Contents of the Eighth Volume.

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John Lydgate.The Siege of Harfleur and the Battle of Agincourt. (1415.) [Printed c. 1530.][13]
John Fox.How the Lord Cromwell helped Archbishop
Cranmer's Secretary. (July 1539.)[25]
John Proctor.The History of Sir Thomas Wyat's Rebellion. (Jan.-Feb. 1544.)
[Printed Jan. 1555.][37]
----The True Report of the burning of the Steeple and Church of Paul's in London. (4 June 1561.)[109]
R. W[itc].Against the wilful inconstancy of his dear foe E. T. (? 1566.)[32]
Is. W.To her unconstant Lover. (? 1566.)[227]
W. G.A Love Letter to an unconstant Maiden. (? 1566.)[239]
[George Gascoigne.]The Spoil of Antwerp.It is better known as
The Spanish Fury at Antwerp. (Nov. 1576.)[141]
George Elliot.A very true Report of the apprehension of that arch-Priest
Edmund Campion and three other Jesuit Priests. (July 1581.)[203]
[Mary.]The Scottish Queen's Burial at Peterborough.
(1 August 1587.) [Printed 1589.][341]
Theocritus.Six Idillia. Translated by E. D. [? Sir Edward Dyer]. (1588.)[117]
Rev. Richard HakluytThe Destruction, Capture, &c., of Portuguese Carracks
and Captain[Santa Cruz, Madre de Dios, Las Cinque Llagas,]
Nicholas Downton.by English seamen. (1592-1594.)[245]
[Giles Fletcher, LL.D.]Licia, or Poems of Love—The Rising to the Crown of Richard III. (Sept. 1593.)[413]
Richard Hasleton.Strange and wonderful things that happened to him in his Ten Years'
Travels in many foreign countries. (1582-1592.) [Printed 1595.][367]
William Smith.Chloris, or the Complaint of the passionate despised Shepherd. (1596.)[171]
R[obert] T[ofte].Laura [i.e., Mistress E. Caril].
The Toys of a Traveller, or The Feast of Fancy. (1597.)[267]
-----The Merchant's Daughter of Bristow [Bristol]. (? 1600.)[399]
[? Thomas Deloney.]The Spanish Lady's Love. (? 1600.)[200]
Sir Robert Carey,Account of the Death of QueenElizabeth; and of his ride to King James
afterwards Earl ofat Edinburgh. (25th-27th March 1603.) [Printed 1759.][476]
Monmouth.
T. M.The true Narration of the Entertainment of his Royal Majesty [James I.]
from the time of his departure from Edinburgh till his receiving at London.
(April-May 1603.)[485]
Michael Drayton.Odes. (1606, and 1619.)[527]
----Love's Garland, or Posies for Rings, &c.(1624.)[97]
Thomas, third Lord['Black Tom']. Short Memorials of some things to be cleared during
Fairfaxmy Command in the Army. (1645-1650.)[564]
----A Short Memorial of the Northern Actions, during the War there. (1642-1645.)[577]
----Cupid's Posies for Bracelets, Handkerchers, and Rings. (1674.)[351]
George Villiers,An Epitaph on Thomas, third Lord Fairfax. (? 1677)[611]
second Duke of
Buckingham.
W. P.Posies for Rings, or Mottoes fit for Presents. (1677.)[410]
[Bishop Edward Coplestone.]Advice to a young Reviewer: with a Specimen of the Art
[i.e., a Mock Criticism of Milton's L'Allegro.] (1807.)[615]
W. Hunneman.Old King Cole, his life and death. (? 1830-? 1837.)[633]

FIRST LINES OF POEMS AND STANZAS.

