John Florio

Therein, as we have shown, a name of authority, antiquity, and all great mark -- Montaigne -- has been tampered with, and, through this satire, divers honest and learned (John Florio and his coadjutors in the translation -- all friends of Jonson) have been injured, as well as the latter's own fame.

Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis

Resolute John Florio is sadly inconsistent in his use of it: in his _World of Wordes_, ed. 1598, we have:

Notes and Queries, Number 42, August 17, 1850 Various

[264] _Letter to John Florio_, in _Florio's Montaigne_, Tudor Translations.

Early Theories of Translation Flora Ross Amos

The fact is, we find in the play certain evident allusions which could not possibly have been added before the years 1603-4; for instance, references to the translators of Montaigne -- John Florio, and the friends who aided him; -- references which must have been made after the _Essais_ were published.

Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis

The translator was a well-known teacher of the Italian language, John Florio.

Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis

Shortly after Montaigne’s death the “Essays” were translated into English by John Florio, with less than exact accuracy, but in a style so full of the flavor of the age that we still read Montaigne in the version which Shakespeare knew.

Introductory Note. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne. 1909

I propose in this chapter to demonstrate the facts that John Florio -- the translator of _Montaigne's Essays_ and tutor of languages to

Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 Arthur Acheson 1897

John Florio was born before 1553 and was the son of Michael Angelo

Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 Arthur Acheson 1897

In altering the play in 1598, and changing the name of Sir John Oldcastle to Sir John Falstaff, I am convinced that Shakespeare intentionally made his caricature of John Florio more transparent by choosing a name having the same initials as his, and furthermore, that in altering the historical name of _Fastolfe_ to _Falstaff_, he intended to indicate

Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 Arthur Acheson 1897

John Florio became connected, in the capacity of Italian tutor, with the

Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 Arthur Acheson 1897