Critical Essays of the
Seventeenth
Century.
Cambridge History of English Literature - 1908 - v07
Printed by T.
Maxey for Rich.
Marriot, in
8. Dunstans Churchyard Fleetstreet, 1653.
The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a
Discourse of Rivers, and Fish-Ponds, and Fish, and Fishing. Not un-
worthy the perusal of most Anglers. Printed by T. M. for Rich.
Marriot, and are to be sold at his Shop in S. Dunstans Church-yard
Fleetstreet. 1655 (2nd ed. , largely re-written. ] Also 1661, 1668, 1678
[latest during Walton's lifetime; contains Cotton's Instructions how to
angle for a trout or grayling in a clear stream]. Ed. Hawkins, John,
1760; Major, J. , 1823-4; Nicolas, N. H. , 2 vols. , 1836; Bethune, G. W. ,
2 vols. , 1847, and later eds. (with bibliography of fishing books); Marston,
R. B. , 2 vols. , 1888; Lang, Andrew, 1896; Le Gallienne, R. , illustrated
by New, E. H. , 1897; Buchan, J. , 1901.
[Cf. Barker, Thomas, The Art of Angling, 1651 (quoted by Walton).
See, for later editions, Westwood and Satchell's Bibliotheca Piscatoria,
1883. ]
[Cf. Breton, Nicholas, Wit's Trenchmour in a Conference had Be-
twixt a Scholler and an Angler, 1597. ]
The Life of Sir Henry Wotton. Prefixed to Reliquiae Wottonianae. 1651.
The Life of John Donne. 1658. (First issued prefixed to the 1640 edition of
Donne's Lxxx Sermons. )
The Life of Mr Rich. Hooker. 1665.
The Life of Mr George Herbert. Written by Izaak Walton. To which are
added some Letters . . . by Mr George Herbert. 1670.
The Life of Dr Sanderson. 1678.
The Lives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richard Hooker,
Mr George Herbert . . . 4 pts. 1670, 1675, etc. Ed. Zouch, T. , 1796 ;
Major, J. , 1825; Bullen, A. H. , 1884; Dobson, A. , 2 vols. , 1898.
Daman and Dorus, and other miscellaneous verses are collected in R. H.
Shepherd's Waltoniana, 1878.
Authorities
Alexander, W. A Journey to Beresford Hall. 1841.
British Museum. Walton's Prayer-book, containing autobiographical notes,
B. M. Cat. Liturgies, C. 61. k. 5 (1).
Grolier Club. Handlist of the various editions of The Compleat Angler.
## p. 464 (#480) ############################################
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Landor, W. 8. Imaginary Conversations—Conversation xii, vol. v. 1829.
Lang, A. Social England Illustrated. 1903. [Contains rpt of The Secrets of
Angling by John Dennys, 1613, and of W. Lawson's Comments thereon. ]
Lowell, J. R. Latest Literary Essays. 1890-2.
Marston, E. Thomas Ken and Izaak Walton: a sketch of their lives and
family connection. 1908.
Marston, R. B. In his edition of the Complete Angler, 1888.
Izaak Walton and some earlier writers on fish and fishing. 1894.
Martin, S. Izaak Walton and his Friends. 1904.
Mitford, Mary L. Recollections of a Literary Life. 1852.
Nevinson, H. W. Books and Personalities. 1905.
Nicolas, N. H. In his edition of the Complete Angler, 1836.
Shepherd, R. H. Waltoniana. 1878.
Tweddell, G. Walton and the earlier English writers on angling. 1851.
Westwood, Thomas. The Chronicle of the Compleat Angler. 1864.
Wood, A. A Bibliography of the Complete Angler of Izaak Walton. 1900.
Wood, A. à. Athenae Oxonienses. Ed. Bliss, P. 1813–20.
a
SIR THOMAS URQUHART
Epigrams, Divine and Moral. By Sir Thomas Urchard. 1641. Also 1646.
