Englands Helicon [1614] [S104628]

DMI number:

1743

Publication Date:

1614

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

S104628

EEBO/ECCO link:

http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&res_id=xri:eebo&rft_id=xri:eebo:citation:99840361

Shelfmark:

EEBO

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of 16th century verse and Collection of literary verse

Format:

Octavo

Comments:

VMO FULL TEXT: http://versemiscellaniesonline.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/texts/englands-helicon-1614/index/

Content/Publication

First Line:

Deign worthy Lady England's happy Muse

Page No:

sig. A2r

Poem Title:

To the Truly Virtuous and Honourable Lady, the Lady Elizabeth Cary

Attribution:

Richard More

Attributed To:

Richard More

First Line:

Only joy now here you are

Page No:

sig. B1r-B2r

Poem Title:

The Shepherd to his chosen nimph

Attribution:

S. Phil Sidney

Attributed To:

Sir Philip Sidney

First Line:

You shepherds which on hillocks sit

Page No:

sig. B2r-B4r

Poem Title:

Theorello: A Shepherd's Edillion.

Attribution:

E.B.

Attributed To:

Edmund Bolton

First Line:

Ring out your bells let mourning shows be spread

Page No:

B4r-B5r

Poem Title:

Astrophel's Love is dead

Attribution:

Sir. Phil. Sidney

Attributed To:

Sir Philip Sidney

First Line:

As withereth the primrose by the river

Page No:

B5r-B5v

Poem Title:

A Palinode

Attribution:

E.B.

Attributed To:

Edmund Bolton

First Line:

Go my flock go get ye hence

Page No:

B5v-B6v

Poem Title:

Astrophel the shepherd, his complaint to his flock

Attribution:

S. Phil. Sidney.

Attributed To:

Sir Philip Sidney

First Line:

Ye dainty nymphs that in this blessed brook

Page No:

B6v-B8v

Poem Title:

Hobinol's Ditty in praise of Eliza Queen of the Shepherds

Attribution:

Edm. Spencer.

Attributed To:

Edmund Spenser

First Line:

Gorbo as thou cam'st this way

Page No:

B8v-C1r

Poem Title:

The Shepherd's Daffodil

Attribution:

Michaell Drayton

Attributed To:

Michael Drayton

First Line:

Alas what pleasure now the pleasant spring

Page No:

C1r-C2r

Poem Title:

A Canzon Pastoral in honour of her Majesty

Attribution:

Edmund Bolton.

Attributed To:

Edmund Bolton

First Line:

What are my sheep without their wonted food

Page No:

C2v

Poem Title:

Melicertus Madrigal

Attribution:

Ro. Greene

Attributed To:

Robert Greene

First Line:

From Fortune's frowns and change remov'd

Page No:

C3r-C3v

Poem Title:

Old Damon's Pastoral

Attribution:

Thom. Lodge

Attributed To:

Thomas Lodge

First Line:

It fell upon a holy-eve

Page No:

C3v-C5r

Poem Title:

Perigot and Cuddy's Roundelay

Attribution:

Edm. Spencer.

Attributed To:

Edmund Spenser

First Line:

In the merry month of May

Page No:

C5r-C5v

Poem Title:

Phillida and Coridon

Attribution:

N. Breton

Attributed To:

Nicholas Breton [Britton]

First Line:

Beauty sat bathing by a spring

Page No:

C5v

Poem Title:

To Colin Clout

Attribution:

Sheepheard Tonie

Attributed To:

Anthony Munday

First Line:

Oh thou silver Thames o clearest crystal flood

Page No:

C6r-C7r

Poem Title:

Rowlands song in praise of the fairest Beta

Attribution:

Mich. Drayton

Attributed To:

Michael Drayton

First Line:

In pride of youth in midst of May

Page No:

C7r-C8r

Poem Title:

The Barginet of Antimachus

Attribution:

Thom. Lodge

Attributed To:

Thomas Lodge

First Line:

When tender ewes brought home with evening's sun

Page No:

C8r-C8v

Poem Title:

Menaphons Roundelay

Attribution:

Ro. Greene

Attributed To:

Robert Greene

First Line:

On a hill there grows a flower

Page No:

D1r-D1v

Poem Title:

A pastoral of Phillis and Coridon

Attribution:

N. Breton

Attributed To:

Nicholas Breton [Britton]

First Line:

Melampus when will Love be void of fears

Page No:

D1v

Poem Title:

Coridon and Melampus Song

Attribution:

Geo. Peele

Attributed To:

George Peele

First Line:

The silly swain whose love breeds discontent

Page No:

D2r

Poem Title:

Tityrus to his fair Phillis

Attribution:

I. D.

Attributed To:

John Dickenson

First Line:

Sweet thrall first step to Love's felicity

Page No:

D2r

Poem Title:

Shepherd

Attribution:

I.M.

Attributed To:

John Dickenson

First Line:

Fields were overspread with flowers

Page No:

D2v-D3r

Poem Title:

Another of the same author

Attribution:

I.M.

Attributed To:

John Dickenson

First Line:

Fair fields proud Flora's vaunt why i'st you smile

Page No:

D3r-D3v

Poem Title:

Menaphon to Pesana

Attribution:

Ro. Greene

Attributed To:

Robert Greene

First Line:

Good muse rock me a sleep

Page No:

D3v-D4r

Poem Title:

A sweete pastoral

Attribution:

N. Breton

Attributed To:

Nicholas Breton [Britton]

First Line:

Phillida was a fair maid

Page No:

D4v-D6r

Poem Title:

Harpalus complaint on Phillidaes love bestowed on Corin, who loved her not, and denied him that loved her

Attribution:

L.T. Haward, Earle of Surrie

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

On a goodly summer's day

Page No:

D6r-D8r

Poem Title:

Another of the same subject, but made as it were in answer

Attribution:

Shep. Tonie.

Attributed To:

Anthony Munday

First Line:

Wth fragrant flowers we strew the way

Page No:

D8r-D8v

Poem Title:

The nymphs meeting their May queen, entertain her with this ditty

Attribution:

Tho. Watson

Attributed To:

Thomas Watson

First Line:

Shepherds that wont on pipes of oaten reed

Page No:

D8v-E1v

Poem Title:

Colin Clout's mournful ditty for the death of Astrophel

Attribution:

Edm. Spencer.

Attributed To:

Edmund Spenser

First Line:

Jolly shepherd shepherd on a hill

Page No:

E1v

Poem Title:

Damaetas jig in praise of his love

Attribution:

Iohn Wootton

Attributed To:

John Wootton

First Line:

Phoebe sat

Page No:

E1v-E2r

Poem Title:

Montanus praise of his fair Phaebe

Attribution:

Thom. Lodge

Attributed To:

Thomas Lodge

First Line:

Thestylis a silly swain when love did him forsake

Page No:

E2v-E3r

Poem Title:

The complaint of Thestilis the forsaken shepherd

Attribution:

L.T. Howard, E. of Surrie

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My Phillis hath the morning sun

Page No:

E3r

Poem Title:

My Phillis hath the morning sun

Attribution:

S.E.D.

Attributed To:

Thomas Lodge

First Line:

Through the shrubs as I can crack

Page No:

E3v

Poem Title:

The shepherd Doron's jig

Attribution:

Ro. Greene

Attributed To:

Robert Greene

First Line:

Fair in a morn oh fairest morn

Page No:

E4r-E5r

Poem Title:

Astrophel his song of Phillida and Coridon

Attribution:

N. Breton

Attributed To:

Nicholas Breton [Britton]

First Line:

On a day alack the day

Page No:

E5r

Poem Title:

The passionate shepherd's song

Attribution:

W. Shakespeare

Attributed To:

William Hunnis

First Line:

My flocks feed not my ewes breed not

Page No:

E5v-E6r

Poem Title:

The unknown shepherd's complaint

Attribution:

Ignoto.

