John Davies of Hereford (~1565-1618) is usually known by this title in order to distinguish him from others of the same name. He was an Anglo-Welsh poet.
Hereford was at that time a Welsh-speaking area, even though officially in England. Davies's works include:
Mirum in Modum, a Glimpse of God's Glory and the Soul's Shape (1602)
Sir JohnDavies (not to be confused with JohnDavies of Hereford) was a man of the same pattern, though without lord Brooke’s memory of “the spacious days” and without his deep austerity.
Davies then passes on to examine the nature of the soul, its attributes and its connection with the body; and, having defined with exactness what he means by the soul, proceeds to prove its immortality by means of arguments for and against his proposition.
Davies does not, as it were, embroider his theme with verse, but uses verse, and its beauties of line and metaphor, to make his meaning more clear, and, thereby, gallantly justifies the employment of his medium.
The epigrams by Davies, although not devoid of wit, were coarse enough to deserve their fate.
In 1601 Davies was restored to his position at the bar, after making his apologies to Martin, and in the same year he sat for Cone Castle in parliament.
He is not to be confounded with another poet, JOHNDAVIES of Hereford (1565 ?1618), among whose numerous volumes of verse may be me.ntioned Mirum in modum (1602), Microcosm-us (1603), The Holy Roode (1609), Wiltes Pilgrimage (c.
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