The Trissotetras: or, A Most Exquisite Table for Resolving all manner of
Triangles . . . Most necessary for all such as would attaine to the exact
knowledge of Fortification, Dyaling, Navigation, Surveying. . . . Now
lately invented, and perfected. . . . Published for the benefit of those that
are Mathematically affected. 1645.
Pantochronocanon : Or, A peculiar Promptuary of Time; Wherein (not one
instant being omitted since the beginning of motion) is displayed A most
exact Directory for all particular Chronologies, in what Family soever :
And that by deducting the true Pedigree and Lineal descent of the most
ancient and honourable name of the Urquharts, in the house of Cromartie,
since the Creation of the world, until this present yeer of God, 1652.
Ekskubalauron: Or The Discovery of A most exquisite Jewel, more precious
than Diamonds enchased in Gold, the like whereof was never seen in any
age; found in the kennel of Worcester-street, the day after the fight and
six before the Autumnal Equinox, anno 1651. 1652.
Logopandecteision, or an Introduction to the Universal Language. Digested
into these Six several Books, Neaudethaumata, Chrestasebeia, Clerono-
maporia, Chryseomystes, Neleodicastes, and Philoponauxesis. 1653.
The First [and The Second Book] Book of the Works of Mr Francis Rabe-
lais, Doctor in Physick. . . now faithfully translated into English by
8. T. U. C. 1653, 1664.
The Third Book. . . now faithfully translated by the unimitable pen of Sir
Thomas Urwhart, Kt. and Bar. The Translator of the Two First
Books. 1693.
The Works of Sir Thomas Urquhart. Maitland Club. Glasgow, 1834.
Biography and Criticism
Fraser, Sir W. The Earls of Cromartie: their kindred, country and corre-
spondence. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1876.
Irving, D. Lives of Scottish Writers. 1839.
Miller, Hugh. Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland. 1850.
Whibley, C. Tudor Translations. 1900. Rptd in Studies in Frankness,
1898.
Willcock, John. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie. 1899.
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CHAPTER XI
JACOBEAN AND CAROLINE CRITICISM
COLLECTED EDITION
Spingarn, J. E.
Critical Essays of the Seventeenth Century. 3 vols. Oxford,
1908-9. (A few paragraphs from the introduction to vol. I are embodied
in the text of the present work. )
ENGLISH CRITICS
Alexander, Sir William. Anacrisis: or a Censure of some Poets Ancient and
Modern. 1634 (? ). First published in the Works of William Drummond
of Hawthornden, Edinburgh, 1711. Rptd in Rogers, Memorials of the
Earl of Stirling, Edinburgh, 1877, and in Spingarn, as above.
Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. 1605. De Sapientia
Veterum. 1609. Essays. 1625. Various passages in other works.
Bolton, Edmund. Hypercritica: or a Rule of Judgment for writing or
reading our History's. 1618 (? ). First published by Anthony Hall at
the end of his Nicolai Triveti Annalium Continuatio, Oxford, 1722. Rptd
in Haslewood, Ancient Critical Essays upon English Poets and Poesy,
vol. 11, 1815, and in Spingarn, as above.
Chapman, George. Various prefaces to his translation of Homer (c. 1610-16).
Rptd in R. H. Shepherd's ed. of Chapman's Works, Homer's Iliad and
Odyssey, and in Spingarn, as above.
Collop, John. Poesis Rediviva: or Poesie Revivd. 1656. Epistle dedicatory
and various poems.
Cowley, Abraham. Preface to Poems. 1656. Rptd with a significant omis-
sion in Works, 1668, and in later eds. of Cowley; rptd from the ed. of
1656 in Spingarn, as above. Also the notes to Davideis. 1656. See ed.
in Cambridge English Classics, 2 vols. , 1905, 1906.
