1632 In Literature

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EVENTS

Death of Marta de Nevares, mistress of Lope De Vega .

NEW BOOKS

Galileo Galilei - ''Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo ( Dialogue Concerning The Two Chief World Systems )''

John Milton - ''L'Allegro''

Thomas Randolph - ''The Muses' Looking-Glass''

NEW DRAMA

Nathaniel Field & Philip Massinger - ''The Fatal Dowry''

Ben Jonson - ''The Magnetic Lady''

John Lyly - ''Six Court Comedies'' (published posthumously)

Philip Massinger - ''The City Madam''

BIRTHS

January 29 - Johann Georg Graevius , classical scholar

June 10 - Esprit Fléchier , historian

August 29 - John Locke , philosopher

November 23 - Jean Mabillon , palaeographer

November 24 - Baruch Spinoza , philosopher

December 17 - Anthony Wood , antiquarian writer

''date unknown'' - Lancelot Addison , general author and father of Joseph Addison

DEATHS

February 23 - Giambattista Basile , poet and collector of fairy tales

August 25 - Thomas Dekker , dramatist

''date unknown'' - Alexandre Hardy , dramatist

''date unknown'' - Luís De Sousa , religious writer