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The Chast and Lost Lovers

Lively shadowed in the persons of Arcadius and Sepha, and illustrated with the severall stories of Haemon and Antigone, Eramio and Amissa, Phaon and Sappho, Delithason and Verista. Being a description of several Lovers smiling with delight, and with hopes fresh as their youth, and fair as their beauties in the beginning of their Affections, and covered with Bloud and Horror in the conclusion. To this is added the Contestation betwixt Bacchus and Diana, and certain Sonnets of the Author to Aurora. Digested into three Poems by Will. [i.e. by William Bosworth]. Bosworth

Bosworth, William (1607-1650?)

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On the Amorous and pathetick story of Arcadius and Sepha, &c.

On the exact and elabourate story of Arcadius and Sepha, and the rest of the Beavy of the Lovers

An Epitaph on the deceased Author, in allusion to his Sonnets on Aurora.

On the deathlesse Poems of the deceased Author.

On these laboured Poems of the deceased Authour, Mr. William Bosworth.

The Booke to the Reader.

Arcadius and Sepha.

THE HISTORIE OF Arcadius and Sepha.

Eramio to Amissa.

The story of Phaon and Sappho.

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The Story of Delithason and Verista.

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Hinc Lachrimæ,

To the immortall memory of the fairest and most vertuous Lady, the Lady

To his dear Friend Mr. John Emely upon his Travells.

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Eramio to Amissa.

(Faire Queen) that favour which you pleas to give
To my unworthinesse, shall make me live
Renoun'd, when so much love you do bequeath,
Blown by the bellowes of your flowry breath,
Shall fold me in your armes, do not conceave
Twas scorn, or want of love that made me leave
My Answer untill now, Amissa no,
And 'mongst your other vertues please to know,
Twas that excessive humble love I had,
That would not linke your honour to so bad,

As your Eramio.