D'Avenant, Sir William. Preface to Gondibert: an Heroick Poem. First
printed separately at Paris in 1650, and then published with the poem,
London, 1651, and in his collected Works, 1673. Rptd in Spingarn.
Denham, Sir John. Preface to Fanshawe's translation of Guarini's Pastor
Fido. 1647. Preface to Essay on Translation. 1656.
Drayton, Michael. Epistle to Henry Reynolds, Esquire, of Poets and Poesie,
in The Battaile of Agincourt. . . . Elegies upon sundrie Occasions. 1627.
kptd in various eds. of Drayton, and in Spingarn, as above. Preface to
Englands Heroicall Epistles. 1630.
Hakewill, George. An Apologie or Declaration of the Power and Providence
of God in the Government of the World. 1627. 3rd ed. 1635.
Hales, John. The Method of reading profane History, in Golden Remains.
1659.
Hobbes, Thomas. Answer of Mr. Hobbes to $? Will. D'Avenant's Preface
before Gondibert. Ptd with Davenant's preface in 1650, with Gondibert
in 1651, and in D'Avenant's Works in 1673; rptd in Molesworth's ed. of
Hobbes's English Works, and in Spingarn, as above. To the Honourable
Edward Howard, Esq. , on his intended impression of his Poem of the
British Princes; prefixed to Howard's British Princes, 1669; rptd in
Molesworth, as above. To the Reader concerning the Vertues of an
Heroique Poem; prefixed to Hobbes's translation of the Odyssey, 1675;
rptd in Molesworth and in Spingarn, as above.
E. L. VII.
30
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Howell, James. Epistolae Ho-Elianae: Familiar Letters Domestick and
Foreign. 1645-55. Ed. Jacobs, Joseph. 1892.
Jonson, Ben. Timber, or Discoveries made upon Men and Matter, as they
have flow'd out of his daily Readings, or had their refluxe to his peculiar
Notions of the Times. 1620-35 (? ). Published posthumously at the end
of the second volume of the folio ed. of Jonson's Works, 1640–1, with
a separate title-page dated 1641. Annotated eds. by Schelling, F. E. ,
Boston, U. S. A. 1892; Gollancz, I. , in the Temple Classics, 1898; and
Castelain, Maurice, Paris, 1907; all the critical sections rptd in Spingarn,
as above. Notes of Ben Jonson's Conversations with William Drummond
of Hawthornden, January, 1619. Recorded by Drummond, and imper-
fectly printed in his Works, Edinburgh, 1711, with a brief Character
of several Authors by Drummond himself; first ed. from the original
MS by Laing, D. , for the Shakespeare Society in 1842; all the purely
critical passages rptd in Spingarn, as above. Many of the prefaces,
epistles dedicatory, prologues and epilogues of Jonson's plays, as well
as some of his poems, epigrams and passages in the plays themselves,
contain significant critical material; see, also, the critiques of Jonson's
work in Jonsonus Virbius, 1638, which indicate that he passed on his
interest in criticism to his epigones. See, also, ante, vol. iv, p. 524.
Milton, John. Areopagitica, 1644, and various passages in his other prose
writings. Preface to Paradise Lost. 1668. Preface to Samson Agonistes.
1671. The last two, and passages from The Reason of Church Govern-
ment, An Apology for Smectymnuus, and the treatise Of Education,
rptd in Spingarn, as above.
Novae Solymae libri sex. 1648. Trans. by Begley, W. , 1902, and ascribed
by him to Milton (? ). Contains numerous passages of a critical nature.
Peacham, Henry. The Compleat Gentleman. 1622. Other eds. 1634, 1661;
rptd from the ed. of 1634, with introduction by Gordon, G. S. , Oxford,
1906. See, especially, chap. vi, Of stile in speaking, writing, and reading
History, and chap. x, Of Poetry; the latter rptd in Spingarn, as above.
Poole, Joshua. The English Parnassus. 1656. 2nd ed. 1677. On the
preface by J. D. , being a Short Illustration of English Poesy, see
Saintsbury, History of English Prosody, 11, 345-8.
