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PREFACES, BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL,

BY DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON:

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LONDON:
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CONTENTS.

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THE Author's Life, by Mr. Chalmers 3 An Act of Contrition

24

6 In Desolation ....

25

COMMENDATORY VERSES.

In spiritual Comfort

ib.

An Act of Hope

26
An Elegy to the living Memory of his deceased Of Teares

ib.
Friend. By Thomas Newill.....

7
Of Sinne

ib.
An Elegy to the Memory of his much ho-

Of the miserable State of Man

ib,
poured Friend. By Thomas Hawkins . ib.

Of Sicknesse

27

To the worthy Muse of his noble Friend. By

Of true Liberty

ib.

Thomas Hawkins.......

8

Against inordinate Love of Creatures

ib.

A Congratulation to the Muses. By his Son

Against abused Loue

28

John Beaumont

ib.

29

Upon the following Poems of my dearest Fa-

A Description of Lone..

The Shepherdesse

ib.

ther. By Francis Beaumont

ib.

On the Anniuersary Day of his Maistre's Reigne

Upon the Poems of his dearest Brother. By

ouer England, March the 24.

'SO

George Fortescue

9

On the hononred Poems of his bonoured

A Thanksgiuing for the Deliverance of King

James from a dangerous Accident............ ib.
Friend. By Ben Jonson

ib.

To his late Maiesty concerning the true Forme
To the dear Remembrance of his noble Friend.

of English Poetry
By Mic. Drayton.......

ib.

To the glorious Memory of King James. 31
Ad posthumum Opus D. lo Bello-Montij.

A Panegyrick at the Coronation of King
By Ph. Kin.

ib.
Charles......

32
Upon the honoured Poems of his unknown

Of the Prince's Journey

S3
Friend. By la. CI.

ib. Of the Prince's Departure and Returne.. ib.

Bosworth Field

11 Of the Prince's most happy Returne.... ib.

An Expression of Sibyll's Acrosticks

17 Upon the Anniuersary Day of the Prince's

Virgil. Eclog. iv.

ib. Returne, October the fifth

34

An Epigram concerning Man's Life, com To the most illustrious Prince Charles, of the

posed by Crates, or Posidippus.

18 excellent Use of Poems

ib.

The Answer of Metrodorus.......

ib. To the Prince .......

35

Horat. Lib. ii. Sat, vi.

ib. An Epithalamium vpon the bappy Marriage

Horat. Carm. Lib. iji. Od. xxix..

19 of King Charles and Queene Mary

ib.

Horat. Epod. ii.

20 At the End of his Maiestie's first Yeere

36

Per. Sat. ii..

ib. An Epithalamium to my Lord Marquesse of

Auson. Idyll. xvi.

21 of Buckingham and to his faire and vertu-

Clandian's Epigram of the old Man of Verona. 22 ous Lady

ib.
Upon the two great Feasts of the Annuncia Of his Majestie's vow for the Felicity of my
tion and Resurrection falling on the same Lord Marquisse of Buckingham

ib.

Day, March 25, 1627......

ib. My Lord of Buckingham's Welcome to the

Of the Epiphany

ib. King at Burley

ib.

Of the Transfignration of our Lord

23 A Congratulation to the Marquisse of Buck-

On Ascension Day

ingham at the Birth of his Daughter........

ib.

An Ode of the blessed Trinitie

ib. Of true Greatnesse. To the Marquisse of

A Dialogue between the World, a Pilgrim, and Buckingbam ....

37

Vertue

24 | Vpon the Marquisse of Buckingham's Armes ib.

ib.

The Authors' Lives, by Mr. Chalmers ....... 51 Eclogue II. Thirsil .....

136

IU. Myrtilus

139

IV. Chromis .............................. 1+1

GILES FLETCHER.

V. Nicæa

143

VI. Thomalin

To the right worshipful and reverend Mr. Doc-

VII. The Prize

156)

tor Nevile, Dean of Canterbury, and the To my dear friend, the Spencer of this Age,

Master of Trinity College in Cambridge 55

By Francis Quarles........

154

Thomas Nevile, most heavenly .....

57

To the Reader......

58

MISCELLANIES.

RECOMMENDATORY POEMS.

An Hymn at the Marriage of my most dear

Defuncto Fratri. By Phin. Fletcher............ 60

Cousins, Mr. W. and M. R.

ib.

Η Μαριάμ.

To my beloved Cousin, W. R. Esq. Calend.
Mi piaçu. By F. Nethersole.......

ib.
Januar.

155

Christ's Victory in Heaven

61 To Master W. C.

156

Christ's Triumph on Earth....

67 To my ever honoured Cousin, W. R. Esq. ib.

Christ's Triumph over Death

71 | To R. C. in Cambridge, my Son by the Uni-

Christ's Triumph after Death

76 versity ...

ib.

To my beloved Thenot, in Answer of bis Verse. 157

Upon the Picture of Achmet the Turkish Ty-

PHINEAS FLETCHER.

rant ........

Dedication to my most worthy and learned

To Mr. Jo. Tomkins

To Thomalin

158

Friend, Edward Benlowes, Esq ....... ..... 81

Against a rich Man despising Poverty

ib.

COMMENDATORY VERSES.

Contentment

159

To the learned Author, Son and Brother to A Vow ........
two judicious Poets, himself the third, not

On Woman's Lightness

il.
second to either. By W. Benlowes ......... 82 A Reply upon the fair M. S.
To the iugenious Composer of this Pastoral, An Apology for the Premises to the Lady Cul.
the Spencer of this Age. By Fran. Quarles. ib. pepper .......

