A. W.

The identity of "A. W." has never been revealed.
The initials are only known as the signature to a number
of poems published in Davison's Poetical Rhapsody.
Heart's Hiding.

To Time..

....

ALEXANDER, WILLIAM, EARL OF STIRLING (1567-1640), born
at Menstree, Scotland. Educated at the universities of
Glasgow and Leyden, In 1621 James I. gave him a grant
of Nova Scotia, which charter has been the cause of con-
siderable discussion. He was the intimate friend of Drum-
mond of Hawthornden, who addressed him in several of
his sonnets in bereavement at the loss of his (Drum-
mond's) mistress. His first published work was the
Tragedie of Darius, 1603, followed in 1604 by A Parænsis
to the Prince, and the Monarchicke Tragedies including
Darius and the new Croesus;. The Alexandræan, a Tragedy,
1605, Julius Cæsar, 1607. His most ambitious work, Dooms-
day, or the Great Day of the Lord's Judgment, appeared
1614; and the first collected edition of his works, The
Recreations of the Muses, 1637.

To Aurora..

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ARMSTRONG, THOMAS. Nothing is known of Armstrong except
that he was executed for murder in 1601 and wrote this
poem on the night before his death. See notes.
Good Night

AYTON, SIR ROBERT (1570-1638), born at the Castle of Kin-
aldie in parish of Cameron near St. Andrews. He was
knighted in August, 1602, and became ambassador to Ger-

many.

To His Forsaken Mistress..
To an Inconstant One...

BACON, FRANCIS, LORD VERULAM. VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS (1561-
1626), born at York House in the Strand, London. Edu-
cated at Trinity College, Cambridge, followed by foreign
travel. Was knighted by James I., July, 1603; appointed
King's Counsel, 1604; sworn of the Privy Council, 1616,
and received appointment of Keeper of the Great Seal.
On January 4, 1618, was made Lord High Chancellor,
and on 11 July, the same year, ennobled Baron of
Verulam, and raised in 1621 to the dignity of Vis-
count St. Albans. Undoubtedly the greatest of modern
philosophers, Bacon's writings remain the monument of
Elizabethan prose. The most important are: Essays or
Counsels, Civil and Moral, 1597; The Treatise on the
Advancement of Learning, 1605; De Sapientia Veterum,
1609; Novum Organum, 1620; The De Augmentis Sci-
entiarum, a translation of the Advancement of Learning,
revised and enlarged, 1623; and the Apothegms, 1625.
The World..

BARNES, BARNABY (1569-1609). The younger son of the Bishop
of Durham; a student at Brasenose College, Oxford, in
1586, which he left without taking a degree. His travels
abroad are said to have been extensive; and Doctor Bliss
states (Athen. Oxon. edit., 1815) that he accompanied the
Earl of Essex into France. His works which Professor
Dowden rated superior to Watson's are: Parthenophil and
Parthenope, Sonnets, Madrigals, Elegies and Odes, 1593;
A Divine Century of Spiritual Sonnets, 1595; Four
Books of Offices. Enabling Private Persons for the Special
Service of all Good Princes and Policies, 1606; Devil's
Charter, a Tragedy, 1607.

. Ah, Sweet Content, Where Is Thy Mild Abode?.
The Talent..

BARNFIELD, RICHARD (1574-1627).

Born at Norbury, in Shrop-

shire. He was the son of a gentleman, a student at Ox-
ford, and the friend of the poet Michael Drayton. He
published in 1594, The Affectionate Shepherd, a small
volume of poems dedicated to Penelope Lady Rich, the
Stella of Sidney's famous sonnets. In 1595 he published
a second volume, Cynthia, and in 1598 a third, Lady
Pecunia, wherein appeared two beautiful pieces which in
the following year were piratically published by Jagger in

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The Passionate Pilgrim on whose title-page Shakespeare
appears as the author. At an early age Barnfield gave
up authorship and retired to the country.

Philomela

If Music and Sweet Poetry Agree..

BEAUMONT, FRANCIS (1586-1616). Descended from the ancient
and noble family of the name whose residence was at
Grace-Dieu in Leicestershire. Educated a gentleman-
commoner of Broadgate's Hall (now Pembroke College),
Oxford. He became a member of the Inner Temple after
leaving college, but is supposed not to have become very
profoundly versed in the principles of jurisprudence.
Ralph, the May-Lord..

The Indifferent.

The Bridal Song..

Master Francis Beaumont's Letter to Ben Jonson.

No Medicine to Mirth.

A Round..

On the Tombs in Westminster Abbey.
Luce's Dirge....

BEAUMONT, SIR JOHN (1583-1627). An elder brother of the
celebrated dramatist. Entered a gentleman-commoner at
Broadgate's Hall (now Pembroke College), Oxford, 1596.
Anthony Wood ascribes to him The Crown of Thorns,
a poem in eight books never printed. His son gave his
father's writings to the world under the title of Bos-
worth's Field, with a taste of the Variety of Other Poems,
1629.