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Accept in gree[273]
After that Harflete[20]
A gallant Master[401]
A gallant Whistle[121]
A gallant Youth[399]
A gentle tame[326]
A' [=Ah] LICIA sigh![449]
"A King I was[466]
Alas, wilt thou[242]
All that this earth[556]
All youthful wights[32]
Also I find that[230]
A Lucrece for[232]
A maiden[360]
Am I a Gorgon?[179]
Amongst the[311]
And, after many[404]
And arm in arm[408]
And as there[547]
And by these[560]
And cast me into[33]
And cheerfully[546]
And diversely[530]
And ere her[402]
And fain I would[401]
And feeds him[536 ]
"And for myself[549]
"And if they crown[470]
And if ye list to[558]
And if you cannot[229]
And in her heart[400]
And in my choice[533]
And in regions[547]
"And I a Whistle[121]
"'And I protest'[471]
"And I," quoth he[404]
And I, who was[238]
"And me, not long ago[123]
And now, "Farewell!"[234]
And now he pries[238]
And now to take[399]
And raised my[415]
And since doomed[535]
And since the Feast[557]
And since the fish[238]
And taking many[548]
And that great[562]
And the ambitious[547]
And this whereso[229]
And Thou, the Genius[174]
And though the[273]
And thus I end[36]
And thyself such[241]
And turning to[549]
And unto me[231]
"And wantonly[535]
And what's[544]
And when he to our[19]
And when they[409]
And when you[233]
And whether Nature[415]
And why not I?[529]
"An English Friar[407]
An ocean Sea of[315]
A painter drew[429]
Apollo and the[529]
Are those two stars?[446]
As are the sands [433]
As Britons that[531]
As burnished[289]
As by Eneas, first[230]
As close as you[229]
As duty wills[240]
As his prisoner[200]
As rocks become,[300]
As sacrifice[335]
A she there was[462]
As those[530]
"A tempest[122]
A wise man poor[108]
Beauty is like[362]
Behold the[399]
Being likewise[185]
Believe it, he[552]
Between [South]hampton[16]
Beware of fair and[234]
"Blest be the land[404]
"Blest be the time[201]
"Blood and Revenge[474]
Bold are her (bis)[459]
Both gems, and[312]
Bright matchless[424]
Bring forth your[557]
Britans, you stay[546]
But, all in vain[233]
"But as the wolf[468]
But, at last, there[200]
But did declare[407]
But ere the[402]
But heaven shall[464]
But heavens[463]
But here, good[35]
But how shall we[555]
But if his falsehood[231]
But if I cannot[232]
But if I seem as yet[127]
But if that every[32]
But if that thou[35]
But I'll not[560]
But let that pass[233]
But let the Poets[133]
But like Leander[237]
But, lo, in happy[553]
"But most of all[405]
But now, alas[405]
But now let Venus[35]
But now the harvest[33]
But now what[242]
But of thy[238]
But of thy heart[198]
But Plaints and[463]
But rather than[232]
But She, good Sir![559]
But sith thy[238]
But such as I can[234]
But 'tis dissolved[555]
But wavering[243]
"But well I know[126]
But when the[408]
But will ye not[235]
By her a kiss[462]
Can plighted[240]
Can they that sit[240]
Cease eyes to weep[180]
Changed is my[291]
Clip me no more[561]
"Clusters of[468]
Cold are her lips[459]
Colin, I know that[199]
Colin, my dear and[173]
Come forth, fair[127]
Come, my Love[359]
"Commend me to that[202]
Condemned he was[405]
Conflicts as[543]
Consider these[243]
Courteous Calliope[175]
Courteous Lady[202]
Coventry that[561]
Cruel fair Love[446]
Cupid's Posies[366]
Dear City![563]
Death, in a rage[428]
Diana shineth[288]
Die, die, my Hopes[196]
Distance of[462]
Do not too[363]
Doris, I love not[454]
Down from the[278]
Down in a bed[461]
"Do you resolve[464]
Drawn, cunning[302]
Each beast in[193]
Each frown of[364]
"Each little bird[553]
