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ADAM BEL ALLANE-A'-MAUT Amadis Amarantha Antonio and Mellida ANTONIO'S REVENGE Arthur Aubrey Aubrey's AWNTYRS Ballads BATRACHOMYOMACHIA BATTLE OF HARLAW Ben Jonson Britannia Camden Camden's Remains Carew Caxton's edition Chapman Charles CLYM collection copy Crashaw death Drayton duchess duke Elizabeth English Free Library given Glossary Hazlitt's Poetry Hearne's Herrick HESIOD History Homer Hydriotaphia Hymns included INDEX Introduction and Notes Iohn Webster John Marston Jonson King Latin Letters LIBRARY OF OLD Lilly's lines London Lord Love LOVERS QUARREL Maid's Metamorphosis Marston Mather MAYD MERY GESTE Metamorphosis Newcastle Noble OLD AUTHORS pieces PIERS PLOUGHMAN play poems poet Poetry of England Poetry of Scotland Poly-Olbion Pope Portrait printed Queen reprinted Retrospective Review Richard Hooper Robert Roger Ascham romance satire Scotland Scots Selden Sir John Sir Thomas Songs Spence Stryfe Suckling title-page TOM THUMB Toxophilus tragedy translation verses volume William William Rowley Wither WOMEN writings written WYFE WYFF
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