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EVENTS

Izaak Walton marries Rachel Floud.

John Beaumont is made a baronet.

NEW BOOKS

Francisco De Quevedo - ''El buscón''

NEW DRAMA

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft - ''Baeto, oft oorsprong der Holanderen''

Ben Jonson - ''The Staple of News''

Thomas Middleton - ''The Triumphs of Health and Prosperity''

Tirso De Molina - ''La Huerta de San Juan''

BIRTHS

February 5 - Madame De Sévigné , letter-writer

March 12 - John Aubrey , antiquarian writer

''date unknown'' - George Dalgarno , linguistics expert

''date unknown'' - Antoine Varillas , historian

DEATHS

September 25

--- Lancelot Andrewes , preacher and author

--- Théophile De Viau , poet and dramatist

October 19 - Béroalde De Verville , poet and novelist

December 8 - Sir John Davies , poet

''date unknown'' - Nicholas Breton , poet and novelist

''date unknown'' - Samuel Purchas , travel writer

''date unknown'' - William Rowley , dramatist

''date unknown'' - Cyril Tourneur , dramatist