Englan¦ds¦ Heroic¦all¦ Epistles. Newly Correcte¦d.¦ With Idea. By
Michaell Drayton. _At London, Printed by I. R. for N. L. and are to be
sold at his shop in Fleetstreete, neere Saint Dunstones Church._ 1602.
8^o. (5-7/8 × 4). Z. 2.
Collation: A^4B-Q^8, unpaged. Address to the reader, signed M.D.
Commendatory verses signed: E. Sc. Gent., Thomas Hassell, William
Alexander. The 'Epistles' are divided into groups to which are
prefixed dedicatory epistles to Lucy Countess of Bedford, Lady Anne
Harington, Sir Walter Acton, Edward Earl of Bedford, Iames Huish,
Elizabeth Tanfelde, Sir Thomas Munson, Sir Henry Goodere, Henry
Lucas, and Lady Frauncis Goodere, each signed. 'Idea' begins on O
7^V. The first sonnet should belong to the 'Epistles',
of which it contains a list, the second and third are prefatory,
addressed to the reader. The first edition appeared in 1597; the
present is the fifth. 'Idea' which had appeared separately was first
added to the third edition, 1599.