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The Maids Tragedy

Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616)

THE MAIDS TRAGEDY

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Upon Mr. John Fletcher's Plays.

On Mr. John Fletcher's Works.

To Mr. Francis Beaumont (Then living.)

On Mr. Francis Beaumont (Then newly Dead.)

On Mr. Beaumont. (VVritten thirty years since, presently after his Death.)

Upon the Report of the printing of the Dramatical Poems of Mr. John Fletcher, collected before, and now set forth in one Volume.

Mr. John Fletcher his Dramatical works now at last printed.

On the Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, now at length printed.

On the happy Collection of Mr. Fletcher's Works, never before printed.

On the Edition of Mr. Francis Beaumont's, and Mr. John Fletcher's Plays never printed before.

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To Mr. Francis Beaumont (Then living.)

How I do love thee BEAUMONT, and thy Muse,
That unto me do'st such religion use!
How I do fear myself, that am not worth
The least indulgent thought thy pen drops forth!
At once thou mak'st me happie, and unmak'st;
And giving largely to me, more thou tak'st.
What fate is mine, that so it self bereaves?
What art is thine, that so thy friend deceives?
When even there where most thou praisest me,
For writing better, I must envy thee.

BEN. JOHNSON.