| I. King James I. |
Sonett from “Poetical Exercises” |
| Stanzas from “Choros Angelorvm” |
| Chorus Venetvs |
| Psalm XXIX |
| Stanzas from the Lepanto |
| II. John Donne |
Holy Sonnets |
| A Hymne to God the Father |
| Hymne to Christ at the Author’s Last Going into Germany |
| Nativitie |
| Resvrrection |
| Ascention |
| The Soule |
| Psalme CXXXVII |
| The Annuntiation and Passion |
| Good Friday |
| Elegy |
| III. Anonymous |
Hymne |
| Lines from “Diuers deuout and zealous Meditations” |
| IV. Simion Grahame |
Stanzas |
| V. W. A. |
Hymne |
| VI. B. N. |
I Would and Would Not |
| VII. Giles Fletcher |
A Description of Justice |
| A Description of Mercy |
| Our Saviour’s Temptation |
| The Traitor Judas |
| The Joys of the Redeemed |
| VIII. Henry Ainsworth |
Psalm XXIII |
| Psalm CVII |
| Psalm CXXXVII |
| IX. Sir Edwin Sandys |
Psalm CXXVIII |
| X. Arthur Warren |
Selfishness of the World |
| The Patience of Poverty |
| XI. Henry Farley |
Lines Presented to James the First |
| XII. George Herbert |
Psalm V |
| XIII. Anonymous |
The Convert Soule |
| Show Me More Love |
| A Constant Minde |
| Lord of My Glory |
| A Hymn |
| Stanzas |
| “There Was a King” |
| “How Good Art Thou” |
| Victorious Jesus |
| XIV. Robert Pricket |
Faith without Practice |
| XV. Anonymous |
Stanzas |
| Verses on the Death of R. W. |
| XVI. Henry Petowe |
Stanzas from “Eliza’s Funeral” |
| XVII. Anonymous |
Sonnet |
| The Pilgrim’s Song |
| God Hears and Answers Prayer |
| XVIII. Earl of Cumberland |
Psalm XXXVIII |
| XIX. Michael Drayton |
The Triumph of David |
| Noah Thretning God’s Vengeance vpon the World |
| XX. John Vicars |
Psalm CV |
| XXI. Francis Quarles |
Lines from “The History of Samson” |
| Lines from “A Feast for Wormes” |
| Lines from “Job Militant” |
| Sonnets from “Pentelogia” |
| Sion’s Sonnets |
| Funerall Elegies |
| XXII. Sir John Beaumont |
Of the Epiphany |
| Of the Transfiguration of Our Lord |
| An Ode of the Blessed Trinitie |
| On Ascension Day |
| An Act of Contrition |
| An Act of Hope |
| A Dialogue betweene the World, a Pilgrim, and Vertue |
| Of Teares |
| Of Sinne |
| In Spiritual Comfort |
| Against Inordinate Loue of Creatures |
| Of the Miserable State of Man |
| XXIII. Edmund Dee |
Extract from “Verses against Popery” |
| XXIV. Benjamin Jonson |
To the World |
| On the Nativitie of My Saviour |
| Eupheme’s Mind |
| XXV. Christopher Lever |
Stanzas from “Queene Elizabeth’s Teares” |
| XXVI. Thomas Dekker |
Christ’s Coming to Judgement |
| XXVII. Anonymous |
Stanzas from “The Passion of a Discontented Mind” |
| Confession and Contrition |
| XXVIII. Thomas Peyton |
Paradise |
| The Translation of Enoch |
| XXIX. John Davies |
Stanzas from “The Triumph of Death” |
| Stanzas from “The Holy Roode” |
| XXX. Phineas Fletcher |
The Purple Island |
| XXXI. William Hall |
Man’s Great Enemy |
| XXXII. Rachel Speght |
The Frailty of Life |
| XXXIII. Simon Wastill |
Colossians |
| XXXIV. Robert Aylett |
Stanzas from “Peace with her Faire Gardens” |
| XXXV. Augustine Taylor |
Christ’s Mercy |
| XXXVI. Anonymous |
Stanzas from “Machiauel’s Dogge” |
| XXXVII. W. Parkes |
Lines from “The Curtain-drawer of the World” |
| XXXVIII. George Wither |
The Lamentation of David over Saul and Jonathan His Son |
| The Conversion of St. Paul |
| St. Peter’s Day |
| The Prayer of Habakuk |
| For Seasonable Weather |
| Sonnet |
| Lines from “The Motto” |
| Psalm LVII |
| XXXIX. Joseph Hall |
Psalm I |
| Psalm VII |
| Extract from “Lachrymæ Lachrymarum” |
| XL. William Willymat |
Stanzas from “A Prince’s Looking-glasse” |
| XLI. Anonymous |
To the Most Rare Vertue of True Humlilitie. Vpon the Crowne of Thornes |
| XLII. Æmelia Lanyer |
The Teares of the Daughter of Jerusalem |
