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The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets

by William Winstanley

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  1. 1William Riley Parker…
  2. 2To the Worshipful — Francis Bradbury, Esq;
  3. 3The Preface to the Reader
  4. 4The Names of the Poets Mention’d in This Book
  5. 5From William the Conqueror, to These Present Times
  6. 6Richard the Hermit
  7. 7Joseph of Exeter
  8. 8Michael Blaunpayn
  9. 9Matthew Paris
  10. 10William Ramsey
  11. 11Alexander Nequam
  12. 12Alexander Essebie
  13. 13Robert Baston
  14. 14Henry Bradshaw
  15. 15Havillan
  16. 16John Gower
  17. 17Geoffery Chaucer
  18. 18John Lydgate
  19. 19John Harding
  20. 20Robert Fabian
  21. 21John Skelton
  22. 22William Lillie
  23. 23Sir Thomas More
  24. 24Henry Howard Earl of Surrey
  25. 25Sir Thomas WIAT the Elder
  26. 26Dr. Christopher Tye
  27. 27John Leland
  28. 28Thomas Churchyard
  29. 29John Higgins
  30. 30Abraham Fraunce
  31. 31William Warner
  32. 32Thomas Tusser
  33. 33Thomas Storer
  34. 34Thomas Lodge
  35. 35Robert Greene
  36. 36Thomas Nash
  37. 37Sir Philip Sidney
  38. 38Sir Fulk Grevil
  39. 39Mr. Edmond Spenser
  40. 40Sir John Harrington
  41. 41John Heywood
  42. 42Thomas Heywood
  43. 43George Peel
  44. 44John Lilly
  45. 45William Wager
  46. 46Nicholas Breton
  47. 47Thomas Kid, Thomas Watson, &c.
  48. 48Sir Thomas Overbury
  49. 49Mr. Michael Drayton
  50. 50Joshua Sylvester
  51. 51Mr. Samuel Daniel
  52. 52George Chapman
  53. 53Robert Baron
  54. 54Lodovic Carlisle
  55. 55John Ford
  56. 56Anthony Brewer
  57. 57Henry Glapthorn
  58. 58John Davis of Hereford
  59. 59Doctor John Donne
  60. 60Dr. Richard Corbet
  61. 61Mr. Benjamin Johnson
  62. 62Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
  63. 63William Shakespear
  64. 64Christopher Marlow
  65. 65Barton Holyday
  66. 66Cyril Turner
  67. 67Thomas Midleton
  68. 68William Rowley
  69. 69Thomas Decker
  70. 70John Marston
  71. 71Dr. Jasper Main
  72. 72James Shirley
  73. 73Philip Massinger
  74. 74John Webster
  75. 75William Brown
  76. 76Thomas Randolph
  77. 77Sir John Beaumont Baronet
  78. 78Dr. Philemon Holland
  79. 79Thomas Goff
  80. 80Thomas Nabbes
  81. 81Richard Broome
  82. 82Robert Chamberlain
  83. 83William Sampson
  84. 84George Sandys, Esquire
  85. 85Sir John Suckling
  86. 86Mr. William Habington
  87. 87Mr. Francis Quarles
  88. 88Mr. Phineas Fletcher
  89. 89Mr. George Herbert
  90. 90Mr. Richard Crashaw
  91. 91Mr. William Cartwright
  92. 92Sir Aston Cockain
  93. 93Sir John Davis
  94. 94Thomas May
  95. 95Charles Aleyn
  96. 96George Withers
  97. 97Robert Herric
  98. 98John Taylor the Water-Poet
  99. 99Thomas Rawlins
  100. 100Mr. Thomas Carew
  101. 101Col. Richard Lovelace
  102. 102Alexander Broome
  103. 103Mr. John Cleveland
  104. 104Sir John Berkenhead
  105. 105Dr. Robert Wild
  106. 106Mr. Abraham Cowley
  107. 107Mr. Edmond Waller
  108. 108Sir John Denham
  109. 109Sir William Davenant
  110. 110Sir George Wharton
  111. 111Sir Robert Howard
  112. 112William Cavendish — Duke of New-Castle
  113. 113Sir William Killigrew
  114. 114John Studley
  115. 115John Tatham
  116. 116Thomas Jorden
  117. 117Hugh Crompton
  118. 118Edmund Prestwich
  119. 119Pagan Fisher
  120. 120Edward Shirburn, Esq;
  121. 121John Quarles
  122. 122John Milton
  123. 123John Ogilby
  124. 124Sir Richard Fanshaw
  125. 125Roger Boile, Lord Broghil, Earl of Orrery
  126. 126Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury
  127. 127Earl of Rochester
  128. 128Mr. Thomas Flatman
  129. 129Martin Luellin
  130. 130Edmond Fairfax
  131. 131Henry King Bishop of Chichester
  132. 132Thomas Manley
  133. 133Mr. Lewys Griffin
  134. 134John Dauncey
  135. 135Richard Head
  136. 136John Phillips
  137. 137Mr. John Oldham
  138. 138Mr. John Driden
  139. 139Mr. Elkunah Settle
  140. 140Sir George Etheridge
  141. 141Mr. John Wilson
  142. 142Mr. Thomas Shadwell
  143. 143Thomas Stanley
  144. 144Edward Phillips
  145. 145Mr. Thomas Sprat
  146. 146William Smith — Mr. John Lacey
  147. 147Mr. William Whicherly
  148. 148Sir Roger L’Estrange

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