【英文文学】Philobiblion
40页1、【英文文学】PhilobiblionPreface The Author of the Book.Richard de Bury (1281-1345), so called from being born near Bury St. Edmunds, was the son of Sir Richard Aungerville. He studied at Oxford; and was subsequently chosen to be tutor to Prince Edward of Windsor, afterwards Edward III. His loyalty to the cause of Queen Isabella and the Prince involved him in danger. On the accession of his pupil he was made successively Cofferer, Treasurer of the Wardrobe, Archdeacon of Northampton, Prebendary of Linc
2、oln, Sarum, and Lichfield, Keeper of the Privy Purse, Ambassador on two occasions to Pope John XXII, who appointed him a chaplain of the papal chapel, Dean of Wells, and ultimately, at the end of the year 1333, Bishop of Durham; the King and Queen, the King of Scots, and all the magnates north of the Trent, together with a multitude of nobles and many others, were present at his enthronization. It is noteworthy that during his stay at Avignon, probably in 1330, he made the acquaintance of Petrar
3、ch, who has left us a brief account of their intercourse. In 1332 Richard visited Cambridge, as one of the Kings commissioners, to inquire into the state of the Kings Scholars there, and perhaps then became a member of the Gild of St. Mary one of the two gilds which founded Corpus Christi College.In 1334 he became High Chancellor of England, and Treasurer in 1336, resigning the former office in 1335, so that he might help the King in dealing with affairs abroad and in Scotland, and took a most d
4、istinguished part in diplomatic negociations between England and France. In 1339 he was again in his bishopric. Thereafter his name occurs often among those appointed to treat of peace with Philip of France, and with Bruce of Scotland. It appears that he was not in Parliament in 1344. Wasted by long sickness longa infirmitate decoctus on the 14th of April, 1345, Richard de Bury died at Auckland, and was buried in Durham Cathedral.Dominus Ricardus de Bury migravit ad Dominum.The Bishop as Booklov
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