Reynolds, Henry. Mythomystes, wherein a short Survay is taken of the
Nature and Value of true Poesy and Depth of the Ancients above our
Moderne Poets. 1632(? ). Entered on the Stationers' register, 12 August
1632. Rptd in Spingarn, as above.
Ross, Alexander. Mystagogus Poeticus, or the Muses Interpreter, explain-
ing the historicall Mysteries and mystical Histories of the ancient Greek
and Latine Poets. 1647. 6th ed. 1675. Mel Heliconium, or Poeticall
Honey gathered out of the weeds of Parnassus. 1642. Gnomologicon
Poëticum, hoc est, sententiae veterum Poëtarum insigniores in ordinem
alphabeticum digestae. 1647.
Sheppard, Samuel. The Socratick Session: or the Arraignment and Con-
viction of Julius Scaliger, in Epigrams. 1651.
Smith, John. The Mysterie of Rhetorique Unrail'd. 1657.
Suckling, Sir John. A Session of the Poets. 1637 (? ). Published in Frag-
menta Aurea, 1646. Rptd in all eds. of Suckling, and in Spingarn, as above.
Webster, John. Preface to The White Divel. 1612. Rptd in all eds. of
Webster, and in Spingarn, as above.
Wilkins, John. Ecclesiastes, or a Discourse concerning the Gift of Preach-
ing as it fals under the Rules of Art. 1646. 9th ed. 1695.
(? ) Wither, George. The Great Assises holden in Parnassus by Apollo and
his Assessours. 1645. Rptd by the Spenser Society, 1885.
## p. 467 (#483) ############################################
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467
On the numerous works of this period connected with the stage controversy
(e. g. Heywood's Apology for Actors, 1612; Green's Refutation of the Apology
for Actors, 1615; A Short Treatise against Stage Plays, 1623; Prynne's
Histriomastix, 1632, etc. ), see Thompson, E. N. S.
8. Dunstans Churchyard Fleetstreet, 1653.
The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a
Discourse of Rivers, and Fish-Ponds, and Fish, and Fishing. Not un-
worthy the perusal of most Anglers. Printed by T. M. for Rich.
Marriot, and are to be sold at his Shop in S. Dunstans Church-yard
Fleetstreet. 1655 (2nd ed. , largely re-written. ] Also 1661, 1668, 1678
[latest during Walton's lifetime; contains Cotton's Instructions how to
angle for a trout or grayling in a clear stream]. Ed. Hawkins, John,
1760; Major, J. , 1823-4; Nicolas, N. H. , 2 vols. , 1836; Bethune, G. W. ,
2 vols. , 1847, and later eds. (with bibliography of fishing books); Marston,
R. B. , 2 vols. , 1888; Lang, Andrew, 1896; Le Gallienne, R. , illustrated
by New, E. H. , 1897; Buchan, J. , 1901.
[Cf. Barker, Thomas, The Art of Angling, 1651 (quoted by Walton).
See, for later editions, Westwood and Satchell's Bibliotheca Piscatoria,
1883. ]
[Cf. Breton, Nicholas, Wit's Trenchmour in a Conference had Be-
twixt a Scholler and an Angler, 1597. ]
The Life of Sir Henry Wotton. Prefixed to Reliquiae Wottonianae. 1651.
The Life of John Donne. 1658. (First issued prefixed to the 1640 edition of
Donne's Lxxx Sermons. )
The Life of Mr Rich. Hooker. 1665.
The Life of Mr George Herbert. Written by Izaak Walton. To which are
added some Letters . . . by Mr George Herbert. 1670.
The Life of Dr Sanderson. 1678.
The Lives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richard Hooker,
Mr George Herbert . . . 4 pts. 1670, 1675, etc. Ed. Zouch, T. , 1796 ;
Major, J. , 1825; Bullen, A. H. , 1884; Dobson, A. , 2 vols. , 1898.
