Bibliotheca Anglo-poetica; or, a descriptive catalogue of a rare and rich collection of early English poetry: in the possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown / Illustrated by occasional extracts and remarks, critical and biographical.

  • Longman (Firm)
Date:
1815
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Credit: Bibliotheca Anglo-poetica; or, a descriptive catalogue of a rare and rich collection of early English poetry: in the possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown / Illustrated by occasional extracts and remarks, critical and biographical. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of the vertuous life and death of the right'worshipfull Ladie, Dame Helen Branch of London widow, late the wife of sir Iohn Branch Knight, sometime the Right honourable Lord Maior of London and daughter to M. William Nicolson sometime of Lon- don Draper: Which said Ladie, deceased on Wednesday the 10. of April last past: and lieth interred in the parish Church of S. Mary Abchurch in London, the 2Q. of the same moneth. 1594.— London, printed by Thomas C-reede.” The Latin Epitaph and MS. marginal references were written in the year the poems were printed, and there cannot be a doubt that each of the three is unique. 247. Elegies on Prince, Henry.—Three Elegies on the most lamented Death of Prince Henrie, the first written by Cyril Tourneur, the second by John Webster, the third by Tho. Heywood. London, printed for William Welbie, 1613. Quarto, pp. 60. . . * . £5. 5s. After the above general title in white letters on a black ground, follows the title to the first poem—“ A Griefe on the death of Prince Henrie. Expressed in a broken Elegie, according to the nature of such a sorrow. By Cyril Tovrnevr. 1613” (pp. 20). Then comes a prose dedication “to my nobleMaisterGeorgeCarie,” and four lines of poetry to the Reader. At the end of the “ Griefe,” are verses (( on the representation of the Prince at his Funeralls,” and “ O11 the Succession,” each in eight lines. Title to the second piece—“ A Monvmental Colvmne, Erected to the liuing Memory of the euer-glorious Henry, late Prince of Wales. By Iohn Webster, 1613,” (pp. 18): it is dedicated “ To the right honovra- ble Sir Robert Carre Viscovnt Rochester, Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter, and one of his Maiesties most Ho- nourable Priuy Councell.” The third title is as follows : “A Evnerall Elegie, vpon the death of the late most liopefull and il- lustrious Prince, Henry, Prince of Wales. Written by Thomas Heywood. 1613,” (pp. 22). which is dedicated “ To the right Honourable, Edward Earle of Worcester, Lord of Chepstoll, Ragland, and Gower.”—Besides the three Elegies here described, there are two upon the same subject, by Christopher Brooke and William Browne, both printed in 1613. 248. Ex Nihilo Omnia: or the Saints Companion, Being a Scripture-Memorial of Divine Distichs upon the Holy Bible, in English and Latin. A