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74 Against Writers that carp at other Men's Books,

Death of Lord Cobham,

Passage from Tyndale's Version of the Bible,

74 Of a Precise Tailor,

Passage from Coverdale's Version,

74 Sir Henry WOTTON,

74 To his Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia,

Sie JOHN CHEKE,

Remonstrance with Levellers,

75 A Farewell to the Vanities of the World,

105

THOMAS WILSON,

75 The Character of a Happy Life,

105

Simplicity of Style Recommended,

76 Venus's Prophecy after the Death of Adonis,

106

Study should be relieved by Amusement,

76 Selections from Shakspeare's Sonnets,

106

The Blowing of the Wind,

77 Selections from Shakspeare's Songs,

107

Occupations should be chosen suitable to the Natural Sir John Davies,

108

Faculties,

77 The Dancing of the Air,

108

Detached Observations from the Schoolmaster,

78 Reasons for the Soul's Immortality,

10.9

Qualifications of a Historian,

79 The Dignity of Man,.

109

John DONNE,

109

Address to Bishop Valentine, on the Day of the Marriage

Third Period.

of the Elector Palatine to the Princess Elizabeth, 110

Valediction--Forbidding Mourning,

110

The Will,

111

THE REIGNS OF ELIZABETH, JAMES I., AND

A Character from Donne's Satires,

Selections from Hall's Satires,

Allegorical Characters from the Mirrour for Magistrates, 80 The Sweet Neglect,

113

Henry Duke of Buckingham in the Infernal Regions,

Sonnet made on Isabella Markham,

82 Song-(Oh do not wanton with those eyes), .

Sonnets of Sir Philip Sidney,

82 Her Triumph,

113

SIR WALTER RALEIGH-TIMOTHY KENDAL-NICHOLAS Good Life, Long Life,

114

BRETON-HENRY CONSTABLE,

83 Epitaph on the Countess of Pembroke,

114

The Country's Recreations-Raleigh,

83 Epitaph on Elizabeth, L. H.,

114

Farewell to Town-Breton,

83 On my First Daughter,

To the Memory of my Beloved Master, William Shak- The Votaress of Diana,

speare, and what he hath left us,

115

WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT,

On the Portrait of Shakspeare,

115 To a Lady Veiled,

RICHARD CORBET,

116 A Valediction,

To Vincent Corbet, his Son,

116 To Chloe,

Journey to France,

116 The Dream,

Farewell to the Fairies,

117 Love inconcealable,

Sir John BEAUMONT-DR HENRY KING,

117 || To Cupid,

On my dear Son, Gervase Beaumont,

118 ROBERT HERRICK,

Song-(Dry those fair, those crystal eyes),

118 The Kiss-a Dialogue,

FRANCIS BEAUMONT,

118 To the Virgins, to make much of their Time,

Letter to Ben Jonson,

119 Twelfth Night, or King and Queen,

On the Tombs in Westminster,

119 The Country Life,

An Epitaph,

119 Julia,

THOMAS CAREW,

120 Upon Julia's Recovery,

Song—Ask me no more where Jove bestows),

Upon a Child that Died,

Song— Would you know what's soft ?

120

Epitaph upon a Child,

A Pastoral Dialogue,

121

A Thanksgiving for his House,

Song-Give me more love, or more disdain),

121

To Primroses, filled with Morning Dew,

PaixEAS AND GILES FLETCHER,

122

To Corinna, to go a Maying,

Happiness of the Shepherd's Life,

122 RICHARD LOVELACE,

Decay of Human Greatness,

123

Song-(Why should you swear I am forsworn ?)