Attributed To:

Thomas Weelkes

First Line:

As it fell upon a day

Page No:

E6r-E6v

Poem Title:

Another of the same shepherds.

Attribution:

Ignoto.

Attributed To:

Richard Barnfield

First Line:

Actaeon lost in middle of his sport

Page No:

E6v-E7r

Poem Title:

The shepherds allusion of his own amorous infelicity, to the offence of Actaeon

Attribution:

T. Watson.

Attributed To:

Thomas Watson

First Line:

A turtle sat upon a leafless tree

Page No:

E7r-E7v

Poem Title:

Montanus Sonnet to his fair Phaebe

Attribution:

Thom. Lodge

Attributed To:

Thomas Lodge

First Line:

Down a down

Page No:

E7v-E8r

Poem Title:

Phoebes Sonnet, a reply to Montanus passion.

Attribution:

Thom. Lodge

Attributed To:

Thomas Lodge

First Line:

Sweet Phillis if a silly swain

Page No:

E8v-F1r

Poem Title:

Coridon's supplication to Phillis

Attribution:

N. Breton

Attributed To:

Nicholas Breton [Britton]

First Line:

Tune on my pipe the praises of my Love

Page No:

F1r-F2r

Poem Title:

Damaetas Madrigal in praise of his Daphnis

Attribution:

I. Wootton

Attributed To:

John Wootton

First Line:

Like to Diana in her summer weed

Page No:

F2r-F2v

Poem Title:

Doron's description of his fair Shepherdesse Samela

Attribution:

Ro. Greene

Attributed To:

Robert Greene

First Line:

The sun the season in each thing

Page No:

F2v-F3r

Poem Title:

Wodenfrides song in praise of Amargana

Attribution:

W.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Happy shepherds sit and see

Page No:

F3v-F4v

Poem Title:

Another of the same

Attribution:

W.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A careful nymph with careless grief oppressed

Page No:

F4v-F5r

Poem Title:

An excellent pastoral ditty

Attribution:

Shep. Tonie.

Attributed To:

Anthony Munday

First Line:

Corydon arise my Corydon

Page No:

F5r-F6r

Poem Title:

Phillidaes Love-call to her Coridon, and his replying

Attribution:

Ignoto.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Phoebus delights to view his laurel tree

Page No:

F6v

Poem Title:

The Shepherd's Solace

Attribution:

Tho. Watson

Attributed To:

Thomas Watson

First Line:

Let now the goodly Spring-tide make us merry

Page No:

F6v-F8r

Poem Title:

Syrenus Song to Eugerius

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

O let that time a thousand months endure

Page No:

F8r-G1v

Poem Title:

The Shepherd Arsileus reply to Syrenus Song.

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

A silly shepherd lately sat

Page No:

G1v-G2r

Poem Title:

A Shepherd's dream

Attribution:

N. Breton

Attributed To:

Nicholas Breton [Britton]

First Line:

Nights were short and days were long

Page No:

G2r-G3v

Poem Title:

The Shepherd's Ode

Attribution:

Rich. Barnefielde

Attributed To:

Richard Barnfield

First Line:

What shepherd can express

Page No:

G4r-G4v

Poem Title:

The shepherd's commendation of his nymph.

Attribution:

Earle of Oxenford.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Alas my heart mine eye hath wronged thee

Page No:

G4v-G5r

Poem Title:

Coridon to his Phillis

Attribution:

S. E. Dyer

Attributed To:

Sir Edward Dyer

First Line:

Shepherd what's Love I pray thee tell

Page No:

G5v

Poem Title:

The Shepherd's description of his love

Attribution:

Ignoto.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Feed on my flocks securely

Page No:

G6r

Poem Title:

To his Flocks

Attribution:

H.C.

