Elizabeth Cary

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Elizabeth Cary


Born
Burford Priory, Burford, Oxfordshire, The United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland, nee Tanfield, was an English poet, translator, and dramatist. Precocious and studious, she was known from a young age for her learning and knowledge of languages.

Works

The mirror of the world, a translation of Abraham Ortelius's Le mirroir du monde (1598)

The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry (pub. 1613)

Reply of the most Illustrious Cardinal of Perron (1630)

The History of the Life, Reign and Death of Edward II, or The History of the most Unfortunate Prince, King Edward II (pub. 1680)
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The Tragedy of Mariam

3.16 avg rating — 1,321 ratings — published 1613 — 56 editions
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The History of the Life, Re...

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“Move thy tongue,
For silence is a sign of discontent.”
Elizabeth Cary, The Tragedy of Mariam

“If once I loved you, greater is your debt;
For certain 'tis you deserved it not,
And undeserved love we soon forget...”
Elizabeth Cary, The Tragedy of Mariam

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