Description of Parthenia, or Chastity,

123

The Rose,

The Rainbow,

123 Song-(Amarantha, sweet and fair),

The Sorceress of Vain Delight,

124

To Lucasta, on going to the Wars,

GEORGE WITHER,

125

To Althea, from Prison,

The Companionship of the Muse,

125

THOMAS RANDOLPH,

Sonnet upon a Stolen Kiss,

126

To my Picture,

The Steadfast Shepherd,

126 To a Lady admiring herself in a Looking-Glass,

Madrigal-Amaryllis I did woo),

127 SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT,

Song-(The lark now leaves his watery nest),

A Descriptive Sketch,

128

Description of the Virgin Birtha,

Evening,

128 JOHN CLEVELAND,

Night,

129 On Phillis, Walking before Sunrise,

Pastoral Employments,

129 JAMES SHIRLEY,

The Syren's Song,

129 Death's Final Conquest,

Francis QUABLES,

129

Upon his Mistress Sad,

Stanzas,

129 Echo and Narcissus,

The Shortness of Life,

The Vanity of the World,

130

Temperance, or the Cheap Physician,

Delight in God only,

130

Hymn to the Name of Jesus,

Decay of Life,

130 SIR RICHARD FANSHAWE,

Song— The Saint's Encouragement,

132 LADY ELIZABETH CAREW,

Description of Castara,

134 To his Heart,

Sir John SUCKLING,

134 Sir RICHARD MAITLAND,

Song-{"Tis now, since I sat down before),

135 Satire on the Town Ladies,

A Ballad upon a Wedding,

135 ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY,

Constancy, .

136 ALEXANDER HUME, .

Song-(I prithee send me back my heart),

136 KING JAMES VI.,

Song-Why so pale and wan, fond lover ?)

136

Ane Schort Poeme of Tyme,

The Careless Lover,

136 EARL OF ANCRUM-EARL OF STIRLING,

Song-Hast thou seen the down in the air ?)

136 Sonnet in Praise of a Solitary Life,

Detraction Execrated,

136 William DRUMMOND,

JOHN CHALKHILL,

137 The River of Forth Feasting,

The Witch's Cave,

137 Epitaph on Prince Henry,

The Priestess of Diana,

138 To his Lute,

The Praise of a solitary Life,

Generosity of Cæsar,

204

To a Nightingale,

160 Grief of Aspatia for the Marriage of Amintor and

Palamon and Arcite, Captives in Greece,

206

On Woman's Inconstancy,

161 Disinterestedness of Biancha,

207

I do confess thou'rt Smooth and Fair,

161 Pastoral Love,

208

161

George BUCHANAN-DR ARTHUR JOHNSTON,

Melancholy,

209

The 137th Psalm,

162 Song—(Look out, bright eyes, and bless the air),

209

The First of May,

162 The Power of Love,

209

162

On Neæra,

210
To Sleep,

Song to Pan, at the conclusion of the Faithful Shep-

164 Scene from the Duchess of Malfy,

212

RICHARD EDWARDS,

164

Death of the Duchess,

212

GEORGE WHETSTONE,

164 THOMAS MIDDLETON,

Happiness of Married Life,

166

Cupid and Campaspe,

214

Song—(Come away, come away), '•

Song—(What bird so sings, yet so does wail ?)

166 John MARSTON,

215

GEORGE PEELE,

166 ROBERT TAYLOR-WILLIAM ROWLEY - CYRIL TOUR-

Prologue to King David and Fair Bethsabe,

167 Scene from the Witch of Edmonton,

168 GEORGE COOKE-THOMAS NABBES–NATHANIEL FIELD-

Content--A Sonnet,

169

John DAY-HENRY GLAPTHORNE—THOMAS RAN-

169

Sephestia's Song to her Child,

216

DOLPH-RICHARD BROME,

The Shepherd and his wife,

169 Philip MASSINGER,

171 Pride of Sir Giles Overreach in his Daughter,

217

Rosalind's Madrigal,

171

Compassion for Misfortune,

Scenes from Marlow's Faustus,

172

A Dying Bequest,

22C

Passages from the Jew of Malta,

Contention of a Bird and a Musician,

220

Scene From Marlow's Edward II.,

174 | Thomas IIBYWOOD,

221

ANTHONY MUNDAY-HENRY CHETTLE,

174

Song-(Pack clouds away, and welcome day),

221

Scene from Arden of Feversham,

Murder of King Duncan,

181

JAMES SHIRLEY,

222

Love Scene by Night in a Garden,

182

The Prodigal Lady,

223

Description of a Moonlight Night, with Fine Music, 184

Scene from the Ball,

224

Ghost Scene in Hamlet,

184

MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF THE THIRD PERIOD,

Mark Antony over Cæsar's Body,

185

Convivial Song, by Bishop Still,

Othello's Relation of his Courtship to the Senate,

186

My Mind to me a Kingdom is,

Song-(What pleasure have great princes),

Queen Mab,

186

End of all Earthly Glories,

186

Meditation when we go to Bed,

187 Tale of Argentile and Curan,

Life and Death Weighed,

226

Description of Ophelia's Drowning,

The Deceit of Ornament or Appearances,

187 There is a Garden in her face,

Mercy, ,

188

Robin Goodfellow,

Solitude preferred to a Court Life, and the Advantages The Old and Young Courtier,

The World compared to a Stage,

188

Loyalty Confined,

231

Description of Night in a Camp,

188

189

PROSE WRITERB.