Ease by Disease[56]
Elstred I pity[466]
Eunica scorned[137]
Even as the lamp[293]
"Fair Bridegroom[134]
Fair Bristow[400]
Fairfax the[611]
"Fair Maid," quoth[402]
Fair Maids, my[366]
Fair matchless[443]
Fair Maudlin[400]
Fair Shepherdess[195]
Fair stood the[548]
Fairest, wear[365]
Far better had[292]
Farewell! Adieu![243]
"Farewell," quoth[399]
Far more's my[317]
Fearing of harm[542]
Feed, silly sheep![176]
First did I fear[434]
"For certainty it[555]
"For ere I will[407]
For every great gun[17]
For God's sake[560]
For he always did[237]
For help the[19]
For I, by suit[32]
For if alone[445]
For, lo, my careful[33]
"For, look, what[408]
For only Thee[274]
For she that[232]
For to behold my[286]
For they be such[529]
For they, for[231]
For trial shall[235]
For we, her peers[135]
For when he, by[230]
"Fortune and I[466]
Fortune, cross[275]
Frequent not[35]
From milk of[304]
"Gallant Captain[200]
Give her th' Eoan[532]
Give warmth to[173]
Glad was her[460]
Gloucester that Duke[551]
"'GOD bless thee'[472]
GOD that all this[14]
Gold upon gold[331]
Good folk, for[560]
"Grammercy, Sirs![15]
"Grant, fairest[432]
Grant me my[407]
Grant me, thy[406]
Great Janus, I[532]
Great ordnance[15]
Great sickness[20]
Great semptuous[317]
Great was the[277]
Had she been[562]
Half this is of[555]
Hard are the[428]
Hark, Lovers![300]
Hear how my Sighs[442]
He ne'er seemed[612]
Henry the Sixth[467]
Her bosom full[533]
Her canopy I'll[553]
"Here is no place[407]
Her father, he[409]
Her gentle[409]
Her loved I[558]
Her Master[407]
Her mother takes[403]
Hero did try[236]
He sighs, and sobs[405]
He shipped there[23]
He thinks his hap[237]
"He then replied[470]
He took his ship[230]
How did my Heart[556]
How doth fair[405]
How durst he[231]
How should'st thou[201]
"How well were I[405]
"I and the Council[472]
"I called the[471]
Idea, in which[562]
I doubtless cannot[34]
I grant an honour[454]
I had the vow[559]
"I have a brother[401,] [406]
"I have neither[201]
I have no Love[456]
If, aged Charon[445]
If April fresh[302]
If case such hap[240]
If cruel, thou[327]
If every woman[35]
If he be dead in[447]
"If his shafts[535]
If in the midst[285]
If I, poor wretch[34]
If I somewhile[297]
If Laura, thou[279]
If lovely Lass[282]
If love, wherein[313]
If poor thou art[108]
If sad Complaint[463]
If scalding[337]
If Scylla had not[235]
If Sea, no other[283]
If that I die, fair[449]
If those, by hope[464]
If thou art cold[321]
If thou intend'st[365]
If thus we needs[555]
If what is heavy[299]
If whilom, in times[298]
If white's the[293]
If you so would[229]
I live, sweet Love[437]
"I'll pawn a calf[120]
"I'll pawn no lamb[120]
"I might have died[435]
I never spent one[34]
I paid for love[35]
I pray the leave![561]
I rather wish[232]
I saw, sweet Licia[448]
I send you here[363]
I sowed both pure[33]
I speak, fair Licia[442]
I stood amazed[432]
I swear, fair[433]
I that Cupid[354]
"I then began to[126]
I think King[231]
I thrust my hand[34]
"I will both see[120]
"I will spend my[202]
I will, yea, and[529]
I wish sometimes[430]
I wrote my sighs[440]
Immortal fame to[131]
Inamoured Jove[431]
In Ida Vale[430]
In kenning of[547]
In King Antiochus[130]
In Love his[322]
In places far, or[541]
In silver stream[324]
In Sparta, long[134]
In such a height[556]
In tears she[400]
In the Egean[276]
In time the[438]
Into a pleasant[401]
Into despair it[34]
"Into the land[400]
In vasty sea[338]
It came to me[555]
It cannot two[555]
It is a pity you[361]
It shall suffice[232]
It told me, "In[555]
"It would be a[201]