Daman and Dorus, and other miscellaneous verses are collected in R. H.
Shepherd's Waltoniana, 1878.
Authorities
Alexander, W. A Journey to Beresford Hall. 1841.
British Museum. Walton's Prayer-book, containing autobiographical notes,
B. M. Cat. Liturgies, C. 61. k. 5 (1).
Grolier Club. Handlist of the various editions of The Compleat Angler.
## p. 464 (#480) ############################################
464
Bibliography
Landor, W. 8. Imaginary Conversations—Conversation xii, vol. v. 1829.
Lang, A. Social England Illustrated. 1903. [Contains rpt of The Secrets of
Angling by John Dennys, 1613, and of W. Lawson's Comments thereon. ]
Lowell, J. R. Latest Literary Essays. 1890-2.
Marston, E. Thomas Ken and Izaak Walton: a sketch of their lives and
family connection. 1908.
Marston, R. B. In his edition of the Complete Angler, 1888.
Izaak Walton and some earlier writers on fish and fishing. 1894.
Martin, S. Izaak Walton and his Friends. 1904.
Mitford, Mary L. Recollections of a Literary Life. 1852.
Nevinson, H. W. Books and Personalities. 1905.
Nicolas, N. H. In his edition of the Complete Angler, 1836.
Shepherd, R. H. Waltoniana. 1878.
Tweddell, G. Walton and the earlier English writers on angling. 1851.
Westwood, Thomas. The Chronicle of the Compleat Angler. 1864.
Wood, A. A Bibliography of the Complete Angler of Izaak Walton. 1900.
Wood, A. à. Athenae Oxonienses. Ed. Bliss, P. 1813–20.
a
SIR THOMAS URQUHART
Epigrams, Divine and Moral. By Sir Thomas Urchard. 1641. Also 1646.
The Trissotetras: or, A Most Exquisite Table for Resolving all manner of
Triangles . . . Most necessary for all such as would attaine to the exact
knowledge of Fortification, Dyaling, Navigation, Surveying. . . . Now
lately invented, and perfected. . . . Published for the benefit of those that
are Mathematically affected. 1645.
Pantochronocanon : Or, A peculiar Promptuary of Time; Wherein (not one
instant being omitted since the beginning of motion) is displayed A most
exact Directory for all particular Chronologies, in what Family soever :
And that by deducting the true Pedigree and Lineal descent of the most
ancient and honourable name of the Urquharts, in the house of Cromartie,
since the Creation of the world, until this present yeer of God, 1652.
Ekskubalauron: Or The Discovery of A most exquisite Jewel, more precious
than Diamonds enchased in Gold, the like whereof was never seen in any
age; found in the kennel of Worcester-street, the day after the fight and
six before the Autumnal Equinox, anno 1651. 1652.
Logopandecteision, or an Introduction to the Universal Language. Digested
into these Six several Books, Neaudethaumata, Chrestasebeia, Clerono-
maporia, Chryseomystes, Neleodicastes, and Philoponauxesis. 1653.
The First [and The Second Book] Book of the Works of Mr Francis Rabe-
lais, Doctor in Physick. . . now faithfully translated into English by
8. T. U. C. 1653, 1664.
The Third Book. . . now faithfully translated by the unimitable pen of Sir
Thomas Urwhart, Kt. and Bar. The Translator of the Two First
Books. 1693.
The Works of Sir Thomas Urquhart. Maitland Club. Glasgow, 1834.
Biography and Criticism
Fraser, Sir W. The Earls of Cromartie: their kindred, country and corre-
spondence. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1876.
Irving, D. Lives of Scottish Writers. 1839.
Miller, Hugh. Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland. 1850.
Whibley, C. Tudor Translations. 1900. Rptd in Studies in Frankness,
1898.
Willcock, John. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie. 1899.
