133 134 135 ibid. 136 137 ibid.

138

Loss and Gain
Foolish Difdain
Antient Antipathy
Beauty's Valuation
Melancholy Thoughts.
Love's Lofs
Love's Relief
Unanimity
Loth to depart
A Mafter-piece
Happiness in Content
A Dutiful Message
Go and come quickly
Two Faithful Friends
Careless Neglect
Stout Resolution
A Duel
Love-sick
Love's Labour loft
Wholesome Counsel
Sat fuiffe
A living Monument
Familiarity breeds-Contempt
Patiens armatus
A Valediction
Nil magnis Invidia
Love-sick.
The Picture of true Love
In praise of his Love
A Resignation
Sympathizing Love
A Request to his fcornful Love
A Lover's Affection, though his Love prove

unconstant

139 140 141 ibid. 142 143 144 ibid. 145 146 ibid, 148 149 150 ibid. 151 ibid.

153 ibid. 154 155 157 ibid. 159

161

Complaint for his lover's absence

163 An invocation to his muse

164 Conftant affection

165 Amazement

167 A lover's excuse for his long absence

168 A complaint

-169 Self-flattery of her beauty

17 A trial of love's constancy

171 A good construction of his love's unkindness

172 Error in opinion

173 On the receipt of a table-book from his mistress

ibid. A vow

174 Love's safety

ibid. An intreaty for her acceptance

175 Upon her playing on the virginals

ibid. Immoderate luft

176 In praise of her beauty, though black

ibido Unkind abuse

178 Love-suit

179 His heart wounded by her eye

180 A protestation

181 An allusion

182 Life and death

183 A consideration of death

ibid. Immoderate paflion

184 Love's powerful subtilty

ibid. Retaliation

186 Sun-set A monument to fame

188 Perjury

ibid. The tale of Cephalus and Procris

189 Cupid's treachery

192 That Menelaus was the cause of his own wrongs 193

187

194 196 197 200

201

Mars and Venus
The history how the Minotaur was begot
The tale of Dedalus
Achilles's concealment
A lover's complaint
The epistle of Paris to Helen
Helen to Paris
T'he passionate shepherd to his love
The nymph's reply to the shepherd
Another of the fame nature
Threnes.

210

230 24-4 :24:5 246 249

Vilia miretur vulgas, mihi favus Apollo
Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.

Ovid. Amor. l. 1. El, 15,

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To the Right Honourable

H E N R 7 W RIOTH ES LT,

Earl of Southampton, and Baron-of Tichfield.

Right Honourable,

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