Jason, that came[230]
Joy of my soul! My[324]
Justly of thee[288]
King Nisus had a[236]
Lady, the sun[284]
Lady, thou[290]
Lady, what time[299]
Laura is fair and[329]
"Leave me not[201]
Leave off, sweet[455]
Lest for a heart[360]
Let Theseus be![231]
"Let us conspire[464]
"Let's laugh at[554]
Let your Jests fly[557]
Licia, my Love[435]
Like Memnon's[448]
Like to the blacksome[276]
Like to the shipman[192]
Little fish, what[237]
"London's Lord[473]
Long since the[540]
Loose humour nor[537]
Lo, thus our[23]
Loud are my sighs[458]
Love and my Love[426]
Love, being blind[279]
Love, I repent me[451]
Love is like a[358]
Love, ope my[311]
"Love this fair[332]
Love was laid[429]
Love, with her hair[427]
Madam, two hearts[555]
Madmen, what gain[130]
"Maidens, why[534]
Marvel I do not,[297]
"Maudlin", quoth[406]
Meet are my[458]
Messengers went[18]
Most good, most[538]
Mother, your[353]
Mournful Amyntas[182]
Muse, bid the Morn[553]
My brother (bis)[467]
My brother Clarence[17]
My brother died[468]
My Debtor hath[33]
"My father[467]
My fixed faith[191]
My grief began[444]
My lips I'll[553]
My Laura wonders[305]
"My Lord," she said[470]
My Love, amazed[427]
My Love, I cannot[184]
My Love lay[431]
My Love was[436]
My Mistress[332]
"My Mistress[334]
My mourning[301]
"My thoughts[463,] [ 468]
Nay, just are they[241]
Nay, then I see[454]
"Nay," then said our[15]
Never, I think, had[556]
New is my love[457]
Non convitia[415]
None dares now[333]
None stands so[559]
No art nor force[105]
No gifts, no gold[241]
No man can be so[537]
No more a man, as[294]
No more I, for[552]
No, No; not so, for[241]
No pain like this[464]
No sooner do I[308]
No sooner had fair[178]
No sooner Laura [323]
Nor adamant[534]
Nor bravery doth[537]
Nor is he foul[454]
Nor is't the Verse[531]
"Nor Pelops' kingdom[122]
Nor speak I now[474]
Nor think the[317]
"Nor weep I now[466]
Not I, but many[34]
"Not long this[469]
Not vouching[243]
"Now as the sea[473]
"Now in the Spring[534]
Now may you hear[231]
"Now two there were[473]
Now were their[408]
"Now will I walk[404]
"O Cyclops![128]
"O Daphnis, what a[123]
"O fair, O lovely[135]
O fairest Fair, to[186]
O Faith, think not[241]
"O Galatea fair[126]
"O happy Bridegroom[135]
"O how happy is[202]
"O husband of the[122]
O Jupiter, and thou[132]
O Love leave off[188]
O Nicias, there is[125]
O rapture great[533]
O should a[243]
"O Sir," she said[405]
"O Sir," the gentle[408]
O sugared talk![450]
O that I were sly[309]
O thou self-little[533]
O what a wound[193]
O wretched[545]
O yes! O yes![560]
Of all that living[130]
Of constant love, I[305]
Of the Siege of[24]
Of thy streets[562]
Old King Cole[633-636]
On quicksedge[330]
"On the seas are[202]
"One kiss in two[554]
One lovely[307]
Or him that Rome[531]
Or if Demophoon's[236]
Or if she had[235]
Or if strewed[542]
Or if such[236]
Or if the deeds[557]
Or if you mind[228]
Or made posies[542]
Our King fully[16]
Our King himself[20]
Our King landed[17]
Our King rode forth[21]
Our King sent into[14]
Our King went up[22]
Ovid, within his[235]
Painter, in lively[325]
Pale are my looks[441]
Pardened of[320]
Perchance, my words[228]
Perchance, ye[232]
Phœbus had once[323]
Poets did feign[444]
Poets have still[129]
Poitiers and[549]
"Possessed with[469]
Priests of Apollo[556]
Proud is her (bis)[458]
Rankle the wound[285]
Remember thou the[242]
"Rest you still[201]
Revoke and call[242]
Rich Damask[315]
Rich is the[306]
Rich statue[532]
"Rivers and Grey[469]
Rivers unto the[313]
"Rivers was wise[469]
Rocked in a cradle[283]
"Rosamond was fair[465]
Sad, all alone, not[425]
"Sad Muse! set down[467]
Sad was her joy (bis)[460]
St. George was seen[22]
Say, Cupid, since[330]
"Say, gentle friend[309]
Scorn not my[456]
Seated on marble[294]
Seven are the[437]
She did her duty[406]
She falls upon[401]
She feigned a[461]
She hath no[559]
She kindly takes[401]
She scrat[ched][237]
She walks under[405]
Shoot forth no[298]
Shore's Wife, a[465]
Should faith to[240]
Should hate his guerdon[240]
Should I envy[455]
Show me no more[561]
Si cœlum patria[416]
S' impossibly I[539]
Since then among[124]
Since thou hast[291]
Sing Hymns to[558]
Sing me the Rose![541]
"Sith you repose[401]
Small was her (bis)[459]
Smile not, fair[453]
Some in their[189]
Some shipboys'[402]
Some use the [234]
"So did I live[474]
So his, which[530]
So, Lady, boldly[295]
So, Lady, I finding[339]
So shall the[230]
So that I silly[33]
So then was Daphnis[124]
Soowthern, I long[531]
Strange is this[335]
Such is the[314]
Sweet are my[457,] [458]
Sweet Bride, good[136]
Sweetheart, my[361]
Sweet, I protest[443]
"Sweet Laura[327]
"Sweet, love me[462]
Sweet sang thy[292]
"Sweet Youth,"[403]
Take heed, for thou[36]
Take thou not[36]
Tall was her[460]
"Telling what he[535]
Tell me, my dear,[180]
Thanked be Jesu![19]
Thanks, gentle[404]
That by the[530]
That crimson[319]
That day wherein[194]
That divided[542]
That early[537]
That have a sore[32]
That I myself[545]
That instrument[530]
That ivory hand[328]
That most[542]
That Princess, to[562]
That spray to[533]
That time, fair[434]
That whilst she[545]
The beast thus[140]
The beauty, that[280]
The bird of Thrace[192]
"The Bishop came[470]
"The Bishop home[471]
The Blazing Star[310]
The blood of fair[314]
The Card'nal went[471]
The Crow makes[310]
The cruel Nero[321]
The crystal[438]
The Druids[530]
The Duke of York[549]
The dusky cloud[304]
"The elder son[469]
The flaming torch[320]
The freedom of[539]
The Frenchmen threw[21]
The Gentiles used[286]
The golden[326]
The great guns[20]
The Grecians[307]
The hapless[337]
The heavens[316,] [426]
The heavens begin[331]
The heavens yet[132]
The Hound, by[184]
Th' immortal[316]
The Irish I[531]
The King at[15]
The King to[16]
"The Laws do[472]
"The lion[468]
The little fish[237]
The Macedonian[295]
The matter of[228]
The Merchant[402]
The Muse should[543]
The night drew[461]
The night is[400]
The Normands[18]
Th' old British[552]
The old man[563]
The perils which[183]
The Phœnix fair[186]
The Phocean it[529]
The price that I[35]
The Primrose[543]
"The Queen was[472]
The raging sea[190]
The red, or white[542]
The Ryme nor mars[543]
The Sea Nymphs[453]
The ship full[558]
The silly[464]
The snakes[328]
The snow-white[329]
"The sparrow[554]
"The Stage is set[465]
The stately lion[194]
The stranger, that[236]
The swift[281]
The toiling[464]
The wildest of[530]
The World's a City[108]
The young man[399]
Their course[16]
Then as the sun[295]
"Then as the wolf[473]
"Then, at the[473]
Then bethought[14]
Then blew the[22]
Then cast she[406]
Then doubt me not[274]
Then gives she[402]
Then hadst thou[238]
Then more[470]
Then said our[19]
"Then send me[463]
Then she, who[236]
Then should my[463]
"Then stay, sweet[461]
Then though a[339]
"Then wilt thou[120]
There are no[34]
"There both the[122]
Therefore boast[559]
Therefore buy[228]
There shone a[447]
Thereto I wish[233]
These are no[241]
These bracelets[362]
These Lyric[552]
These waves no[190]
These weeping[182]
These words I[233]
They now to fight[550]
They see thy conscience[241]
Things of most[364]
This done, as they[402]
This from the[613]
This girdle[363]
This heart so[534]
This little[363]
This modest she[462]
This scarf will[361]
This Scylla stole[236]
This while we are[540]
This while our[550]
Those ceaseless[532]
Those grim and[541]
Those parallels[533]
Thou didst[237]
Thou glorious Sun[196]
Thou, merry[290]
Thou stranger[282]
Though I do part[275]
Though in the[540]
Though pale my[455]
Though they[187]
Though we be all[531]
Though you be[188]
Through his[612]
Through thee, not[273]
"Thus Farewell,[202]
"Thus have I told[474]
Thus is the[317]
Thus of all as[24]
Thus of this[23]
Thus Polyphemus[128]
Thus sang these[122]
Thus still You[539]
Thus, through[403]
Thus to the sea[403]
"Thus tyrant[471]
Thy ancient[532]
Thy beauty[175]
Thy friend in[244]
Thy Love, fair[453]
Thy Voyages[548]
Till to that[556]
TIMANTES, when he[339]
"Time-tyrant Fate[466]
"'Tis ever Spring[122]
To give that life[278]
To hear this talk[456]
To him deserving[537]
To raise his mean[536]
To those that[531]
"To Vulcan[535]
To whose, the[547]
To you, I speak![234]
Tread you the[460]
True are my (bis)[457]
Trust not a man[235]
Turned to a stone[277]
Two winds, one[308]
Unbare that[333]
Under this[611]
Unto an Image[312]
Unto the fountain[179]
Unto thy favour[289]
Upon Saint[551]
Upon this sinful[536]
Upon triumphant[280]
Warwick in blood[551]
Weary was Love[425]
"Welcome, sweet[404]
Well it thine age[550]
Were it cemented[555]
Wer't granted me[539]
What cruel star[189]
"What if we call[121]
What lack you?[228]
What need I mourn?[178]
What now is[559]
What should I[360]
"What then? What[120]
"What therefore shall[120]
What though[541]
What time fair[181]
What time, with[284]
When all the[613]
When as her lute[439]
When as I wish[441]
When as my Licia[439]
When as my Love[436]
When as the[547]
When Chloris first[198]
When down their[550]
When first the [303,] [ 450]
When first the sun[303]
When GOD made all[108]
When he had read[407]
When I did part from[301]
When I did part, my[338]
When I more large[197]
When I, of my[336]
When M. heard her[406]
When no[408]
When she had[408]
When She was[322]
When she was born[197]
When Venus first[139]
When you appear[287]
Where be the Graces?[557]
Whereby I see that[33]
Wherefore I pray[233]
Where Nature hath[546]
Which, in his[548]
Which heart I let[32]
Which I pour forth[183]
Which life, I pray[233]
Which, six long[242]
Which unto gods[242]
"Which we have[55]
Which vow gave[242]
Whilst angry Juno[281]
Whilst foaming[306]
Whilst this[545]
"Whistler Menalcas[120]
White art thou[334]
White was the[287]
Who do not know[187]
Who joys in love?[319]
Who would a [have][243]
Whole showers of[176]
Whom promise[536]
Whom the base[537]
Whose constancy[537]
Whose constantness[229]
Whose heart hath[243]
Whose trade if[230]
Why have ye such[235]
Will you hear a[200]
"Wilt thou in singing[120]
With gold and[325]
With lovely[119]
With patience[191]
With Spanish yew[550]
With that bespake[403]
With thousand[336]
With trickling[400]
"Wolf, spare my[123]
"Ye groves and[121]
"Ye pleasant[121]
"Ye Shepherds tell[136]
Ye Virgins, that[234]
Ye wasteful[185]
Years, months[440]
Yet do I hope[339]
Yet, if I be[534]
Yet if thou chance[36]
Yet (if you shall[205]
Yet in a fine[536]
Yet many rivers[541]
"'Yet take my son[472]
Yet these me not[545]
Yet this Critic[545]
Yet will you[540]
You brave heroic[546]
You Fauns and[177]
You know I[229]
You lofty Pines[177]
You that embrace[199]
You whom the[174]
You whose deep wits[174]
Your course[546]
Yours was so[556]