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The starting point of this thesis is the fact that Braamus' Colloquies had an influence upon English literature. That this is a fact can be seen by consulting Professor Baldwin's William Shakspere's Small Latine & Lease Greele and there learning the nature of the role which the Colloquies enjoyed in the English grammar school for a period considerably greater than that of the English Renaissance, and by consulting various articles of recent years which point out parallels or influences. While the accessories to this fact are incidentally introduced in this thesis, the purpose of the thesis is not to find further sup- port for the fact, which is considered established, but rather to attempt to define the nature of the influence. This attempt is made by the indirect method of placing the colloquies themselves into their relevant background with a view to showing what the colloquies meant to their own age, and therefore by implication, what they came to mean to English literature. It is accordingly believed that an interested reader of this thesis will see implications of the bearing of the colloquies on English literature in proportion to his own knowledge of English literature, particularly that of the Renaissance.