| XLIII. Sir John Stradling |
Stanzas from “Beati Pacifici” |
| XLIV. Nathanael Baxter |
The Deity |
| Man Created |
| XLV. Nicholas Breton |
Invective: The Hate of Treason |
| A Prayer |
| XLVI. George Raleigh |
Stanzas from “Christ on his Crosse” |
| XLVII. RO. VN. |
A Similitude |
| XLVIII. —— Jerom |
Stanzas from “Origen’s Repentance” |
| XLIX. Sir Henry Wotton |
Psalm CIV |
| A Hymn |
| L. Sir Walter Raleigh |
The Crosse of Christ |
| LI. George Chapman |
An Address to Death |
| A Description of Fever |
| The End of Learning |
| LII. Edward Hake |
No Gold, No Goodnesse |
| Complaining of His Want of Friends |
| LIII. Richard Corbet |
An Elegie on Dr. Ravis, Bishop of London |
| LIV. William Alexander, Earl of Stirling |
An Invocation |
| God Visible in His Works |
| LV. Henry Arthington |
The Goodness of God towards All Mankind Manifold Wayes |
| LVI. Sir William Leighton |
To the True Devoted Reader |
| LVII. Richard Brathwaite |
The Author to His Disconsolate Brother |
| A Description of Death |
| LVIII. Henry Peacham |
Psalmi Davidici |
| Penitentia |
| Vita Tota Dies Vnut |
| LIX. Samuel Daniel |
Lines from “The Tragedie of Philotas” |
| LX. Thomas Scot |
Aquignispicium |
| LXI. Thomas Randolph |
An Eclogue |
| LXII. Edmond Graile |
Jacob Going down into Egypt |
| LXIII. William Drummond |
An Hymn of True Happiness |
| Human Frailty |
| For the Prodigal |
| The Blessedness of Faithful Souls by Death |
| Providence |
| LXIV. John Bulloker |
The Anointing of Our Saviour |
| LXV. Francis Beaumont |
A Funeral Elogie on the Death of the Lady Penelope Clifton |
| LXVI. William Warner |
How Our Religion Is Authenticall |
| LXVII. Lord Bacon |
Psalm XC |
| LXVIII. John Taylor |
Lines from “The Severall Seiges, Assaults, Sackings, and Finall Destruction of the Famous, Ancient, and memoriable Citty of Jerusalem” |
| LXIX. Henry Anderson |
Bidding the World Farewell |
| The Law of Christ Contrasted with the Law of the World |
| The Blessedness of Serving God |
| LXX. John Norden |
Custome |
| LXXI. Thomas Tvke |
To the Men of Rome, As Well Laiques As Cleriques |
| LXXII. Elizabeth Melvill |
Ladie Culros’ Dream |
| LXXIII. S. A. Gorges |
To the Kinge’s Maiestie |
| LXXIV. Roger Tisdale |
The Lawyer’s Philosophy |
| LXXV. J. W. |
Epitaph on Archbishop Whitgift |
| LXXVI. Joshua Sylvester |
Lachrimæ Lachrimarvm |
| LXXVII. Richard Zouche |
The Dove |
| The World |
| LXXVIII. Raphe Crane |
The Works of Mercy, Both Corporall and Spirituall |
| LXXIX. Thomas Gokins |
Hallowed Be Thy Name |
| LXXX. Doctor Brooke |
O’ Tears |
| LXXXI. Thomas Heywood |
Stanzas from “Troia Brittanica, or Great Britaine’s Troy” |
| LXXXII. Peter Small |
Lines from “Man’s May” |
| LXXXIII. Sands Penuen |
Ixyon |
| LXXXIV. J. F. |
Lines from “Christ’s Bloody Sweat” |
| LXXXV. William Lithgow |
Lines from “The Pilgrim’s Farewell” |
| LXXXVI. John Weever |
Stanzas from “An Agnus Dei” |
| LXXXVII. Charles Fitzgeffrey |
The Blessed Birth-day, Celebrated in Some Sanctified Meditations on the Angels’ Anthem |
| LXXXVIII. Walter Quin |
Youth Addressed by Vice and Virtue |
| LXXXIX. Samuel Rowlands |
A Moral |
| XC. Anonymous |
An Excellent Song, wherein You Shall Finde Great Consolation for a Troubled Minde |
| XCI. John Hagthorpe |
God’s Bounty Enlarged |
| God’s Beneficence |
| To Earth |
| XCII. Patrick Hanay |
Sonnet |
| XCIII. Richard Milton |
Lines from “London’s Miserie, etc.” |
| XCIV. Anonymous |
Lines from “Catascopos” |
| XCV. John Abbott |
The Force of Contrition |
| XCVI. John Rhodes |
A Song of Praise and Thankesgiving to God for the King’s Majesty Raigne |
| XCVII. Anonymous |
The Miracles of Our Saviour |
| XCVIII. Thomas Collins |
Mercy |
| XCIX. Tristram White |
Sapphicks |
| C. Henry Raymonde |
An Ode |
