a native of Oundle, belonged to Queen's College, Cambridge. On leaving the University he took orders; and at the outbreak of the Civil War he became chaplain to the Earl of Northampton. He died at Banbury in 1645. The Rival Friends is the only play that he wrote in English; but he also published a Latin comedy Senile Odium, 1633.

Page 198. "The Couragious Turke."-Thomas Goffe's plays were posthumously published. He was born in 1592, educated at Westminster and at Christ Church, received a living in Surrey, married a shrewish widow (who is said to have made his life miserable), and died in 1627. There is a deal of fustian in his tragedies, but he was genuinely inspired at times.

Page 199. "Now fie on love, it ill befits."—Among Shirley's Poems, 1646, we have a shortened form of this song:

"Now fie on foolish love! it not befits

Or man or woman know it:

Love was not meant for people in their wits,

And they that fondly show it

Betray the straw and feathers in their brain,
And shall have Bedlam for their pain,

If single love be such a curse,

To marry is to make it ten times worse."

We have seen that another song-"Heigh-ho what shall a shepherd do?"—is ascribed both to Shirley and to Goffe. Shirley claimed them in 1646; and I suspect that they were introduced into Goffe's Careless Shepherdess, 1656, by some irresponsible editor. "When winds blow cold and ways be

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foul,

In barns and sheepcotes sits the owl."—

We are reminded of Shakespeare's :

"When blood is nipped and ways be foul,

Then nightly sings the staring owl."

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"And leave these uncouth woods."Uncouth has the meaning unfrequented, solitary.

Page 220. "Still-born Silence, thou that art."— Richard Flecknoe, the author of this beautiful invocation, was immortalized by Dryden. Langbaine writes with mischievous pleasantry :-"He has published sundry works (as he styles them) to continue his name to posterity; tho' possibly an enemy has done that for him which his own endeavours would never have perfected for whatever become of his own pieces his name will continue whilst Mr. Dryden's satire called Mac Flecknoe shall remain in vogue." There is not much to be said in favour of Flecknoe's plays, but some of his poems have real merit. He had been a traveller in Spain, Brazil, and other countries. Southey has a kindly notice of him in Omniana, i. 105-10.

Page 221. "Run to love's lottery."-This song and the next are not found in the early editions but first appeared in the folio of 1673.

Page 230. "Love's Duel."-This is a free rendering of the fourteenth ode of Anacreon.

LIST OF AUTHORS.

BEAUMONT, FRANCIS (1586—1616). Pages 89-

90.

BEAUMONT, FRANCIS, and FLETCHER, JOHN (1579—
1625). 90-100.

BELCHIER, DABRIDGECOURT (d. 1621). 170-1.
BERKLEY, SIR WILLIAM (d. 1677). 228.

BROME, RICHARD (d. 1652 ?). 210-11.

BROWNE, WILLIAM (1590-1650?). 172.
CAMPION, DR. THOMAS (d. 1620). 88.
CARTWRIGHT, WILLIAM (d. 1643). 194-5.
Corona Minerva, 1635 (Anonymous). 203.
DANIEL, SAMUEL (1562—1619). 75-6.

DAVENANT, SIR WILLIAM (1605-1668). 221-7.

DAVENPORT, Robert (fl. 1639). 212.

DEKKER, THOMAS (1570?-1641?). 77-86.

FIELD, NATHANIEL (d. 1633). 175.

FLECKNOE, RICHARD (fl. 1654). 220.

FLETCHER, JOHN. 101-138. See also BEAUMONT,

FRANCIS.

FLETCHER, JOHN, and ROWLEY, WILLIAM (?-?).

139.

FLETCHER, JOHN, and SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM

(1564-1616). 140-1.

FLETCHER, PHINEAS (d. 1649). 173-4.

FORD, JOHN (1586—?). 144.

FORDE, THOMAS (fl. 1660). 230-1.
GOFFE, THOMAS (1592-1627). 198-200.
GREENE, ROBERT. See LODGE, THOMAS.
HABINGTON, WILLIAM (1605-45). 202-3.
HARDING, SAMUEL (fl. 1640). 209.

HAUSTED, PETER (d. 1645).

196-8.

HEYWOOD, THOMAS (?-?).

145-151.

JONES, JOHN (fl. 1635). 207.

JONSON, BEN (1573-1637). 57-74.

LODGE, THOMAS (d. 1625), and GREENE, ROBERT

(1560-92). 21.

London Chanticleers, 1659 (Anonymous). 200-1.
Luminalia, or The Festival of Light, 1637 (Anony-

mous). 208.

LYLY, JOHN (1553 ?—?). 1-12.

169.

MARSTON, JOHN (1575?-1634).
MASSINGER, PHILIP (1584-1639). 177.

MAYNE, JASPER (1604-1672). 228-9.
MIDDLETON, THOMAS (1570?-1627).

162-8.

MIDDLETON, THOMAS, and ROWLEY, WILLIAM.

158-62.

MILTON, JOHN (1608-1674). 213-220.

MUNDAY, ANTHONY (1553-1633). 86-7.

NABBES, THOMAS (fl. 1638). 201.

NASHE, THOMAS (1567-1600?). 22-6.

PEELE, GEORGE (1558 ?—1598). 13-20.

QUARLES, FRANCIS (1592-1644). 195.
RANDOLPH, THOMAS (1605-1635). 190.

ROWLEY, SAMUEL (?-?).

174.

ROWLEY, WILLIAM. 151-157. See also FLETCHER,

JOHN; MIDDLETON, THOMAS.

RUTTER, JOSEPH (fl. 1635). 205-6.

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 27-56. See also FLETCHER,

JOHN.

SHIRLEY, JAMES (1594-1666). 178-189.

STRODE, DR. WILLIAM (1599—1644). 211.

SUCKLING, SIR JOHN (1608-1642).

191-3.

Swetnam, the Woman Hater, 1620 (Anonymous). 176.
TOWNSHEND, AURELIAN (fl. 1631). 204.
WEBSTER, JOHN (?-?). 142-3.

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