Attributed To:

Henry Chettle

First Line:

Tell me thou gentle shepherds swain

Page No:

G6r-G6v

Poem Title:

A Roundelay between two shepherds

Attribution:

Mich. Drayton

Attributed To:

Michael Drayton

First Line:

Oh shady vales oh fair enriched meads

Page No:

G6v-G7r

Poem Title:

The solitary shepherd's song.

Attribution:

Thom. Lodge

Attributed To:

Thomas Lodge

First Line:

If Jove himself be subject unto love

Page No:

G7r-G7v

Poem Title:

The Shepherd's resolution in love

Attribution:

Tho. Watson

Attributed To:

Thomas Watson

First Line:

Would mine eyes were crystal fountains

Page No:

G7v-G8r

Poem Title:

Coridon's hymn in praise of Amarillis

Attribution:

T.B.

Attributed To:

Thomas Bradshaw

First Line:

I prithee keepe my kine for me

Page No:

G8r-H1v

Poem Title:

The Shepherd Carillo his song.

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

What time bright Titan in the Zenith sat

Page No:

H1v-H2r

Poem Title:

Corins dream of his fair Chloris.

Attribution:

W.S.

Attributed To:

William Smith

First Line:

Ah trees why fall your leaves so fast

Page No:

H2r-H2v

Poem Title:

The Shepherd Damon's passion

Attribution:

Thom. Lodge

Attributed To:

Thomas Lodge

First Line:

Come shepherd's weeds become your master's mind

Page No:

H2v

Poem Title:

The Shepherd Musidorus his complaint.

Attribution:

S. Phil. Sidney.

Attributed To:

Sir Philip Sidney

First Line:

We love and have our loves rewarded

Page No:

H3r

Poem Title:

The Shepherd's brawl, one half answering the other.

Attribution:

S. Phil Sidney.

Attributed To:

Sir Philip Sidney

First Line:

My sheep are thoughts which I both guide and serve

Page No:

H3r

Poem Title:

Dorus his comparisons

Attribution:

S. Phil. Sidney.

Attributed To:

Sir Philip Sidney

First Line:

A fair maid wed to prying jealousy

Page No:

H3v-H4r

Poem Title:

The Shepherd Faustus his song.

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

If that the gentle wind

Page No:

H4r-H5r

Poem Title:

Another of the same, by Firmius the shepherd.

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

Diaphenia like the daffadowndilly

Page No:

H5r-H5v

Poem Title:

Damelus song to his Diaphenia

Attribution:

H.C.

Attributed To:

Henry Chettle

First Line:

When Flora proud in pomp of all her flowers

Page No:

H5v-H6v

Poem Title:

The Shepherd Eurymachus to his fair shepherdess Mirimida

Attribution:

Ro. Greene.

Attributed To:

Robert Greene

First Line:

Shepherds give ear and now be still

Page No:

H6v-H8r

Poem Title:

The Shepherd Firmius his song

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

Praised be Diana's fair and harmless light

Page No:

H8r

Poem Title:

The shepherd's praise of his sacred Diana

Attribution:

Ignoto

Attributed To:

Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh]

First Line:

Like desert woods with darksome shades obscured

Page No:

H8v

Poem Title:

The shepherd's dump

Attribution:

S.E.D.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When that I poor soul was born

Page No:

H8v-I1v

Poem Title:

The Nymph Dianaes song.

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

Fair love rest thee here

Page No:

I1v-I2v

Poem Title:

Rowlands Madrigal

Attribution:

Mich. Drayton

Attributed To:

Michael Drayton

First Line:

No more oh cruel nymph now hast thou prayed

Page No:

I3r-I4r

Poem Title:

Alanius the shepherd, his doleful song, complaining of Ismeniaes cruelty.

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

I serve Aminta whiter than the snow

Page No:

I4r

Poem Title:

Montana the shepherd, his love to Aminta

Attribution:

Shep. Tonie.

