Sir Francis Kynaston or Kinaston (1587–1642) was an English lawyer, courtier, poet and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622. He is noted for his translation of Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde into Latin verse (as rime royal, Amorum Troili et Creseidae Libri Quinque, 1639). He also made a Latin translation of Henryson's The Testament of Cresseid. (From Wikipedia)
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Kinnaston, Francis, Sir, 1587-1642, contrib.: Minor Poets of the Caroline Period (3 volumes; Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1905-1921), ed. by George Saintsbury, also contrib. by William Chamberlayne, Edward Benlowes, Katherine Philips, Patrick Hannay, Shackerley Marmion, John Hall, Sidney Godolphin, Philip Ayres, John Chalkhill, Patrick Cary, William Hammond, William Bosworth, John Cleveland, Thomas Stanley, Henry King, Thomas Flatman, and Nathaneel Whiting
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Kinnaston, Francis, Sir, 1587-1642: Leoline and Sydanis A romance of the amorous adventures of princes. Together, with sundry affectionate addresses to his mistresse, under the name of Cynthia. Written by Sir Fr. Kinnaston, knight, late one of the squires of the body to His Majesty. (London : printed by Ric. Heron, and are to be sold by Thomas Slater, at the signe of the Angell in Duck-lane, MDCXLVI. [1646]), also by David Granger (HTML at EEBO TCP)- Kinnaston, Francis, Sir, 1587-1642: The loves of Troilus and Creseid (Printed for F.G. Waldron, 1796), also by Geoffrey Chaucer (page images at HathiTrust)
- Kinnaston, Francis, Sir, 1587-1642: Masque presented before Prince Charles His Highnesse, the Duke of Yorke his brother, and the Lady Mary his sister, the 27th of February, at the Colledge of the Museum Minervæ. (London : Printed for William Sheares, 1635) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Kinnaston, Francis, Sir, 1587-1642: Mercvry, or, The secret and svvift messenger shewing, how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance. (London : Printed by I. Norton, for Iohn Maynard and Timothy Wilkins ..., 1641), also by John Wilkins (HTML at EEBO TCP)
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