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RICHARD TOTTEL AND THE PRINT TRADE MISCELLANIES LITERARY CONTEXT THE MARIAN POLITICAL CONTEXT SURREY WYATT GRIMALD UNCERTAIN AUTHORS FORM THE MISCELLANY IN ELIZABETHAN LITERARY CULTURE NOTES

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HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY (1517–47)

1. Descripcion of the restlesse state of a lover, with sute to his ladie, to rue on his diying hart. 2. Description of Spring, wherin eche thing renewes, save onely the lover. 3. Description of the restlesse state of a lover. 4. Desciption of the fickle affections, panges, and sleightes of love. 5. Complaint of a lover, that defied love, and was by love after the more tormented. 6. Complaint of a lover rebuked. 7. Complaint of the lover disdained. 8. Description and praise of his love Geraldine. 9. The frailtie and hurtfulnes of beautie. 10. A complaint by night of the lover not beloved. 11. How eche thing save the lover in spring reviveth to pleasure. 12. Vow to love faithfullie howsoever he be rewarded. 13. Complaint that his ladie after she knew of his love kept her face alway hidden from him. 14. Request to his love to joyne bountie with beautie. 15. Prisoned in windsor, he recounteth his pleasure there passed. 16. The lover comforteth himselfe with the worthinesse of his love. 17. Complaint of the absence of her lover being upon the sea. 18. Complaint of a diying lover refused upon his ladies injust mistaking of his writing. 19. Complaint of the absence of her lover being upon the sea. 20. A praise of his love: wherin he reproveth them that compare their Ladies with his. 21. To the ladie that scorned her lover. 22. A warning to the lover how he is abused by his love. 23. The forsaken lover describeth & forsaketh love. 24. The lover describes his restlesse state. 25. The lover excuseth himself of suspected change. 26. A carelesse man, scorning and describing, the suttle usage of women towarde their lovers. 27. An answer in the behalfe of a woman of an uncertain aucthor. 28. The constant lover lamenteth, 29. A song written by the earle of Surrey by a ladie that refused to daunce with him. 30. The faithfull lover declareth his paines and his uncertein joyes, and with only hope recomforteth somwhat his wofull heart. 31. The meanes to attain happy life. 32. Praise of meane and constant estate. 33. Praise of certaine psalmes of David, translated by sir T. W. the elder 34. Of the death of the same sir T. W. 35. Of the same. 36. Of the same. 37. Of Sardanapalus dishonorable life, and miserable death. 38. How no age is content with his owne estate, and how the age of children is the happiest, if they had skill to understand it. 39. Bonum est mihi quod humiliasti me. 40. Exhortacion to learne by others trouble. 41. The fansie of a weried lover.

[SIR THOMAS WYATT (1503–42)]

