Hall (Halle), John

(?1529-?1566)

   Hall's poems were mainly on religious themes. He was also a surgeon at Maidstone, Kent (his impossibly long titles have been paraphrased and translated into modern English). Some of his publications: Certain Chapters from Proverbs the Psalms and Other Books of the Bible, 1549. A Metrical Version of Proverbs, Three Chapters of Ecclesiastes, and Certain Psalms, 1550. Commendatory English Verses Prefixed to Thomas Gale's "Manual of Surgery," 1563. A Posy in Form of a Vision, Against Devilish Practices, Including Astrology, 1563. The Court of Virtue, Containing Many Holy or Spiritual Songs, Sonnets, Psalms, Ballads, 1565. A Most Excellent and Learned Work of Surgery, 1565. A Very Fruitful and Necessary Brief Work of Anatomy, 1565. An Historical Expostulation: Against the Beastly Abusers, Both of Surgery, and Physic, in Our Time: With a Goodly Doctrine and Instruction, Necessary to Be Marked and Followed, of All True Surgeons, 1565. Some of his poems: "Job I," "Numbers 13," "Proverbs 30," "The Praise of Faith," "The Praise of Godly Love Out of 1 John 4."

   Sources: Chapters into Verse. Vol. I: Genesis to Malachi. Robert Atwan and Laurance Wieder, eds. Oxford University Press. 1993. Chapters into Verse. Vol. II: Gospels to Revelation. Robert Atwan and Laurance Wieder, eds. Oxford University Press, 1993. Dictionary of National Biography. Electronic Edition 1.1. Oxford University Press, 1997. English Poetry: Author Search. Chadwyck-Healey Ltd., 1995 (http://www.lib.utexas.edu:8080/search/epoetry/author.html). The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry. 11th ed. The Columbia Granger's World of Poetry, Columbia University Press, 2005 (http://www.columbiagrangers.org).