The Blessings of a Shepherd's Life,

The Vicissitudes of Life,

189 SIR PHILIP SIDNEY,

232

Falstaff's Cowardice and Boasting,

189

A Tempest,

233

Falstaff arrested by his Hostess Dame Quickly,

190 Description of Arcadia,

The Fall of Catiline,

193 Praise of Poetry,

Accusation and Death of Silius in the Senate-House, 194 LORD BURLEIGH,

Love,

195 Choice of a Wife,

A Simpleton and a Braggadocio,

196

Domestic Economy,

Advice to a Reckless Youth,

Bobadil's Plan for Saving the Expense of an Army, 197 Education of Children,

235

197 Suretyship and Borrowing,

THE COURT MASQUES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 198

Scripture and the Law of Nature,

236

The Golden Age Restored,

201

Zeal and Fear in Religion,

237

FRANCIS BEAUMONT-JOAN FLETCHER,

203 Defence of Reason,

237

241

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Church Music,

238 Upon the Sight of two Snails,

238 Upon Hearing of Music by Night,

LORD Bacon,

241 Upon the Sight of an Owl in the Twilight,

Universities,

Upon the Sight of a Great Library,

Libraries,

276

Government,

241 Christ Crucified Afresh by Sinners,

276

Prosperity and Adversity,

243 Sir Thomas OVERBURY,

Books and Ships Compared,

243 The Tinker,

Studies, .

243 The Fair and Happy Milkmaid,

BIR WALTER RALEIGH,

243 A Franklin,

That the Flood hath not utterly defaced the marks of JOHN EARLE,

Paradise, nor caused hills in the Earth,

246 The Clown,

The Battle of Thermopylæ,

247 Owen PELTHAM,

The Strength of Kings,

247 Moderation in Grief,

Three Rules to be observed for the Preservation of a Limitation of Human Knowledge,

Man's Estate,

248 Against Readiness to Take Offence,

279

RICHARD GRAFTON,

249 Of being Over-valued,

John Stow,

249 Against Detraction,

Sports upon the Ice in Elizabeth's Reign,

250 Of Neglect,

RAPHAEL HOLINSHED – WILLIAM HARRISON — JOHN No Man can be Good to All,

HOOKER-FRANCIS BOTEVILLE,

250

Meditation,

230

The Languages of Britain,

252 French Love of Dancing,

281

The Sea,

252 Holland and its Inhabitants,

Davis's Voyages in search of the North-West Passage, 253 Evil Speaking,

283

GEORGE SANDYS,

254 Humility,

283

Modern State of Ancient Countries,

To Dr Francis Mansell,

255

Oracles,

To Sir William St John, Knight,

256 Dreams and Prophecies,

To the Right Hon. the Lord Cliffe,

To Captain Thomas B.,

257 Sermons,

284

Description of St Helena,

261 JAMES USHER,

204

WILLIAM CAMDEN,

261 William CHILLINGWORTH,

285

BrB HEXRY SPELMAN-SIR ROBERT COTTON-John SPEED Against the Employment of Force in Religion,

286

- SAMUEL DANIEL,

263

Reason must be appealed to in Religious Discussions, 286

Uncertainty of the Early History of Nations,

263 Against Duelling,

286

Thomas MAY-SIR John HAYWARD-RICHARD KNOLLES, 264 John HALES,

287

The Taking of Constantinople by the Turks,

264 Private Judgment in Religion,

288

ARTHUR WILSON-SIR RICHARD BAKER,

265 Children Ready to Believe,

SIR HENRY WOTTON,

265 Reverence for Ancient Opinions,

288

What Education Embraces,

265

Prevalence of an Opinion no Argument for its Truth,

239

Every Nature is not a Fit Stock to Graft a Scholar on, 265 JOHN GAUDEN,

239

Commendation before Trial Injudicious,

266 The Various Events of the Civil War,

267 The Age of Reason and Discretion,

292

Pity and Indignation,

267 The Pomp of Death,

268 The Progress of Sin,

2:13

Love of Knowledge,

268 The Resurrection of Sinners,

294

The Necessity of the Will,

Sir Thomas More's Resignation of the Great Seal, 270 Coniforting the Amicted,

294

TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE,

270 Real and Apparent Ilappiness,

Sorcery and Witchcraft,

271 Miseries of Man's Life,

The Author's Abstract of Melancholy,

272 The Day of Judgment,

297

Melancholy and Contemplation,

272 Religious Toleration,

213

THOMAS DEKKER,

274 SIR THOMAS BROWNE,

290

Against Fine Clothes,

274 Oblivion,

340)

