John Bulteel (writer) explained

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.
• 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

Attribution

Notes and References

1. 3933. Vivien. Allen. Bulteel, John.
2. Bulteel, John. 7.
3. Web site: 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. . 2023-09-27 . quod.lib.umich.edu.
4. Web site: Amorous orontus, or, The love in fashion . 2023-09-27 . quod.lib.umich.edu. 1665 .
5. Web site: 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. . 2023-09-27 . quod.lib.umich.edu. 13 July 1664 .
6. Web site: 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 ... . 2023-09-27 . quod.lib.umich.edu. 13 July 1683 .
7. Web site: 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. . 2023-09-27 . quod.lib.umich.edu. 13 July 1683 .
8. Web site: 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. . 2023-09-27 . quod.lib.umich.edu. 13 July 1665 .
9. Book: Secord, Arthur Wellesley . Robert Drury's journal and other studies . 1961 . Urbana, University of Illinois Press . Internet Archive.
10. Web site: The drudge, or The jealous extravagant a piece of gallantry. . 2023-09-27 . quod.lib.umich.edu. 13 July 1673 .
11. Book: Hazlitt . William Carew . Collections and Notes, 1867-1876 . 1876 . Reeves and Turner . 256 . en.