42. The lover for shamefastnesse hideth his desire within his faithfull hart. 43. The lover waxeth wiser, and will not die for affeccion. 44. The abused lover seeth his folie, and entendeth to trust no more. 45. The lover describeth his being striken with sight of his love. 46. The wavering lover willeth, and dreadeth, to move his desire. 47. The lover having dreamed enjoying of his love, complaineth that the dreame is not either longer or truer. 48. The lover unhappy biddeth happy lovers rejoice in Maie, while he waileth that month to him most unlucky. 49. The lover confesseth him in love with Phillis. 50. Of others fained sorrow, and the lovers fained mirth. 51. Of change in minde. 52. How the lover perisheth in his delight, as the flie in the fire. 53. Against his tonge that failed to utter his sutes. 54. Description of the contrarious passions in a lover. 55. The lover compareth his state to a ship in perilous storme tossed on the sea. 56. Of doutful love. 57. The lover sheweth how he is forsaken of such as he somtime enjoyed. 58. To a ladie to answer directlie with yea or naie. 59. To his love whom he had kissed against her will. 60. Of the Jelous man that loved the same woman and espied this other sitting with her. 61. To his love from whom he had her gloves. 62. Of the fained frend. 63. The lover taught, mistrusteth allurementes. 64. The lover complaineth that his love doth not pitie him. 65. The lover rejoyseth against fortune that by hindering his sute had happily made him forsake his folly. 66. A renouncing of hardly escaped love 67. The lover to his bed, with describing of his unquiet state. 68. Comparison of love to a streame falling from the Alpes. 69. Wiates complaint upon Love, to Reason: with Loves answere. 70. The lovers sorowfull state maketh him write sorowfull songes, but (Souche) his love may change the same. 71. The lover complaineth himself forsaken. 72. Of his love that pricked her finger with a nedle. 73. Of the same. 74. Request to Cupide for revenge of his unkinde love. 75. Complaint for true love unrequited. 76. The lover that fled love, now folowes it with his harme. 77. The lover hopeth of better chance. 78. The lover compareth his hart to the overcharged gonne. 79. The lover suspected of change praieth that it be not beleved against him. 80. The lover abused renownseth love. 81. The lover professeth himself constant. 82. The lover sendeth his complaintes and teares to sue for grace. 83. The lovers case can not be hidden how ever he dissemble. 84. The lover praieth not be disdained, refused, mistrusted, nor forsaken. 85. The lover lamenteth his estate with sute for grace. 86. The lover waileth his changed joyes. 87. To his love that had geven him answere of refusell. 88. To his ladie cruel over her yelden lover 89. The lover complaineth that deadly sicknesse can not helpe his affeccion. 90. The lover rejoiceth the enjoying of his love. 91. The lover complaineth the unkindnes of his love. 92. How by a kisse he found both his life and death. 93. The lover describeth his being taken with sight of his love. 94. To his lover to loke upon him. 95. The lover excuseth him of wordes wherwith he was unjustly charged. 96. Of such as had forsaken him. 97. A description of such a one as he would love. 98. How unpossible it is to finde quiet in love. 99. Of love, fortune, and the lovers minde. 100. The lover praieth his offred hart to be received. 101. The lovers life compared to the Alpes. 102. Charging of his love as unpetious and loving other. 103. A renouncing of love. 104. The lover forsaketh his unkinde love. 105. The lover describeth his restlesse state. 106. The lover lamentes the death of his love. 107. The lover sendeth sighes to mone his sute. 108. Complaint of the absence of his love. 109. The lover blameth his love for renting of the letter he sent her. 110. The lover curseth the time when first he fell in love. 111. The lover determineth to serve faithfully. 112. The lover suspected blameth yll tonges. 113. The lover complaineth and his ladie comforteth. 114. Why love is blind. 115. To his unkinde love. 116. The lover blameth his instant desire. 117. The lover complaineth his estate. 118. Of his love called Anna. 119. That pleasure is mixed with every paine. 120. A riddle of a gift geven by a Ladie. 121. That speaking or profering bringes alway speding. 122. He ruleth not though he raigne over realmes that is subject to his own lustes. 123. Whether libertie by losse of life, or life in prison and thraldom be to be preferred. 124. Against hourders of money. 125. Discription of a gonne. 126. Wiate being in prison, to Brian. 127. Of dissembling wordes. 128. Of the meane and sure estate. 129. The courtiers life 130. Of disapointed purpose by negligence. 131. Of his returne from Spaine. 132. Of sodaine trusting. 133. Of the mother that eat her childe at the seige of Jerusalem. 134. Of the meane and sure estate writen to John Poins. 135. Of the Courtiers life written to Jhon Poins. 136. How to use the court and him selfe therin, written to sir Fraunces Brian. 137. The song of Iopas unfinished.

SONGES AND SONETTES OF UNCERTAIN AUCTOURS.

