colour … of making search for all such monuments, manusc. records, Legier bookes, &c. as might make for his purpose". However, one of Peacham's contemporaries, the Leicestershire antiquary William Burton, cast Vergil in a more positive light, describing him as "a man of singular invention, good judgement, and good reading, and a true lover of antiquities". In the 19th century, Vergil's importance to English historiography finally began to be acknowledged, as "historians of Tudor England realized the scope of his achievement in the Anglica Historia". Modern editions/translations of works De inventoribus rerum An English translation of Books 1–9 (with some abridgements), originally published in London in 1663. An English translation of Books 1–8, based on the 1546 Lyon edition. Parallel Latin and English texts of Books 1–3, collating early editions to 1553–55. Anglica Historia Latin text and English translation. Latin text and English translation Latin text and English translation of a portion of the Anglica Historia, from the manuscript in the Vatican References Bibliography 1470s births 1555 deaths People from Urbino English Renaissance humanists Italian Renaissance humanists Historians of the British Isles 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests Archdeacons of Wells Prisoners in the Tower of London Arthurian legend History of Cornwall Italian emigrants to the Kingdom of England 15th-century Italian writers 16th-century English writers 16th-century Italian writers 16th-century male writers 16th-century English historians Papal chamberlains 15th-century Latin writers 16th-century Latin-language writers 15th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests