1612 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1612. Events January 6 – Ben Jonson's masque Love Restored is performed. January 12 – The King's Men and Queen Anne's Men unite for the first of two English Court performances in January, with Thomas Heywood's The Silver Age January 13 – The King's Men perform Heywood's The Rape of Lucrece. February 2 – Queen Anne's Men return to court to play Greene's Tu Quoque. May 11 – Shakespeare testifies in the Bellott v. Mountjoy lawsuit. November 6 – Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, eldest son and heir to King James I of England, dies of typhoid fever. His coterie of followers, which included literary figures like Ben Jonson and John Selden, are forced to seek other patrons. unknown dates Thomas Shelton publishes The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-Errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha, the first translation of Cervantes' novel Don Quixote (first part) into English (or any other language). The Accademia della Crusca publishes the first dictionary of the Italian language. "Printers Bible": Some copies of the King James Version of the Bible printed in England this year contain an erratum with Psalm 119:161 reading "printers" (rather than "princes") "have persecuted me without a cause." New books Traiano Boccalini – Ragguagli di Parnasso John Brinsley – ; or The Grammar Schoole John Davies – Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued John Davies of Hereford – The Picture of a Happy Man Edward Grimeston The Generall Historie of Spaine (translated from French) The General History of the Magnificent State of Venice Thomas Heywood – An Apology for Actors Antonius Magirus – Koock-boeck ofte Familieren kevken-boeck William Strachey - The Historie of Travaile Into Virginia Britannia Francisco de Quevedo – La cuna y la sepultura New drama George Chapman – The Widow's Tears published Robert Daborne – A Christian Turn'd Turk published Nathan Field – A Woman is a Weathercock published Ben Jonson – Love Restored (masque) John Webster – The White Devil published