2 9 ? ▁– ▁ 1 6 ▁October ▁ 1 6 0 7 ) ▁was ▁an ▁English ▁botan ist ▁and ▁anti qu ary . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁two ▁works , ▁A ▁n iew e ▁Her ball ▁( 1 5 7 8 ), ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁Cru y de bo e ck ▁of ▁R ember t ▁D odo ens ▁( Ant werp , ▁ 1 5 6 4 ), ▁and ▁an ▁anti qu arian ▁volume , ▁The ▁Light ▁of ▁Brit ay ne ▁( 1 5 8 8 ), ▁both ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁dedicated ▁to ▁Queen ▁Elizabeth ▁I . ▁ ▁Life ▁▁ ▁Henry ▁Ly te ▁was ▁born ▁at ▁Ly tes ▁C ary ▁Man or , ▁Som erset , ▁about ▁ 1 5 2 9 , ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁and ▁el dest ▁surv iving ▁son ▁of ▁John ▁Ly te , ▁by ▁his ▁first ▁wife , ▁Ed ith ▁Hor sey , ▁who ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 5 6 6 . ▁Ly te ▁became ▁a ▁student ▁at ▁Oxford ▁about ▁ 1 5 4 6 , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁known ▁whether ▁he ▁took ▁a ▁degree . ▁Anthony ▁à ▁Wood ▁writes ▁of ▁him : ▁" After ▁he ▁had ▁spent ▁some ▁years ▁in ▁logic ▁and ▁philosophy , ▁and ▁in ▁other ▁good ▁learning , ▁he ▁travel led ▁into ▁foreign ▁countries , ▁and ▁at ▁length ▁retired ▁to ▁his ▁pat rim ony , ▁where , ▁by ▁the ▁advantage ▁of ▁a ▁good ▁foundation ▁of ▁literature ▁made ▁in ▁the ▁university ▁and ▁abroad , ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁most ▁excellent