| 'GINS............1 | |
| Now 'gins with height of rising maiesty, | 62 |
| A................15 | |
| Tis a statute in deepe wisdomes lore, | 12 |
| That for his lines none should a patro chuse | 14 |
| Nor ought a man his labours dedicate, | 16 |
| Without a true and sensible desert, | 18 |
| To any power of such a mighty state, | 18 |
| And such a wise Defendresse as thou art. | 20 |
| In dedicating such a worke to thee, | 22 |
| I vse thee as a woman ought to bee: | 24 |
| LIke to the weake estate of a poore friend, | 28 |
| To chaunt thy prayses in a lofty vayne, | 32 |
| Spinning in silken twists a lasting story: | 54 |
| Produce a Poet, whose more mouing passion | 68 |
| A. F. | 78 |
| I Sing the fortunes of a lucklesse payre, | 80 |
| And of the strange inchauntment of a well | 84 |
| ABLE.............2 | |
| But who the same is able to peruse; | 16 |
| So fares my loue, not able as the rest, | 32 |
| ADMIR'D..........1 | |
| No more shall be admir'd at: for these times | 68 |
| AFFECTION........1 | |
| VVhen his poore state may his affection shew: | 30 |
| AGAINE...........2 | |
| Or curious Pallas once againe doth striue, | 52 |
| And once againe doth loues of gods reuiue, | 54 |
| AGE..............1 | |
| Nor dreads age, enuie, cankring rust, or rayne. | 76 |
| AGOE.............1 | |
| Which sweet-lipt Ouid long agoe did tell, | 86 |
| ALL..............1 | |
| To the true patronesse of all Poetrie, | 10 |
| AN...............2 | |
| Sprung from the issue of an idle brayne. | 24 |
| And wanting wings, shee'le tread an humble strayne. | 34 |
| AND..............11 | |
| AND | 2 |
| And are to be sold at his shop in Fleete- | 6 |
| Without a true and sensible desert, | 18 |
| And such a wise Defendresse as thou art. | 20 |
| Thou great and powerfull Muse, then pardon mee, | 20 |
| And wanting wings, shee'le tread an humble strayne. | 34 |
| And for some blazing Epithites to looke; | 36 |
| And doth vnyoke her tender-necked Doues, | 46 |
| And once againe doth loues of gods reuiue, | 54 |
| And with fresh splendor gilds her toplesse crest, | 64 |
| And of the strange inchauntment of a well | 84 |
| ANY..............1 | |
| To any power of such a mighty state, | 18 |
| ARACHNE..........1 | |
| With prowd Arachne for illustrious glory, | 52 |
| ARE..............1 | |
| And are to be sold at his shop in Fleete- | 6 |
| ARIGHT...........1 | |
| To leade the steps of her blind sonne aright. | 56 |
| ART..............1 | |
| And such a wise Defendresse as thou art. | 20 |
| AS...............3 | |
| And such a wise Defendresse as thou art. | 20 |
| I vse thee as a woman ought to bee: | 24 |
| So fares my loue, not able as the rest, | 32 |
| AT...............5 | |
| Imprinted at London for Iohn Hodgets: | 6 |
| And are to be sold at his shop in Fleete- | 6 |
| street, at the signe of the Flowre | 8 |
| I thought at first her homely steps to rayse, | 36 |
| No more shall be admir'd at: for these times | 68 |
| ATTEND...........1 | |
| VVhich dayly doth that happy howre attend, | 30 |
| ATTENTION........1 | |
| Haue with attractiue wonder forc't attention, | 66 |
| ATTRACTIUE.......1 | |
| Haue with attractiue wonder forc't attention, | 66 |
| AUTHOR...........3 | |
| Led the blest Author in their daunced rings; | 48 |
| To the Author. | 58 |
| The Author to the Reader. | 78 |
| AUTHORIS.........1 | |
| In laudem Authoris. | 26 |
| AUTHOUR..........1 | |
| To the Authour. | 42 |
| B................2 | |
| W. B. | 42 |
| I. B. | 58 |