Attributed To:

Anthony Munday

First Line:

Oh woods unto your walks my body hies

Page No:

I4v-I5r

Poem Title:

The shepherd's sorrow for his Phaebes disdain.

Attribution:

Ignoto.

Attributed To:

Thomas Lodge

First Line:

Tune up my voice a higher note I yield

Page No:

I5r

Poem Title:

Espilus and Therion, their contention in song for the May-lady

Attribution:

S. Phil. Sidney.

Attributed To:

Sir Philip Sidney

First Line:

Love's queen long waiting for her true love

Page No:

I5v-I6r

Poem Title:

Old Melibeus song, courting his nymph

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My life young shepherdess for thee

Page No:

I6r-I6v

Poem Title:

The Shepherd Sylvanus his Song

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

A blithe and bonny country lass

Page No:

I6v-I7r

Poem Title:

Coridons song

Attribution:

Thom. Lodge

Attributed To:

Thomas Lodge

First Line:

My fairest Ganymede disdain me not

Page No:

I7v

Poem Title:

The shepherd's sonnet

Attribution:

Rich. Barnefielde.

Attributed To:

Richard Barnfield

First Line:

I see thee jolly Shepherd merry

Page No:

I7v-I8v

Poem Title:

Selvagia and Silvanus, their song to Diana

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

It was a valley gawdy green

Page No:

I8v-K1v

Poem Title:

Montanus his madrigal

Attribution:

Ro. Greene

Attributed To:

Robert Greene

First Line:

If Orpheus' voice had force to breathe such music's love

Page No:

K1v-K2r

Poem Title:

Astrophel to Stella, his third song

Attribution:

S. Phil. Sidney.

Attributed To:

Sir Philip Sidney

First Line:

Who hath of Cupid's cates and dainties preyed

Page No:

K2r-K3r

Poem Title:

A song between Syrenus and Sylvanus

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

Swell Ceres now for other Gods are shrinking

Page No:

K3r-K3v

Poem Title:

Ceres song in emulation of Cynthia

Attribution:

The Authors name unknowne to me

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As to the blooming prime

Page No:

K3v-K4r

Poem Title:

A Pastoral ode to an honourable friend

Attribution:

E.B.

Attributed To:

Edmund Bolton

First Line:

When women knew no woe

Page No:

K4r-K4v

Poem Title:

A Nymph's disdain of love

Attribution:

Ignoto.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My heart and tongue were twins at once conceived

Page No:

K4v

Poem Title:

Apollo's love-song for fair Daphne

Attribution:

The Author thereof unknowne

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Never a greater foe did love disdain

Page No:

K5r-K6r

Poem Title:

The shepherd Delicius his ditty

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

Aurora now began to rise again

Page No:

K6r-K7r

Poem Title:

Amintas for his Phillis

Attribution:

Tho. Watson

Attributed To:

Thomas Watson

First Line:

Of mine own self I do complain

Page No:

K7r-K8r

Poem Title:

Faustus and Firmius sing to their Nymph by turns

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

What change's here oh hair

Page No:

K8r-K8v

Poem Title:

Sireno a shepherd, having a lock of his fair nymphs hair, wrapt about with green silk, mourns thus in a love-ditty

Attribution:

Translated by S. Phil Sidney, outof Montmaior

Attributed To:

Sir Philip Sidney

First Line:

The cause why that thou dost deny

Page No:

L1r-L1v

Poem Title:

A song between Taurius and Diana, Answer / reply for verse

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

Herbs words and stones all maladies have cured

Page No:

L1v

Poem Title:

Another song before her majesty at Oxford, sung by a comely shepherd, attended on by sundry other shephers and nymphs

Attribution:

Anonimus

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sweet music sweeter far

Page No:

L2r-L2v

Poem Title:

The shepherd's song: a carol or hymn for Christmas

Attribution:

E.B.

