1652 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1652. Events March/April – John Milton loses the last of his eyesight during the year. unknown date – A translation by Saiyid Aidarus of the Arabic religious poem "Hamziya" is the earliest known written example of Swahili literature. New books Prose Anonymous – Eliza's Babes, or the Virgin's Offering Elias Ashmole – Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum. Nicholas Culpepper – The English Physitian, or, An astrologo-physical discourse on the vulgar herbs of this nation, being a compleat method of physick, whereby a man may preserve his body in health, or cure himself, being sick (later known as The Complete Herbal) Owen Feltham – Brief Character of the Low Countries Antonio Rocco – L'Alcibiade, fanciullo a scola (Alcibiades the schoolboy) Thomas Urquhart – The Jewel (Ekskybalauron): a vindication of the honor of Scotland Henry Vaughan – Mount of Olives Thomas Vaughan (philosopher) (Eugenius Philalethes) – The Fame and Confession of the Fraternity of R:C: Gerrard Winstanley – The Law of Freedom