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465
CHAPTER XI
JACOBEAN AND CAROLINE CRITICISM
COLLECTED EDITION
Spingarn, J. E.
Critical Essays of the Seventeenth Century. 3 vols. Oxford,
1908-9. (A few paragraphs from the introduction to vol. I are embodied
in the text of the present work. )
ENGLISH CRITICS
Alexander, Sir William. Anacrisis: or a Censure of some Poets Ancient and
Modern. 1634 (? ). First published in the Works of William Drummond
of Hawthornden, Edinburgh, 1711. Rptd in Rogers, Memorials of the
Earl of Stirling, Edinburgh, 1877, and in Spingarn, as above.
Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. 1605. De Sapientia
Veterum. 1609. Essays. 1625. Various passages in other works.
Bolton, Edmund. Hypercritica: or a Rule of Judgment for writing or
reading our History's. 1618 (? ). First published by Anthony Hall at
the end of his Nicolai Triveti Annalium Continuatio, Oxford, 1722. Rptd
in Haslewood, Ancient Critical Essays upon English Poets and Poesy,
vol. 11, 1815, and in Spingarn, as above.
Chapman, George. Various prefaces to his translation of Homer (c. 1610-16).
Rptd in R. H. Shepherd's ed. of Chapman's Works, Homer's Iliad and
Odyssey, and in Spingarn, as above.
Collop, John. Poesis Rediviva: or Poesie Revivd. 1656. Epistle dedicatory
and various poems.
Cowley, Abraham. Preface to Poems. 1656. Rptd with a significant omis-
sion in Works, 1668, and in later eds. of Cowley; rptd from the ed. of
1656 in Spingarn, as above. Also the notes to Davideis. 1656. See ed.
in Cambridge English Classics, 2 vols. , 1905, 1906.
D'Avenant, Sir William. Preface to Gondibert: an Heroick Poem. First
printed separately at Paris in 1650, and then published with the poem,
London, 1651, and in his collected Works, 1673. Rptd in Spingarn.
Denham, Sir John. Preface to Fanshawe's translation of Guarini's Pastor
Fido. 1647. Preface to Essay on Translation. 1656.
Drayton, Michael. Epistle to Henry Reynolds, Esquire, of Poets and Poesie,
in The Battaile of Agincourt. . . . Elegies upon sundrie Occasions. 1627.
kptd in various eds. of Drayton, and in Spingarn, as above. Preface to
Englands Heroicall Epistles. 1630.
Hakewill, George. An Apologie or Declaration of the Power and Providence
of God in the Government of the World. 1627. 3rd ed. 1635.
Hales, John. The Method of reading profane History, in Golden Remains.
1659.
Hobbes, Thomas. Answer of Mr. Hobbes to $? Will. D'Avenant's Preface
before Gondibert. Ptd with Davenant's preface in 1650, with Gondibert
in 1651, and in D'Avenant's Works in 1673; rptd in Molesworth's ed. of
Hobbes's English Works, and in Spingarn, as above. To the Honourable
Edward Howard, Esq. , on his intended impression of his Poem of the
British Princes; prefixed to Howard's British Princes, 1669; rptd in
Molesworth, as above. To the Reader concerning the Vertues of an
Heroique Poem; prefixed to Hobbes's translation of the Odyssey, 1675;
rptd in Molesworth and in Spingarn, as above.
E. L. VII.
30
## p. 466 (#482) ############################################
466
Bibliography
Howell, James. Epistolae Ho-Elianae: Familiar Letters Domestick and
Foreign. 1645-55. Ed. Jacobs, Joseph. 1892.
