A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Meres, Francis

by John William Cousin

Meres, Francis (1565-1647). -- Miscellaneous author, was of a Lincolnshire family, studied at Camb. and Oxf., and became Rector of Wing in Rutland. He pub. in 1598 Palladis Tamia: Wit's Treasury, containing a comparison of English poets with Greek, Latin, and Italian.