THE

SHAKESPEARE

ANTHOLOGY.

1592-1616 A.D.

EDITED BY

PROFESSOR EDWARD ARBER, F.S.A.,

FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON, ETC.

'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever;

Its loveliness increases.

KEATS

PRINCETON NJ

LONDON:

HENRY FROWDE,

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE, AMEN CORNER, E.C.

NEW YORK: 91 & 93 FIFTH Avenue.

1899.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

Anonymous Poems .

24-26, 45-47, 81, 82, 102, 130-132, 162, 163,
179, 180, 192-195, 223-225, 252, 265, 286, 287

ARMSTRONG (hanged, for the murder of Sir JOHN CAR-

MICHAEL, in November 1600); THOMAS.

BARNES (1569-1609); BARNABY

BARNFIELD (1574-1627); RICHARD

BEAUMONT (1584-1616); FRANCIS .

BEAUMONT, and JOHN FLETCHER; FRANCIS
BRETON (1545-1626); NICHOLAS

.

188

66-69

18-23

196-208

205-208

70-80

276-282

BROWNE (1591-1643); WILLIAM

CAMPION, M.D. (? -1619); THOMAS

CHALKHILL (c. 1600); JOHN

CONSTABLE (1562-1613); HENRY

DANIEL (1562-1619); SAMUEL

DAVIES (1569-1626); Sir JOHN

DAVISON (c. 1602); FRANCIS .

DAVISON (c. 1602); WALTER .

DECKER (1570-1641); THOMAS

[? DELONEY (1543-1600); THOMAS]

DEVEREUX, Earl of ESSEX (1567-1601); ROBERT

DRAYTON (1563-1631); MICHAEL

DRUMMOND, of Hawthornden (1585-1649); WILLIAM

FLETCHER the Elder, LL.D. (1549-1611); GILES.

FLETCHER the Younger, B.D. (1588-1623); GILES

Shepherd Tony [It has been thought that this is the pseudo-

295-297

135-146

191

214-222

86-92

133, 134

226-228

147-161

283-285

1-17

nym of some Poet; whose Christian name was ANTHONY.] 181-187

SOUTHWELL, S.J. (1561-1595); Rev. ROBERT

SPENSER (1552-1599); EDMUND

83

51-65

42-44

SUCKLING (1609-1642); Sir JOHN.

SYLVESTER (1563-1618); JOSHUA .

TOFTE (?-1620); ROBERT

VERE, Earl of OXFORD (1540-1604); EDWARD DE

VERSTEGAN (? -1635); RICHARD

17

268-271

93, 94

48-50

103-107

168-178

W.; A. (c. 1600)