Attributed To:

Edmund Bolton

First Line:

Let now each mead with flowers be depainted

Page No:

L2v-L3v

Poem Title:

Arsileus his carol, for joy of the new marriage between Syrenus and Diana

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

Clorinda false adieu thy love torments me

Page No:

L4r

Poem Title:

Philistus farewell to false Clorinda

Attribution:

Out of M. Morleyes Madrigalls

Attributed To:

Thomas Morley

First Line:

Love in my bosom like a bee

Page No:

L4r-L4v

Poem Title:

Rosalinds Madrigal

Attribution:

Thom. Lodge

Attributed To:

Thomas Lodge

First Line:

Shepherd why dost thou hold thy peace

Page No:

L5r-L5v

Poem Title:

A dialogue song between Sylvanus and Arsilius

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

When the dog

Page No:

L5v-L6r

Poem Title:

Montanus Sonnet

Attribution:

S.E.D.

Attributed To:

Thomas Lodge

First Line:

Shepherd who can pass such wrong

Page No:

L6r-L6v

Poem Title:

The nymph Seluagia her song

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

What pleasure have great princes

Page No:

L6v-L7v

Poem Title:

The Herd-man's happy life

Attribution:

Out of M. Birds set songs

Attributed To:

William Byrd

First Line:

Near to the river banks with green

Page No:

L7v-L8v

Poem Title:

Cynthia the nymph, her song to fair Polydora

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

Sweet Violets Love's paradise that spread

Page No:

M1r-M1v

Poem Title:

The Shepherd to the flowers

Attribution:

Ignoto.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now love and fortune turn to me again

Page No:

M1v-M2r

Poem Title:

The Shepherd Arsilius, his song to his Rebeck

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

In a grove most rich of shade

Page No:

M2v-M4r

Poem Title:

Author of Astrophel to his Stella

Attribution:

S. Phil. Sidney.

Attributed To:

Sir Philip Sidney

First Line:

Passed contents

Page No:

M4r-M4v

Poem Title:

Syrenus his song to Dianaes flocks

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

Though Amarillis dance in green

Page No:

M5r-M5v

Poem Title:

To Amarillis

Attribution:

Out of M. Birds set Songs

Attributed To:

William Byrd

First Line:

Faustus if thou wilt read from me

Page No:

M5v-M6v

Poem Title:

Cardenia the nymph, to her false shepherd Faustus

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

As I beheld I saw a herdman wild

Page No:

M7r

Poem Title:

Of Phillida

Attribution:

Out of M. Birds set songs

Attributed To:

William Byrd

First Line:

Young shepherd turn aside and move

Page No:

M7r-M7v

Poem Title:

Melisea her song, in scorn of her shepherd Narcissus

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

If to be lov'd it thee offend

Page No:

M7v-M8r

Poem Title:

His answer to the nymph's song.

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

Methinks thou tak'st the worser way

Page No:

M8r

Poem Title:

Her present answer again to him.

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

Since thou to me wert so unkind

Page No:

M8v

Poem Title:

His last reply.

Attribution:

Bar. Yong.

Attributed To:

Bartholomew Yong

First Line:

While that the sun with his beams hot

Page No:

N1r-N1v

Poem Title:

Philon the shepherd, his song

Attribution:

Out of M. Birds set songs

Attributed To:

William Byrd

First Line:

In dew of roses steeping her lovely cheeks

Page No:

N1v

Poem Title:

Lycoris the nymph, her sad song

Attribution:

Out of M. Morleyes Madrigalls

Attributed To:

Thomas Morley

First Line:

Burst forth my tears assist my forward grief

Page No:

N2r

Poem Title:

To his flocks

Attribution:

unattributed

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come away come sweet love

Page No:

N2r-N2v

Poem Title:

To his love.

Attribution:

These three ditties were taken out of Master John Dowland's book of tabliature for the lute, the authors' names not there set down, and therefore left to their owners.