| BADGE............1 | |
| The crimson badge of beautie must waxe old. | 74 |
| BATHES...........1 | |
| Wherein who bathes, strait turnes Hermaphrodite. | 86 |
| BE...............3 | |
| And are to be sold at his shop in Fleete- | 6 |
| No more shall be admir'd at: for these times | 68 |
| Whose spotlesse soules now in one body be: | 80 |
| BEAUTIE..........1 | |
| The crimson badge of beautie must waxe old. | 74 |
| BEAUTY...........1 | |
| For beauty still is Prodromus to care, | 82 |
| BEE..............1 | |
| I vse thee as a woman ought to bee: | 24 |
| BENE.............1 | |
| To whom sweet fortune hath bene euer slow, | 28 |
| BEST.............2 | |
| Yet my poore Muse doth vow to doe her best, | 34 |
| Honours best dye dreads enuies blackest stayne: | 74 |
| BLACKEST.........1 | |
| Honours best dye dreads enuies blackest stayne: | 74 |
| BLAZING..........1 | |
| And for some blazing Epithites to looke; | 36 |
| BLEST............1 | |
| Led the blest Author in their daunced rings; | 48 |
| BLIND............1 | |
| To leade the steps of her blind sonne aright. | 56 |
| BODY.............1 | |
| Whose spotlesse soules now in one body be: | 80 |
| BOOKE............1 | |
| Some men would grow suspicious of thy booke: | 38 |
| BOWES............1 | |
| T'adorne his Temple with deserued bowes. | 70 |
| BOWRES...........1 | |
| Or wanton Nymphs in watry bowres haue woue, | 50 |
| BRAYNE...........2 | |
| Sprung from the issue of an idle brayne. | 24 |
| But this faire issue of thy fruitfull brayne, | 76 |
| BREST............1 | |
| Rearing her palace in our Poets brest. | 64 |
| BROWES...........1 | |
| VVill teare the loue-sick mirtle from his browes, | 70 |
| BURY'D...........1 | |
| Which erst was bury'd in old Romes decayes, | 60 |
| BUT..............3 | |
| But who the same is able to peruse; | 16 |
| But then I fear'd, that by such wondrous prayse, | 38 |
| But this faire issue of thy fruitfull brayne, | 76 |
| BY...............5 | |
| By wealth or pouerty, by lesse or more, | 14 |
| By wealth or pouerty, by lesse or more, | 14 |
| But then I fear'd, that by such wondrous prayse, | 38 |
| Crost by the sad starres of natiuitie; | 82 |
| Gi'n by the gods my sportiue Muse doth write, | 84 |
| CALIOPE..........1 | |
| CALIOPE. | 12 |
| CANKER...........1 | |
| The rusting Canker eates the purest gold: | 72 |
| CANKRING.........1 | |
| Nor dreads age, enuie, cankring rust, or rayne. | 76 |
| CARE.............1 | |
| For beauty still is Prodromus to care, | 82 |
| CHAUNT...........1 | |
| To chaunt thy prayses in a lofty vayne, | 32 |
| CHOSE............1 | |
| If none of these, then V enus chose his sight, | 56 |
| CHUSE............1 | |
| That for his lines none should a patro chuse | 14 |
| CONSECRATE.......1 | |
| I consecrate my idle howres to thee. | 26 |
| CREST............1 | |
| And with fresh splendor gilds her toplesse crest, | 64 |
| CRIMSON..........1 | |
| The crimson badge of beautie must waxe old. | 74 |
| CROST............1 | |
| Crost by the sad starres of natiuitie; | 82 |
| CURIOUS..........1 | |
| Or curious Pallas once againe doth striue, | 52 |
| DAUNCED..........1 | |
| Led the blest Author in their daunced rings; | 48 |
| DAYLY............1 | |
| VVhich dayly doth that happy howre attend, | 30 |
| DE...............1 | |
| de Luce, neere Fetter-Lane. | 8 |
| DECAYES..........1 | |
| Which erst was bury'd in old Romes decayes, | 60 |
| DEDICATE.........1 | |
| Nor ought a man his labours dedicate, | 16 |