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Sir John Cheke was a prolific writer. Here is a more complete bibliography of his works:
- Original
- Introductio Grammaticus, 1 book
- De Ludimagistrorum Officio, 1 book
- De pronunciatione linguae Graecae
- Corrections to Herodotus, Thucidides, Plato, Demosthenes, and Xenophon. Many books
- Epitaphia, 1 book
- Panegyricum in nativitatem EDVARDI Principis
- Elegia de Aegrotatione et Obitu EDVARDI VI
- In obitum Antonii Denneii, 1 book
- De obitu Buceri
- Commentarii in Psalmum CXXXIX et alios
- An liceat nubere post Divortium, 1 book
- De Fide Iustificante, 1 book
- De Aqua Lustrali, Cineribus, et Palmis, ad [Stephen Gardiner] Wintoniensem, 1 book
- De Eucharistiae Sacramento, 1 book
- Translations from Greek into Latin
- Euripides and Sophocles quaedam ad literam.
- Aristotle De Anima.
- Demosthenes Olynthiacs, Philippics, and Contra Leptinem.
- Aeschines and Demosthenes, Orationes adversariae.
- Plutarch, De Superstitione.
- Leo Imperator, De Apparatu Bellico.[140]
- Josephus, De Antiquitatibus Iudaicis.
- St John Chrysostom, Homilies:
- Contra Observatores Novilunii, 1 book, and De Dormientibus in Christo, 1 book
- De Providentia Dei, 3 books, and De Fato, 3 books.[142]
- St Maximus, Monachi Asceticum.
- Translations from English into Latin
- Thomas Cranmer Liber de Sacramentis.
- Officium de Communione.
He collected the arguments and rationales in Parliament on either side in the question of the Eucharist
He edited a book on The Hurt of Sedition
An edition of his English translation of the Gospel of St Matthew appeared in 1843.[143]
Many of Cheke's works are still in manuscript: some have been altogether lost.
