John Bulteel (c. 1627–1692) was an English writer and translator, cousin of John Bulteel, Member of Parliament. He was descended from French Huguenots.[1]

Works

Identifiable works of Bulteel include:[2]

  • Londons Triumph: or, The Solemn and Magnificent reception of that honourable gentleman, Robert Tichburn, Lord Major (1656).[3] The reception was by Oliver Cromwell.[1]
  • Berinthea, a Romance (1664)
  • Amorous Orontus, or The Love in Fashion (1665).[4] Translation in heroic verse of L'Amour à la mode by Thomas Corneille.
  • Rome exactly Described (1668).[5] Translation of Relazione della corte romana fatta l'anno 1661, two discourses by Angelo Corraro (pseudonym of Charles de Ferrare du Tot), Venetian ambassador to Pope Alexander VII.
  • A General Chronological History of France (1683).[6] Translation of Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire de France by François Eudes de Mézeray.
  • The Apophthegmes of the Ancients, taken out of Plutarch [...] and others, collected into one volume for the benefit and pleasure of the Ingenious (1683)[7]

Tentative attribution:

  • The Comical Romance (1665).[8] Translation by J.B. of Le Roman comique by Paul Scarron.[9]
  • The Drudge: or, The Jealous Extravagant (1673).[10] Translation by J.B. of Zélotide, histoire galante by René Le Pays.[11]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Allen, Vivien. "Bulteel, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3933. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ↑ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Bulteel, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. ↑ "Londons triumph: or, The solemn and magnificent reception of that honourable gentleman, Robert Tichborn, Lord Major:: after his return from taking his oath at Westminster, the morrow after Simon and Jude day, being October 29. 1656. With the speeches spoken at Fosterlane-end and Soperlane-end". quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Amorous orontus, or, The love in fashion". quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Rome exactly describ'd, as to the present state of it, under Pope Alexandre the Seventh in two curious discourses / written originally in Italian, and translated into English". quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "A general chronological history of France beginning before the reign of King Pharamond, and ending with the reign of King Henry the Fourth, containing both the civil and the ecclesiastical transactions of that kingdom / by the sieur De Mezeray ... ; translated by John Bulteel ..." quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "The Apophthegmes of the ancients taken out of Plutarch, Diogenes Laertius, Elian, Atheneus, Stobeus, Macrobius and others : collected into one volume for the benefit and pleasure of the ingenious". quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "The comical romance, or, A facetious history of a company of stage-players interwoven with divers choice novels, rare adventures, and amorous intrigues / written originally in French by the renowned Scarron ; and now turned into English by J.B." quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  9. ↑ Secord, Arthur Wellesley (1961). Robert Drury's journal and other studies. Internet Archive. Urbana, University of Illinois Press.
  10. ↑ "The drudge, or The jealous extravagant a piece of gallantry". quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  11. ↑ Hazlitt, William Carew (1876). Collections and Notes, 1867-1876. Reeves and Turner. p. 256.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Bulteel, John". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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