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The Works of Michael Drayton

Edited by J. William Hebel
Drayton, Michael (1563-1631)

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VOLUME I
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VOLUME II
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POEMS: BY MICHAEL DRAYTON ESQVIRE.
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ENGLANDS HEROICALL EPISTLES. BY Michael Drayton, ESQVIRE.
  
TO M. MICHAEL DRAYTON.
  
TO M. MICHAEL DRAYTON.
  
TO M. MICHAEL DRAYTON.
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THE EPISTLE OF ROSAMOND TO KING HENRY THE SECOND.
  
HENRY TO ROSAMOND.
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KING JOHN TO MATILDA.
  
The Argument.
  
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MATILDA TO KING JOHN.
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QUEENE ISABEL TO MORTIMER.
  
MORTIMER TO QUEENE ISABEL.
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EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE TO ALICE COUNTESSE OF SALISBURIE.
  
ALICE COUNTESSE OF SALISBURIE TO THE BLACKE PRINCE.
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QUEENE ISABEL TO RICHARD THE SECOND.
  
RICHARD THE SECOND TO QUEENE ISABEL.
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QUEENE KATHERINE TO OWEN TUDOR.
  
OWEN TUDOR TO QUEENE KATHERINE.
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ELINOR COBHAM TO DUKE HUMPHREY.
  
DUKE HUMPHREY TO ELINOR COBHAM.
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WILLIAM DE-LA-POOLE, DUKE OF SUFFOLKE, TO QUEENE MARGARET.
  
QUEENE MARGARET TO WILLIAM DE-LA-POOLE, DUKE OF SUFFOLKE.
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EDWARD THE FOURTH TO MISTRES SHORE.
  
THE EPISTLE OF MISTRES SHORE, TO KING EDWARD THE FOURTH.
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MARY, THE FRENCH QUEENE, TO CHARLES BRANDON, DUKE OF SUFFOLKE.
  
CHARLES BRANDON, DUKE OF SUFFOLKE, TO MARY THE FRENCH QUEENE.
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HENRY HOWARD, EARLE OF SURREY, TO THE LADY GERALDINE.
  
THE LADY GERALDINE, TO HENRY HOWARD, EARLE OF SURREY.
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THE LADY JANE GRAY, TO THE LORD GILFORD DUDLEY.
  
GILFORD DUDLEY TO THE LADY JANE GRAY.
  
A CATALOGUE OF THE HEROICALL LOVES.
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IDEA. IN SIXTIE THREE SONNETS. BY Michael Drayton, ESQVIRE.
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ODES. WITH OTHER LYRICK POESIES.
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THE LEGENDS OF Robert, Duke of Normandie. Matilda the Faire. Pierce Gaveston, Earle of Cornwall. Thomas Cromwell, Earle of Essex.
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THE OWLE.
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PASTORALS. Contayning EGLOGVES, With the Man in the Moone.
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VOLUME III
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VOLUME IV

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[Soe well I love thee, as without thee I]

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[From Ashmolean MS. 38, f. 77.]

These verses weare made By Michaell Drayton Esquier Poett Lawreatt the night before hee dyed.

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Soe well I love thee, as without thee I
Love Nothing, yf I might Chuse, I'de rather dye
Then bee on day debarde thy companye

2

Since Beasts, and plantes doe growe, and live and move
Beastes are those men, that such a life approve
Hee onlye Lives, that Deadly is in Love

3

The Corne that in the grownd is sowen first dies
And of on seed doe manye Eares arise
Love this worldes Corne, by dying Multiplies

4

The seeds of Love first by thy eyes weare throwne
Into a grownd untild, a harte unknowne
To beare such fruitt, tyll by thy handes t'was sowen

5

Looke as your Looking glass by Chance may fall
Devyde and breake in manye peyces smale
And yett shewes forth, the selfe same face in all

6

Proportions, Features Graces just the same
And in the smalest peyce as well the name
Of Fayrest one deserves, as in the richest frame

7

Soe all my Thoughts are peyces but of you
Whiche put together makes a Glass soe true
As I therin noe others face but yours can Veiwe
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