_Hero_ and _Leander_.
Both rob'd of aire, we both lye in one ground,
Both whom one fire had burnt, one water drownd.
[Hero and Leander. _1633-69_, _A18_, _HN_, _N_, _O'F_, _TCC_,
_TCD_, _W_]
_Pyramus_ and _Thisbe_.
Two, by themselves, each other, love and feare
Slaine, cruell friends, by parting have joyn'd here.
[Pyramus and Thisbe. _1633-69_, _A18_, _Cy_, _HN_, _N_, _O'F_,
_TCC_, _TCD_, _W_]
[1: feare] feare, _Chambers, and Grolier_ (_which drops all
the other commas_)]
_Niobe._
By childrens births, and death, I am become
So dry, that I am now mine owne sad tombe.
[Niobe. _1633-69_, _A18_, _HN_, _N_, _O'F_, _TCC_, _TCD_, _W_]
[2: mine owne sad tombe. _1633-69:_ mine owne tombe. _A18_,
_N_, _TC:_ made mine owne tombe. _HN_, _W_]
_A burnt ship._
Out of a fired ship, which, by no way
But drowning, could be rescued from the flame,
Some men leap'd forth, and ever as they came
Neere the foes ships, did by their shot decay;
So all were lost, which in the ship were found,
They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drown'd.
[A burnt ship. _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TCC_, _TCD:_ Nave arsa.
_W:_ De Nave arsa. _O'F_. _See note_]
_Fall of a wall._
Vnder an undermin'd, and shot-bruis'd wall
A too-bold Captaine perish'd by the fall,
Whose brave misfortune, happiest men envi'd,
That had a towne for tombe, his bones to hide.
[Fall of a wall. _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TCC_, _TCD:_ Caso
d'un muro. _O'F_, _W_]
[4 towne _1633 and MSS.:_ towre _1635-69_
bones _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TC:_ corpse _B_, _HN_, _O'F_,
_W_]
_A lame begger._
I am unable, yonder begger cries,
To stand, or move; if he say true, hee _lies_.
[A lame begger. _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TC:_ A beggar. _HN:_
_no title_, _P:_ Zoppo. _O'F_, _W_]
_Cales_ and _Guyana_.
If you from spoyle of th'old worlds farthest end
To the new world your kindled valors bend,
What brave examples then do prove it trew
That one things end doth still beginne a new.
[Cales and Guyana. _O'F:_ Calez _&c._ _W:_ _first printed in
Gosse's_ Life and Letters of John Donne (1899)]
_Sir Iohn Wingefield._
Beyond th'old Pillers many have travailed
Towards the Suns cradle, and his throne, and bed:
A fitter Piller our Earle did bestow
In that late Island; for he well did know
Farther then Wingefield no man dares to goe.
[Sir Iohn Wingefield. _Ed:_ Il Cavalliere Gio: Wingef: _W:_
On Cavallero Wingfield. _O'F:_ _first printed in Gosse's_ Life
and Letters of John Donne (1899)]
[2 throne _W:_ grave _O'F_]
[4 late _W:_ Lady _O'F_]
_A selfe accuser._
Your mistris, that you follow whores, still taxeth you:
'Tis strange that she should thus confesse it, though'it be true.
[A selfe accuser. _1633-69:_ A Mistrisse. _HN:_ _no title_,
_B_, _O'F_, _W_]
[2 that] _om._ _HN_, _O'F_, _W_
thus] _om._ _HN_, _O'F_, _W_
it] _om._ _HN_, _O'F_]
_A licentious person._
Thy sinnes and haires may no man equall call,
For, as thy sinnes increase, thy haires doe fall.
[A licentious person. _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TCC_, _TCD:_
Whore. _HN:_ _no title_, _O'F_, _RP31_, _W_]
[1 Thy] His _and so throughout_, _RP31_]
_Antiquary._
If in his Studie he hath so much care
To'hang all old strange things, let his wife beware.
[Antiquary. _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _P_, _TCC_, _TCD_, _W:_
Hammon. _HN:_ _no title_, _Bur_, _Cy_, _O'F:_ Epigram. _S96_]
[1 he hath so much _1633-69:_ he have such _A18_, _N_, _TC:_
Hamon hath such _B_, _Cy_, _HN_ (have), _O'F_, _S96_, _W_]
[2 strange _om._ _B_, _HN_, _O'F_ all _om. Bur_]
_Disinherited._
Thy father all from thee, by his last Will,
Gave to the poore; Thou hast good title still.
[Disinherited. _1633-69:_ One disinherited. _HN:_ _no title_,
_Cy_, _O'F_, _P_, _W_]
[1 Will, _Ed:_ Will _1633-69_]
_Phryne._
Thy flattering picture, _Phryne_, is like thee,
Onely in this, that you both painted be.
[Phryne. _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TCC_, _TCD:_ _no title_,
_O'F_]
[1 like thee,] like to thee, _1650-69_]
_An obscure writer._
_Philo_, with twelve yeares study, hath beene griev'd
To be understood; when will hee be beleev'd?
[An obscure writer. _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TCC_, _TCD:_ _no
title_, _O'F_]
[1 griev'd _Ed:_ griev'd, _1633-69_]
[2 To be _Ed:_ To'be _1633-69_
understood; _Ed:_ understood, _1633-69_
beleev'd?] beleev'd. _1633_]
_Klockius._
_Klockius_ so deeply hath sworne, ne'r more to come
In bawdie house, that hee dares not goe home.
[Klockius. _HN:_ _no title_, _1633-69_, _Bur_, _O'F_]
[1 _Klockius_] Rawlings _Bur_]
[2 In bawdie] In a bawdie _HN_]
_Raderus._
Why this man gelded _Martiall_ I muse,
Except himselfe alone his tricks would use,
As _Katherine_, for the Courts sake, put downe Stewes.
[Raderus. _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TCD:_ Randerus. _TCC:_
Martial: castrat_us_. _W_]
[1 _Martiall_ I muse, _1633-54:_ _Martiall_, I amuse, _1669_]
_Mercurius Gallo-Belgicus._
Like _Esops_ fellow-slaves, O _Mercury_,
Which could do all things, thy faith is; and I
Like _Esops_ selfe, which nothing; I confesse
I should have had more faith, if thou hadst lesse;
Thy credit lost thy credit: 'Tis sinne to doe,
In this case, as thou wouldst be done unto,
To beleeve all: Change thy name: thou art like
_Mercury_ in stealing, but lyest like a _Greeke_.
[Mercurius Gallo-Belgicus. _1633-69_, _A18_, _B_, _N_, _O'F_,
_S_, _TCC_, _TCD_, _W_]
[8 but lyest _1633-69:_ and lyest _B_, _W_]
_Ralphius._
Compassion in the world againe is bred:
_Ralphius_ is sick, the broker keeps his bed.
[Ralphius. _HN:_ _no title_, _1633-69_, _O'F_]
_The Lier._
Thou in the fields walkst out thy supping howers,
And yet thou swear'st thou hast supp'd like a king:
Like Nebuchadnezar perchance with grass and flowers,
A sallet worse then Spanish dieting.
[The Lier. _HN:_ _no title_, _B_, _Bur_, _Cy_, _O'F_, _P_,
_W_]
[2 swear'st _HN_, _W:_ say'st _B_, _Cy_, _O'F_]
[3 grass] hearbes _Bur_
supp'd like] supp'd and like _HN_]