The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Breton, Nicholas
(brt´n) (KEY) , 1551?–c.1623, English author, a prolific and versatile writer of verse and prose. His best work, written in a lyrical and pastoral vein, appeared in The Arbor of Amorous Devices (1597), England’s Helicon (1600), and The Passionate Shepherd (1604).
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n) (KEY) , 1551?–c.1623, English author, a prolific and versatile writer of verse and prose. His best work, written in a lyrical and pastoral vein, appeared in The Arbor of Amorous Devices (1597), England’s Helicon (1600), and The Passionate Shepherd (1604).
