Editing Richard Baker (chronicler) (section)

== Works ==
During his imprisonment Baker spent his time mainly in writing. His chief work is the ''Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Romans’ Government unto the Death of King James'' (1643, and many subsequent editions). It was translated into [[Dutch language|Dutch]] in 1649, and was continued down to 1658 by [[Edward Phillips]], a nephew of [[John Milton]]. For many years the ''Chronicle'' was extremely popular, but owing to numerous inaccuracies its historical value is very slight. Baker also wrote ''Cato Variegatus'' or ''Catoes Morall Distichs, Translated and Paraphrased by Sir Richard Baker, Knight'' (London, 1636); ''Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer'' (1637); ''Translation of New Epistles by Mounsieur D’Balzac'' (1638); ''Apologie for Laymen’s Writing in Divinity'', ''with a Short Meditation upon the Fall of Lucifer'' (1641); ''Motives for Prayer upon the seaven dayes of ye weeke'' (1642); a translation of [[Virgilio Malvezzi]]’s ''Discourses upon Cornelius Tacitus'' (1642),<ref>{{Cite book|first=Virgilio|last=Malvezzi|title=Discourses upon Cornelius Tacitus|translator=Richard Baker|location=London|publisher=printed by E. G. for R. Whitaker|year=1642|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SBhlAAAAcAAJ}}</ref> and ''Theatrum Redivivum, or The Theatre Vindicated'', a reply to the ''Histrio-Mastix'' of [[William Prynne]] (1642). He also wrote ''Meditations'' upon several of the psalms of David, which have been collected and edited by A. B. Grosart (London, 1882).