The title-page says she translated from the French: that is, from Nicolas Coeffeteau
's shortened version of the Argenis. She must have translated quickly (following Coeffeteau closely), since she says she read him around...
Education
Alice Thornton
In Ireland, Alice met and shared the teachers of Lady Anne
and Lady Arabella Wentworth
; they may have shared also with the future writer Judith Man
. AT
calls this the best education...
Friends, Associates
Judith Man
JM
's friendship with Lady Anne Wentworth
and the younger sister, Arabella
, perhaps also with the future Alice Thornton
, would have been constrained by her greater age and lower rank.
Occupation
Judith Man
It seems that she herself may have held some position as official attendant on the two daughters of Thomas Wentworth, Lord Strafford
, as well as doing lessons with them. Strafford, recently ennobled by his...