How a Gallant should behave himself in Paul's Walks, 274 Light the Shadow of God,

301

JOSEPH HALL,

275 Toleration,

301

Upon the sight of a Tree Full-blossomed,

275 Death,

301

Upon Occasion of a Red-breast coming into his Chamber, 275 Study of God's Works,

302

Upon the kindling of a Charcoal Fire,

302 Sonnet on his own Blindness,

Ghosts,

302

260

336

347
348

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Of Myself,

333

Charity,

302 In Anticipation of the Attack of the Royalists upon the

John Knox,

303 City,

333

Assassination of Cardinal Beaton,

303 On the Massacre of the Protestants in Piedmont, 333

DAVID CALDERWOOD-SIR JAMES MELVIL,

304 Scene from Comus, •

333

JOHN LESLEY,

304 Praise of Chastity,

334

Character of James V.,

305 The Spirit's Epilogue in Comus,

334

Burning of Edinburgh and Leith by the English in 1544, 305 L'Allegro,

335

John SPOTISWOOD,

306 Il Penseroso,

Destruction of Religious Edifices in 1559,

306 From Lycidas,

337

James VI. and a Refractory Preacher,

307 Satan's Address to the Sun,

338

GEORGE BUCHANAN,
307 Assembling of the Fallen Angels,

338

The Chamæleon,

308 The Garden of Eden,

339

WILLIAM DRUMMOND,

308 Eve's Account of her Creation,

339

Against Repining at Death,

308 Morning in Paradise,

340

REMARKS ON THE STYLE OF THIS PERIOD,

309 Evening in Paradise,

340

ORIGIN OF NEWSPAPERS,

310 Expulsion from Paradise,

341

Satan's Survey of Greece,

342

ANDREW MARVELL,

342

The Emigrants in Bermudas,

343

Fourth Period.

The Nymph Complaining for the Death of her Fawn, 344

Thoughts in a Garden,

344

A Whimsical Satire on Holland,

345

THE COMMONWEALTH AND REIGNS OF CHARLES II.

SAMUEL BUTLER,

345

AND JAMES II. [1649 TO 1689.]

Accomplishments of Hudibras,

Religion of Hudibras,

POETS

Personal Appearance of Hudibras,

348

ABRAHAM COWLEY,

312 The Elephant in the Moon,

349

On the Death of Mr Crashaw,

314 Miscellaneous Thoughts,

315 Invitation to Izaak Walton,

353

The Shortness of Life and Uncertainty of Riches, 316 A Welsh Guide,

316 Earl of Roscommon,

Ode on the Death of Mr William Harvey,

317 Caution against False Pride,

355

Epitaph on the Living Author,

318 An Author must Feel what he Writes,

355

Claudian's Old Man of Verona,

318 On the Day of Judgment,

356

HENRY VAUGHAN,

318 EARL of RochesTER,

356

Early Rising and Prayer,

318 Song-(While on those lovely looks I gaze),

356

The Rainbow,

319 Constancy-A Song,

357

The Story of Endymion,

319 Song-(Too late, alas! I must confess),

357

Timber,

319 Song—(My dear mistress has a heart),

357

THOMAS STANLEY,

319 SIR CHARLES SEDLEY,

319 Song—Ah, Chloris ! could I now but sit),

The Tomb,

320 Song-(Love still has something of the sea),

The Exequies,

320 Song-(Phillis, men say that all my vows),

The Loss,

320 DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE,

Note on Anacreon,

Note to Moschus,

320 KATHERINE PHilirs,

321 Against Pleasure---An Ode,

Sir John DENHAM,

The Thames and Windsor Forest,

322 A Country Life,

The Reformation-Monks and Puritans,

322 JOHN DRYDEN,