Of His Dear Son, Gervase..

BEST, CHARLES (f. 1602), was a contributor to Francis Davi-
son's Poetical Rhapsody, by which connection alone his
name is known. To the first edition he contributed two
pieces, A Sonnet to the Sun, and A Sonnet to the Moon.
To the third edition in 1611, he contributed An Epitaph
on Henry Fourth, the Last French King, An Epitaph on
Queen Elizabeth, Union's Jewell, A Panegyrick to My
Sovereign Lord the King, and some few other less
notable poems.
The Moon.

BOLTON, EDMUND (1575-1633), first appeared as an author in
1600, when he was associated with Sidney, Spenser, Raleigh,
and other poets as a contributor to England's Helicon. His
chief distinction is as historian and antiquarian. Ritson
describes him as a profound scholar and eminent
critic," while in the opinion of Hunter he stands as an
antiquarian beside Camden, Selden, and Spelman. Early
in life Bolton formed an acquaintance with Camden,
and made extensive travels in England and Ireland in
search of antiquities. He belonged to a Catholic family.
A Canzon Pastoral in Honour of Her Majesty.

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BOYD, MARK ALEXANDER (1563-1601). Born in Galloway,
Scotland. Educated at Glasgow University and in France,
studying Civil Law at Bruges. His youth was character-
ized by roistering adventures, and he served some time as
a soldier in the service of Henry III. of France. He
was known as an eminent Greek and Latin scholar, and
achieved distinction as an authority in International Law.
Returning to Scotland after many years abroad, in 1595
he became tutor to the Earl of Cassilis and died at
Penkill. His chief work was entitled Epistolæ, Heroides
et Hymni; he left besides many unpublished manuscripts
which are preserved in the Advocates' Library, Edin-
burgh.

Sonet

BRETON, NICHOLAS (1545-1626). Born it is supposed in London.
His father was a successful merchant who had amassed
a large fortune and considerable property. It is not posi-
tively known that Breton was a university man, though
several references in his works indicate that he was in
attendance at Oriel College, Oxford. The facts of the
poet's life are very scanty, and he does not seem to have
associated much with the great contemporary group of
poets; yet it is known that he enjoyed a long and intimate
friendship with the Countess of Pembroke, who, being
an ardent Protestant, was in sympathy with the poet's
religious attacks against Romanism in his prose tracts.
Breton was a regular contributor to the poetical collec-
tions of his age, and his poetical fame induced an enter-
prising publisher, Richard Jones, to issue two miscellanies
under his name: Breton's Bowre of Delights, 1591, and
The Arbor of Amorous Devices, 1597. Beside a long list
of volumes of poetry he was the author of a number of
prose works.

Phyllida and Corydon..

Olden Love-Making.

A Pastoral of Phyllis and Corydon.

Her Eyes..

On the Excellence of His Mistress.

Corydon's Supplication..

A Sweet Pastoral..

The Happy Countryman.

A Sweet Lullaby.

The Soul's Haven.

BROWNE, WILLIAM (1590-1645). Born at Tavistock, Devon-
shire. Educated at Oxford and the Inner Temple. Little
is known of his life, except that in his youth he was in-
timate with Ben Jonson, Drayton, and Selden. He is con-
sidered the chief of that group of writers belonging to the
"school of Spenser." He was undoubtedly the finest
writer of pastorals among early and middle English poets.
A Round..

Fairest, When by the Rules of Palmistry.

Song of the Siren...

Down in a Valley, by a Forest's Side..

The Rose..

The Charm.

An Epitaph.

In Obitum M S, X. Maij, 1614.
Let No Bird Sing...

CAMPION, THOMAS (1567?-1619). Educated at Cambridge and
Grey's Inn. His first publication was Latin Epigrams,
1594. Between 1601 and 1617 he published four Song
Books, for which he wrote, in greater part, both words
and music; in one, however, he collaborated with Philip
Rosseter. In 1602 he issued his Observations in the
Art of English Poesy, in which he censured the vulgar
and inartificial custom of riming," making an effort in
this to prove that English poetry was faulty in not fol-
lowing the classics. This drew from Samuel Daniel a
response which ably refuted Campion's theory. With
Shakespeare and Herrick, he is, however, one of the
finest lyrists of Elizabethan poetry.
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Hark, All You Ladies..

To Music Bent Is My Retired Mind.
O Come Quickly

CAREW, THOMAS (1598-1638), was an Oxford man who was
fonder of " roving after hounds and hawks" than dili-
gently pursuing his studies. 'He entered the diplomatic
service, and, attracting the attention of Charles I., be-
came cupbearer in ordinary and gentleman to the privy
chamber to that monarch. He was the intimate asso-
ciate of Suckling and Davenant.

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