A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Weston, Elizabeth Jane

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WESTON, ELIZABETH JANE,

Was born about 1558. She left England very young, and settled at Prague, in Bohemia, where she passed the rest of her life. She was a woman of fine talents, which were highly cultivated; she was skilled in various languages, especially Latin, in which she wrote several works, both in prose and verse, highly esteemed by some of the most learned men of her time. They were published in 1606. She was married to John Leon, a gentleman belonging to the emperor's court, and was living in 1605, as appears by a letter written by her in that year. She was commended by Scaliger, and complimented by Nicholas May in a Latin epigram. She is ranked with Sir Thomas Moore, and the best Latin poets of the sixteenth century.