DAVIES, JOHN, of Hereford 0565?-1618), English poet, was born at Hereford, and settled in Oxford as a writing master. His principal work is the Microcosmus 0603), modelled largely on Joshua Sylvester's translation of the Semaines of Du Bartas.
Among other works are:—Mirum in modum (16o2), The Holy Roode 06439), Wittes Pilgrimage (c. 161o), The Scourge of Folly (c. 1611), The Muses Sacrifice (1612), and Wittes Bedlam (1607). His Scourge of Folly contains verses addressed to many of his contempo raries, to Shakespeare among others. He also wrote A Select Second Husband for Sir Thomas Overbury's Wife 0616), and The Writing Schoolmaster (earliest known edition, 1633). His works were collected by Dr. A. B. Grosart (1873) for the Chertsey Worthies Library.