Attributed To:

John Dowland

First Line:

Away with these self-loving lads

Page No:

N3r-N3v

Poem Title:

Another of his Cynthia

Attribution:

These three ditties were taken out of Master John Dowland's book of tabliature for the lute, the authors' names not there set down, and therefore left to their owners.

Attributed To:

H. Greville

First Line:

My thoughts are winged with hopes my hopes with love

Page No:

N3v-N4r

Poem Title:

Another to his Cynthia

Attribution:

These three ditties were taken out of Master John Dowland's book of tabliature for the lute, the authors' names not there set down, and therefore left to their owners.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Alas how wander I amidst these woods

Page No:

N4r

Poem Title:

Montanus Sonnet in the woods

Attribution:

S.E.D.

Attributed To:

Thomas Lodge

First Line:

Muses help me sorrow swarmeth

Page No:

N4v-N6r

Poem Title:

The Shepherd's sorrow, being disdained in love.

Attribution:

Thom. Lodge

Attributed To:

Thomas Lodge

First Line:

Fie on the sleights that men devise

Page No:

N6r-N7r

Poem Title:

A pastoral song between Phillis and Amarillis, two nymphs, each answering other line for line

Attribution:

H.C.

Attributed To:

Henry Constable

Henry Chettle

First Line:

Near to a bank with roses set about

Page No:

N7r-N7v

Poem Title:

The shepherd's anthem

Attribution:

Mich. Drayton

Attributed To:

Michael Drayton

First Line:

A shepherd and a shepherdess

Page No:

N7v-O1r

Poem Title:

The countess of Pembroke's pastoral

Attribution:

Shep. Tonie.

Attributed To:

Anthony Munday

First Line:

The nightingale so soon as April bringeth

Page No:

O1r-O1v

Poem Title:

Another of Astrophel

Attribution:

S. Phil Sidney

Attributed To:

Sir Philip Sidney

First Line:

All is not gold that shineth bright in show

Page No:

O1v-O2r

Poem Title:

An Invective against Love

Attribution:

unattributed

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Shepherd saw you not

Page No:

O2v-O4r

Poem Title:

Fair Phillis and her shepherd

Attribution:

I.G.

Attributed To:

John Grange

First Line:

Venus fair did ride

Page No:

O4r-O6v

Poem Title:

The shepherd's song of Venus and Adonis

Attribution:

H.C.

Attributed To:

Henry Constable

Henry Chettle

First Line:

Thirsis to die desired

Page No:

O6v-O7r

Poem Title:

Thirsis the shepherd his death's song

Attribution:

Out of Master N. Young his Musica Transalpina

Attributed To:

Nicholas Yonge

First Line:

Thirsis enjoyed the graces

Page No:

O7r

Poem Title:

Another stanza added after.

Attribution:

Out of the same.

Attributed To:

Nicholas Yonge

First Line:

Zephirus brings the time that sweetly scenteth

Page No:

O7v

Poem Title:

Another sonnet thence taken.

Attribution:

Unattributed

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In peascod time when hound to horn

Page No:

O7v-P1v

Poem Title:

The shepherd's slumber

Attribution:

Ignoto

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If love be life I long to die

Page No:

P2r

Poem Title:

Dispraise of Love, and Louers' follies

Attribution:

Ignoto

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In wonted walks since wonted fancies change

Page No:

P2v

Poem Title:

No title but the catchword on the previous page is 'Another'

Attribution:

Sir. Phil. Sidney

Attributed To:

Sir Philip Sidney

First Line:

Shall I say that I love you

Page No:

P2v-P3v

Poem Title:

Of disdainful Daphne

Attribution:

M. H. Nowell

Attributed To:

Henry Noel

First Line:

Come live with me and be my love

Page No:

P3v-P4r

Poem Title:

The passionate shepherd to his love

Attribution:

Chr. Marlow

Attributed To:

Christopher Marlowe

First Line:

If all the world and love were young

Page No:

P4r-P4v

Poem Title:

The nymph's reply to the shepherd

Attribution:

Ignoto

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come live with my and be my dear

Page No:

P4v-P5v

Poem Title:

Another of the same nature, made since.

