GIBT

OF THE

Early English Poets,

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED

AN HISTORICAL SKETCH

OF THE

RISE AND PROGRESS

OF THE

ENGLISH POETRY AND LANGUAGE;

IN THREE VOLUMES.

BY GEORGE ELLIS, ESQ.

THE FOURTH EDITION CORRECTED.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND

BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1811.

CONTENTS

OF VOL. II.

CH A P. XVI.

REIGN OF HENRY VIII.

JOHN SKELTON.-William Roy.John Heyivood.

Sir David Lindsay.-The Mourning Maiden.

page 1

SPECIMENS.

Reign of Henry VIII. continued

Reign of Edward VI.

Reign of Queen Mary

Reign of Queen Elizabeth

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GLOSSARY

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