Jonson, Ben. Timber, or Discoveries made upon Men and Matter, as they
have flow'd out of his daily Readings, or had their refluxe to his peculiar
Notions of the Times. 1620-35 (? ). Published posthumously at the end
of the second volume of the folio ed. of Jonson's Works, 1640–1, with
a separate title-page dated 1641. Annotated eds. by Schelling, F. E. ,
Boston, U. S. A. 1892; Gollancz, I. , in the Temple Classics, 1898; and
Castelain, Maurice, Paris, 1907; all the critical sections rptd in Spingarn,
as above. Notes of Ben Jonson's Conversations with William Drummond
of Hawthornden, January, 1619. Recorded by Drummond, and imper-
fectly printed in his Works, Edinburgh, 1711, with a brief Character
of several Authors by Drummond himself; first ed. from the original
MS by Laing, D. , for the Shakespeare Society in 1842; all the purely
critical passages rptd in Spingarn, as above. Many of the prefaces,
epistles dedicatory, prologues and epilogues of Jonson's plays, as well
as some of his poems, epigrams and passages in the plays themselves,
contain significant critical material; see, also, the critiques of Jonson's
work in Jonsonus Virbius, 1638, which indicate that he passed on his
interest in criticism to his epigones. See, also, ante, vol. iv, p. 524.
Milton, John. Areopagitica, 1644, and various passages in his other prose
writings. Preface to Paradise Lost. 1668. Preface to Samson Agonistes.
1671. The last two, and passages from The Reason of Church Govern-
ment, An Apology for Smectymnuus, and the treatise Of Education,
rptd in Spingarn, as above.
Novae Solymae libri sex. 1648. Trans. by Begley, W. , 1902, and ascribed
by him to Milton (? ). Contains numerous passages of a critical nature.
Peacham, Henry. The Compleat Gentleman. 1622. Other eds. 1634, 1661;
rptd from the ed. of 1634, with introduction by Gordon, G. S. , Oxford,
1906. See, especially, chap. vi, Of stile in speaking, writing, and reading
History, and chap. x, Of Poetry; the latter rptd in Spingarn, as above.
Poole, Joshua. The English Parnassus. 1656. 2nd ed. 1677. On the
preface by J. D. , being a Short Illustration of English Poesy, see
Saintsbury, History of English Prosody, 11, 345-8.
Reynolds, Henry. Mythomystes, wherein a short Survay is taken of the
Nature and Value of true Poesy and Depth of the Ancients above our
Moderne Poets. 1632(? ). Entered on the Stationers' register, 12 August
1632. Rptd in Spingarn, as above.
Ross, Alexander. Mystagogus Poeticus, or the Muses Interpreter, explain-
ing the historicall Mysteries and mystical Histories of the ancient Greek
and Latine Poets. 1647. 6th ed. 1675. Mel Heliconium, or Poeticall
Honey gathered out of the weeds of Parnassus. 1642. Gnomologicon
Poëticum, hoc est, sententiae veterum Poëtarum insigniores in ordinem
alphabeticum digestae. 1647.
Sheppard, Samuel. The Socratick Session: or the Arraignment and Con-
viction of Julius Scaliger, in Epigrams. 1651.
Smith, John. The Mysterie of Rhetorique Unrail'd. 1657.
Suckling, Sir John. A Session of the Poets. 1637 (? ). Published in Frag-
menta Aurea, 1646. Rptd in all eds. of Suckling, and in Spingarn, as above.
Webster, John. Preface to The White Divel. 1612. Rptd in all eds. of
Webster, and in Spingarn, as above.
Wilkins, John. Ecclesiastes, or a Discourse concerning the Gift of Preach-
ing as it fals under the Rules of Art. 1646. 9th ed. 1695.
(? ) Wither, George. The Great Assises holden in Parnassus by Apollo and
his Assessours. 1645. Rptd by the Spenser Society, 1885.
## p. 467 (#483) ############################################
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467
On the numerous works of this period connected with the stage controversy
(e. g. Heywood's Apology for Actors, 1612; Green's Refutation of the Apology
for Actors, 1615; A Short Treatise against Stage Plays, 1623; Prynne's
Histriomastix, 1632, etc. ), see Thompson, E. N. S.
