is known of him with certainty beyond his published poetry.[1]
Writing[]
He published in London in 1614, 4to, Neptunus Britannicus Corydonis, a Latin poem, deploring the death of Prince Henry, and congratulating Prince Charles on succeeding his brother as Prince of Wales and the Princess Elizabeth on her marriage with the elector palatine.[2]
In 1615 2 long narrative poems by "Patrick Gordon, gent.", were issued at Dort by George Waters. The earliest was The Famous Valiant Historie of the renouned and valiant Prince Robert, surnamed the Bruce, King of Scotland, &c., and of sundrie other knights both Scots and English, done into heroik verse. A prose preface and prefatory verse by A. Gordon, Crage, Th. Mitchell, and others, showed much patriotic fervor. The poem was reprinted at Edinburgh in 1718, 12mo, and at Glasgow in 1753.[2]
Gordon's 2nd poem of 1615 was The First Booke of the Famous Historye of Penardo and Laissa, otherways callid the Warres of Love and Ambitione … Doone into Heroik verse.[2] William Drummond of Hawthornden contributed a prefatory sonnet to this work.[1]
Recognition[]
The 1st editions of Gordon's poems are extremely rare. Only 2 copies of the Penardo are known to be in existence, 1 of them acquired by the British Museum, which also has copies of the poem on Bruce and the Neptunus.[2]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Neptunus Britannicus: Corydonis de luctuoso. London: J. Budge, 1614.
- The Famous History of the Renown'd and Valiant Prince, Robert Sirnamed, the Bruce, King of Scotland Dort, Netherlands: George Waters, 1615; Edinburgh: James Watson, 1718; Glasgow: John Hall, 1753.
- [Patrick Gordon (1590 ca.-1650 ca.) The First Booke of the Famous Historye of Penardo and Laissa]. Dort, Netherlands: George Waters, 1615.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[3]
See also[]
References[]
Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1890) "Gordon, Patrick (fl.1615-1650)" Dictionary of National Biography 22 London: Smith, Elder, p. 222. Wikisource, Web, June 29, 2016.
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Patrick Gordon (1590 ca.-1650 ca.), English Poetry, 1579-1830, Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Web, June 29, 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Dictionary of National Biography 22, 222.
- ↑ Search results = au:Patrick Gordon, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, June 27, 2016.
External links[]
- Poems
- Patrick Gordon (1590 ca.-1650 ca.) at English Poetry, 1579-1830 ("Penardo and Laissa"}
- About
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain, the Dictionary of National Biography (edited by Leslie Stephen). London: Smith, Elder, 1885-1900. Original article is at: Gordon, Patrick (fl.1615-1650)
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