Author:Thomas May

Thomas May
(1595–1650)

Works

• A Discourse concerning the Success of former Parliaments (1642)
• The Character of a Right Malignant (1644) [attribution doubtful]
• The Lord George Digby's Cabinet and Dr. Goff's Negotiations (1646)
• The History of the Parliament of England which began 3 Nov. 1640, with a short and necessary view of some precedent years. Written by Thomas May, Esq., Secretary for the Parliament (1647)
• A Breviary of the History of the Parliament of England (1650)
• Historiæ Parliamenti Angliæ Breviarium, tribus partibus explicitum (1650), latin version of the above.
• The Changeable Covenant (1650) [attribution doubtful]

Plays

• The Heir: a Comedy acted by the Company of the Revels, 1620 (1622) (external scan)
• The Tragedy of Antigone, the Theban Princess (1631)
• The Tragedy of Julia Agrippina, Empress of Rome (1639)
• The Tragedy of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt (1639)
• The Old Couple (1658)

Poetry

• A Continuation of Lucan's Historicall Poem till the death of Julius Cæsar, by T. M. (1630)
• The Reign of King Henry the Second. Written in seven books. By his Majesty's Command (1633)
• The Victorious Reign of King Edward the Third.’ Written in seven books. By his Majesty's Command (1635)

Translations

• Lucan's Pharsalia, or the Civil Wars of Rome between Pompey the Great and Julius Cæsar (1627), by Marcus Annaeus Lucanus
• Virgil's Georgics, with Annotations on each Book (1628), by Virgil
• Selected Epigrams of Martial (1629), by Martial
• John Barclay his Argenis, translated out of Latin into English, the Prose upon his Majesty's Command by Sir Robert le Grys, knight, and the verse by Thomas May, esq. (1629), by John Barclay (external scan)
• The Mirror of Minds, or Barclay's Icon Animorum, englished by T. M. (1631), by John Barclay
• Supplementum Lucani, lib. vii. (1640), a latin version by May of his own continuation of Lucan (see above)

Works about May

• "Thomas May," in The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets (pp. 96−97), by Gerard Langbaine, London: Thomas Leigh (1698)
• "May, Thomas (1595-1650)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "May, Thomas," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)