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Barnabe Rich
English author and soldier
Barnabe Rich (also Barnaby Riche) (c. &#; 10 November ) was an English author and soldier, and a distant relative of Lord Chancellor Rich.
Life
He fought in the Low Countries, rising to the rank of captain, and afterwards served in Ireland.
He shared in the colonization of Ulster, and spent the latter part of his life near Dublin. In the intervals of his campaigns he produced many pamphlets on political questions and romances. In he was in receipt of a pension of half a crown a day, and in he was presented with a gift of £ as being the oldest captain in the service.
Barnabe rich biography of christopher columbus
Works
His best-known work is Riche His Farwell to the Militarie Profession | Riche his Farewell to Militarie Profession conteining verie pleasaunt discourses fit for a peaceable tyme (). Of the eight stories contained in it, five, he says, are forged only for delight, neither credible to be believed, nor hurtful to be perused.
The three others are translations fro