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Title: An English Garner (8 of 8) Ingatherings from our History and Literature Author: Various Editor: Edward Arber Release Date: July 22, 2016 [EBook #52620] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AN ENGLISH GARNER (8 OF 8) *** Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Brian Wilsden and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) COVER AN ENGLISH GARNER INGATHERINGS FROM OUR HISTORY AND LITERATURE BY EDWARD ARBER, F.S.A. 'Yea, history hath triumphed over time—which besides it, nothing but eternity hath triumphed over.' Sir W. Raleigh, Hist. of the World. 'Airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers.' J. Milton, Areopagitica. * * * * * * * * ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. 2 WHITEHALL GARDENS, WESTMINSTER MDCCCXCVII [Pg 1] Contents of the Eighth Volume. PAGE 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 Hakluyt The 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 Queen Elizabeth; and of his ride to King James afterwards Earl of at 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 Fairfax my 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 [Pg 5] [Pg 6] FIRST LINES OF POEMS AND STANZAS. PAGE 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 [Pg 7] 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 [Pg 8] 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 [Pg 9] 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 [Pg 10]