160
The purple Island, or the Isle of Man.

To my only chosen Valentine and Wife ib.

Canto I:

83

A Translation of Boethius, the third Book and

II.

last Verse.......

87

ib.

III.

A Translation of Boethius, Book ii. Ver. vii... 161

91

IV.

94

Upon my Brother Mr. G. F. his Book intitled

V.

97

Christ's Victory and Triumph

ib.

VI.

Upon the Bishop of Exon, Dr. Hall, bis Medi-

103

VII.

tatious

108

iba

VIII.

Upon the Contemplations of the Bishop of

IX.

Excester, given to the Lady E. W. at New-

117

X,

Year's Tide.

ib.

121

XI.

These Asclepiads of Mr. H. S. translated and

123

XU.

enlarged ...

162

127

Psalm XLII, metaphrased......

ib.

XLIII.

ib.

Introduction

132

CXXVII.

163

Eclogue I. Amyntas
133 CXXXVII.

ib.

113

PISCATORY ECLOGUES.

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Psalm 1.

ib. Upon my Brother's Book, called The Grounds,

CXXX.

164 Labour and Reward of Faith ......... 165

An Hymn..

ib. Upon Mr. Perkins, his printed Sermons

ib.

An Hymn

ib. Eliza, or an Elegy upon the unripe Decease
On my Friend's Picture, who died in Trarel.. of Sir Antony Irby ......

ib.
Upon Dr. Playfer

ib.

ib.

..

The Author's Life, by Mr. Chalmers............ 175

RECOMMENDATORY POEMS.

PROLOGUES, EPILOGUES, AND SONGS TO SEVERAL PLAIES.

To the worshipful, the worthily honoured, The Prologue to the Mad Lover

192

Robert Parkhurst, Esq. by L B.

179 Epilogue

ib.

To the true Patropesse of all Poetry, Caliope. First Song to the Mad Lover.

ib.

By F. B. .....

ib. Second Song to the Mad Lover

193

In Laudem Authoris. By W. B.
ib. Third Song to the Mad Lover

ib,
To the Author By F. B.
ib. Prologue to the Spanish Curate

ib.
To the Author. By J. F.
ib. Epilogue

ib.

The Author to the Reader.....

180 Prologue to the French Lawyer.....

ib.

To Mr. Prancis Beaumont, (tben living). By Epilogue

194
Ben Jonson ....

ib. First Song to the Play, called, The Little
Upon M. Fletcher's incomparable Plaies ib. French Lawyer, called an Epithalamine
To the Memory of the incomparable Paire of Song at the Wedding .....

ib.
Authors, Beaumont and Fletcher ..... ib. Second Song to the Little French Lawyer,
On the happy Collection of Beaumont's and called, Song in the Wood

ib.
Fletcher's Works. By ). Berkenhead ....... 181 Prologu to the Play, called, The Custom of

the Country...

ib.

Elegy on the Lady Markham

183 Epilogue .............

iby.

An Elegy.....
ib. Another Prologue to the same Play

ib.

A Charme .........

184 Epilogue ......

ib.

On the Marriage of a beauteous young Gen Prologue to the Play, called, The Noble Gen-

tlewoman with an ancient Man

ib. tleman...

ib.

The Glance...

ib. Epilogue

195

A Soonet

ib. Prologue to the Play, called, The Captaine... ib.

True Beauty

185 Epilogue

ib.

The Indifferent

ib. First Song to the Play, called, The Captaine.. ib.

Love's Freedome..............

ib. The second Song......

ib.

On the Life of Man

ib. Song to tbe Play, called, The Begger's Bush.. ib.

An Epitaph.--Here she lies whose spotless Prologue to the Play, called, The Coxeombe.. ih.

fame...

186 Epilogue

196

A Sopnet.--Like a ring without a finger ib. Prologue to the Tragedy, called, The False Ope. ib.

A Description of Love

ib. Epilogue

ib.

The Shepherdesse

187 | First Song to The False One, a Tragedy ib.

A faneral Elogie on the Death of the Lady The second Song

Penelope Clifton ....

ib. The third Song

ib.

The Examination of his Mistris's Perfections. ib. The fourth Song.

ib.

To the mutable Faire......

188 Prologue to the Play, called, The Chances 197

Of loving at first Sight

ib. Epilogue

ib.

The Antiplatonic......

ib. Prologue to the Play, called, The Loyal Subject. ib.

Song -Say, lovely dreame, where couldst Epilogue

ib.

thou find

189 First Song to the Play, called, The Loyal Sub-

Song.--Behold the brand of beauty tost ib. ject

ib.

An Elegy.--Heaven knows my love to thee, Second Song

ib.

fed on desire

ib. Third Song

ib.

Upon Mr. Charles Beaumont, who died of a Prologue to the Play, called, The Lover's Pro-

Consumption

ib. gresse

ib.

Fie on Love ....

190 | Epilogue

198

Song --Go and catch a falling star

ib. First Song to The Lover's Progresse

ib.

Secresie protested

ib. Second Song

ib.

Eternity of Love protested..

ib. Songs to the Play, called, The Maid in the

The willing Prisoner to his Mistris....... ib. Mill.

A Maske of the Gentlemen of Graies Inne and

First Song

ib.

the lower Temple.....

ib. Second Song

"............. ib.

ib.

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