Attribution:

Ignoto

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Joyne mates in mirth to me

Page No:

P5v-P6v

Poem Title:

Two Pastorals upon three friends meeting

Attribution:

S. Phil. Sidney.

Attributed To:

Sir Philip Sidney

First Line:

Through a fair forrest as I went

Page No:

P7r-P8v

Poem Title:

The woodman's walk

Attribution:

Shep. Tonie.

Attributed To:

Anthony Munday

First Line:

Like desert woods with darksome shades obscured

Page No:

P8v-Q1r

Poem Title:

Thirsis the shepherd, to his pipe.

Attribution:

Ignoto

Attributed To:

Thomas Lodge

First Line:

My wanton muse that whilome wont to sing

Page No:

Q1r-Q2r

Poem Title:

An Heroical Poem

Attribution:

Ignoto

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Virtue beauty and speech did strike wound charm

Page No:

Q2r-Q2v

Poem Title:

An excellent sonnet of a nymph' [EV]

Attribution:

S. Phil. Sidney.

Attributed To:

Sir Philip Sidney

First Line:

Shall we go dance the hay The hay

Page No:

Q2v-Q3r

Poem Title:

A report song in a dream, between a shepherd and his nymph.

Attribution:

N. Breton

Attributed To:

Nicholas Breton [Britton]

First Line:

Say that I should say I love ye

Page No:

Q3r

Poem Title:

Another of the same

Attribution:

N. Breton

Attributed To:

Nicholas Breton [Britton]

First Line:

The frozen snake oppressed with heaped snow

Page No:

Q3v

Poem Title:

The Lover's absence kills me, her presence kills me

Attribution:

Ignoto

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Prometheus when first from heaven high

Page No:

Q4r

Poem Title:

The shepherd's conceit of Prometheus

Attribution:

S.E.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Edward Dyer

First Line:

A satyr once did run away for dread

Page No:

Q4v

Poem Title:

Another of the same

Attribution:

S. Phil. Sidney.

Attributed To:

Sir Philip Sidney

First Line:

Fair nymphs sit ye here by me

Page No:

Q5r-Q6r

Poem Title:

The shepherd's sun

Attribution:

Shep. Tonie.

Attributed To:

Anthony Munday

First Line:

The fairest pearls that Northern seas do breed

Page No:

Q6v-Q7r

Poem Title:

Love the only price of love

Attribution:

Ignoto

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O gentle love ungentle for thy deed

Page No:

Q7r-Q7v

Poem Title:

Colin the enamoured shepherd, singeth this passion of love.

Attribution:

Geo. Peele

Attributed To:

George Peele

First Line:

Melpomene the muse of tragic songs

Page No:

Q7v

Poem Title:

Oenones complaint in blank verse.

Attribution:

Geo. Peele

Attributed To:

George Peele

First Line:

Hark jolly shepherds

Page No:

Q8r

Poem Title:

The shepherd's consort

Attribution:

Out of Ma. Morley's Madrigals

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

On a hill that graced the plain

Page No:

Q8r-R1v

Poem Title:

Thirsis praise of his mistress

Attribution:

W. Browne

Attributed To:

William Browne

First Line:

Now have I learned with much ado at last

Page No:

R1r

Poem Title:

A defiance to disdainful love

Attribution:

Ignoto

Attributed To:

Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh]

First Line:

Aurora's blush the ensign of the day

Page No:

R1v-R3r

Poem Title:

An Epithalamium or a Nuptial Song, applied to the ceremonies of marriage

Attribution:

Christopher Brooke

Attributed To:

Christopher Brooke