In accounting for the significance of Abraham Fleming, Sarah C. Dodson argues that "his unflagging industry, his fidelity to sources, and his zeal in promoting certain religious and intellectual principles give him a place of some importance among the writers of the Elizabethan period." Dodson's tribute emphasizes the chief feature of Fleming's literary life: he participated in a broad range of literary production, in which he "did much . . . to pass on a store of knowledge to his contemporaries and to posterity; and his research activities doubtless spurred on others in the same fields." As a servant to Richard Tottel, one of the most significant of the midcentury printers, Fleming appears to have worked as a "learned corrector," editor, and indexer. For later printers--especially Henry Denham, who is known for the high quality of his output--Fleming engaged in similar activities and produced a large number of translations. While he...