John William Cousin, A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature… (1910)
“ He was likewise the author of various treatises on constitutional matters and the law of nations, including Mare Clausum (a Closed Sea) , in defence of the property of England in its circumfluent seas. Most of these were written in Latin.Coll. Works with Life, Dr. ”
John William Cousin, A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature… (1910)
“ He was a lay member of the Westminster Assembly, 1643, where his profound knowledge of the original tongues made him somewhat of a terror to certain extremists among the divines. He had at an early age been appointed steward to the Earl of Kent, and at the house of his widow, with whom he had long lived in such close friendship as to give rise to the belief that they were m., he d. Among other works may be mentioned a description of the Arundel Marbles (1629) , a treatise concerning the Jewish calendar (1646) , and, specially, his Table Talk, pub. ”