138. The complaint of a lover with sute to his love for pitie. 139. Of the death of master Devorox the lord Ferres sonne. 140. They of the meane estate are happiest. 141. Comparison of life and death. 142. The tale of Pigmalion with conclusion upon the beautie of his love. 143. The lover sheweth his wofull state, and praieth pitie. 144. Upon consideration of the state this life he wisheth death. 145.The lover that once disdained love is now become subject beyng caught in his snare. 146. Of Fortune, and fame. 147. Against wicked tonges. 148. Hell tormenteth not the damned ghostes so sore as unkindnesse the lover. 149. Of the mutabilitie of the worlde. 150. Harpalus complaint of Phillidaes love bestowed on Corin, who loved her not: and denied him, that loved her. 151. Upon sir James Wilfordes death. 152. Of the wretchednes in this world. 153. The repentant sinner in durance and adversitie. 154. The lover here telleth of his divers joyes and adversities in love and lastly of his ladies death. 155. Of his love named White. 156. Of the lovers unquiet stare. 157. Where good will is, some proofe will appere. 158. Verses written on the picture of sir James Wilford knight. 159. The ladie praieth the returne of her lover abiding on the seas. 160. The meane estate is best. 161. The lover thinkes no paine to great, wherby he may obtain his ladie. 162. Of a new maried studient that plaied fast or lose. 163. The meane estate is to be accompted the best. 164. The lover refused, lamenteth his estate. 165. The felicitie of a minde imbracing vertue, that beholdeth the wretched desires of the worlde. 166. All worldly pleasures vade. 167. A complaint of the losse of libertie by love. 168. A praise of his Ladye. 169. The pore estate to be holden for best. 170. The complaint of Thestilis amid the desert wodde. 171. An answere of comfort. 172. ¶The lover praieth pity showing that nature hath taught his dog as it were to sue for the same by kissing his ladies handes. 173. Of his ring sent to his ladie. 174. The changeable state of lovers. 175. A praise of Audley. 176. Time trieth truth. 177. The lover refused of his love imbraceth death. 178. The picture of a lover. 179. Of the death of Phillips. 180. That all thing somtime finde ease of their paine, save onely the lover. 181. Thassault of Cupide upon the fort where the lovers hart lay wounded and how he was taken. 182. The aged lover renounceth love. 183. Of the ladie Wentworthes death. 184. The lover accusing his love for her unfaithfulnesse, purposeth to live in libertie. 185. The lover for want of his desire, sheweth his death at hand. 186. A happy end excedeth all pleasures and riches of the world. 187. Against an unstedfast woman. 188. A praise of Petrarke and of Laura his ladie. 189. That petrark cannot be passed but notwithstanding that Lawra is far surpassed 190. Against a cruel woman. 191. The lover sheweth what he would have, if it were graunted him to have what he would wishe. 192. The lady forsaken of her lover, praieth his returne, or the end of her own life. 193. The lover yelden into his ladies handes, praieth mercie. 194. That nature which worketh all thinges for our behoofe, hath made women also for our comfort and delight. 195. When adversitie is once fallen, it is to late to beware. 196. Of a lover that made his onely god of his love. 197. Upon the death of sir Antony Denny. 198. A comparison of the lovers paines. 199. Of a Rosemary branche sent. 200. To his love of his constant hart. 201. Of the token which his love sent him. 202. Manhode availeth not without good Fortune. 203. That constancy of all vertues is most worthy. 204. The uncertaine state of a lover. 205. The lover in libertie smileth at them in thraldome, that sometime scorned his bondage. 206. A comparison of his love wyth the faithful and painful love of Troylus to Creside. 207. To leade a vertuous and honest life. 208. The wounded lover determineth to make sute to his lady for his recure. 209. The lover shewing of the continuall paines that abide within his brest, determineth to die because he cannot have redresse. 210. The power of love over gods them selves. 211. The promise of a constant lover. 212. Against him that had slaundered a gentle woman with him selfe. 213. A praise of maistresse R. 214. Of one unjustly defamed. 215. Of the death of the late countisse of Penbroke. 216. That eche thing is hurt of it self. 217. Of the choise of a wife. 218. Descripcion of an ungodly worlde. 219. The dispairing lover lamenteth. 220. The lover praieth his service to be accepted, and his defaultes pardoned. 221. Descripcion and praise of his love. 222. The lover declareth his paines to excede far the paines of hell. 223. Of the death of sir Thomas Wiate the elder. 224. That length of time consumeth all thinges. 225. The beginning of the epistle of Penelope to Ulisses, made into verse. 226. The lover asketh pardon of his passed follie in love. 227. The lover sheweth that he was striken by love on good friday. 228. The lover describeth his whole state unto his love, and promising her his faithfull good will: assureth himself of hers again. 229. Of the troubled comon welth restored to quiet by the mighty power of god. 230. The lover to his love: having forsaken him, and betaken her self to an other. 231. The lover sheweth that in dissembling his love openly he kepeth secret his secret good will. 232. The lover disceived by his love repenteth him of the true love he bare her. 233. The lover having enjoyed his love, humbly thanketh the god of love: and avowing his hart onely to her faithfully promiseth, utterly to forsake all other. 234. Totus mundus in maligno positus. 235. The wise trade of lyfe. 236. That few wordes shew wisdome, and work much quiet. 237. The complaint of a hot woer, delayed with doutfull cold answers. 238. The answer. 239. An epitaph made by .W. G. lying on his death bed, to be set upon his owne tombe. 240. An answer. 241. An epitaph of maister Henry Williams. 242. An other of the same. 243. Against women, either good or bad. 244. An answer. 245. Against a gentilwoman by whom he was refused. 246. The answere. 247. The lover dredding to move his sute for dout of deniall, accuseth all women of disdaine and ficklenesse. 248. An answere. 249. The lover complaineth his fault, that with ungentle writing had displeased his lady. 250. The lover wounded of Cupide, wisheth he had rather ben striken by death. 251. Of womens changeable will. 252. The lover complayneth the losse of his ladye. 253. Of the golden meane. 254. The praise of a true frende. 255. The lover lamenteth other to have the frutes of his service. 256. Of the sutteltie of crafty lovers. 257. Of the vanitie of mans lyfe. 258. The lover not regarded in earnest sute, being become wiser, refuseth her profred love. 259. The complaint of a woman ravished, and also mortally wounded. 260. The lover being made thrall by love, perceiveth how great a losse is libertye. 261. The divers and contrarie passions of the lover. 262. The testament of the hawthorne. 263. The lover in dispeire lamenteth his case. 264. Of his maistresse. m. B. 265. The lover complaineth his harty love not requited. 266. A praise of .m. M. 267. An old lover to a yong gentilwoman. 268. The lover forsaketh his unkinde love. 269. The lover preferreth his lady above all other. 270. The lover lamenteth that he would forget love, and can not.

SONGES WRITTEN BY N. G [NICHOLAS GRIMALD 1519/20–c. 1562]

271. Of the ix. Muses. 272. Musonius the Philosophers saying. 273. Description of Vertue. 274. Praise of measurekeping. 275. Mans life after Possidonius, or Crates. 276. Metrodorus minde to the contrarie. 277. Of frendship. 278. The death of Zoroas, an Egyptian Astronomer, in the first fight, that Alexander had with the Persians. 279. Marcus Tullius Ciceroes death. 280. Of M. T. Cicero.

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SONGES WRITTEN BY NICOLAS GRIMALD.

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