interpretation rather than translation of MARINO, the Reader is referred
to our Essay. The SANCROFT MS. must have contained this poem, for it is
inserted in the index; but unfortunately the pages of the MS. containing
it have disappeared. It was first published in the 'Steps' of 1646 (pp.
51-73), and was reprinted in the editions of 1648 and 1670: and
separately, with a brief introduction, a few years since. Our text is
that of 1648 (pp. 57-74); but it differs from the edition of 1646 only
in slight changes of spelling, _e.g._ 'hee' for 'he,' 'guild' for
'gild,' and the like--not calling for record. The edition of 1670, in
st. i. line 3, misprints '_so_ what' for 'O what,' and TURNBULL repeats
the error, and of himself misreads in st. xxii. 'Who thunders on a
throne of stars above' for 'Who in a throne of stars thunders above,'
and in like manner in st. xxiv. line 8 substitutes 'getting' for
'finding,' and in st. xxvi. line 3 'serve' for 'serves.' Again in st.
li. first line of which is left partially blank, from (probably) the
illegibility of CRASHAW'S MS., TURNBULL tacitly fills in, 'By proud
usurping Herod now was borne,' and in line 3 misprints 'lineage' for
'image'--fetching it from the 'linage' of 1670--a plausible reading, yet
scarcely in keeping with the verb 'worn.' So too, besides lesser
orthographic alterations, in st. xxxvi. line 2 he does not detect the
stupid misprint 'whose' for 'my,' nor that of 'fight' for 'sight' in st.
xlvii. line 8, while in st. lxi. he drops 'all,' which even the 1670
edition does not do, any more than is it responsible for a tithe of
TURNBULL'S mistakes here and throughout. G.
[42] Appeared first in 'Steps' of 1648 (pp. 74-75): was reprinted in
1652 (pp. 66-69) and 1670 (pp. 185-187). Our text is that of 1652: but
see Notes and Illustrations at close of the poem, and our Essay for
critical remarks. The engraving of 1652 is reproduced in our illustrated
quarto edition. G.
[43] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1648 (pp. 76-78), where the title
is 'A Hymne on the B. Sacrament:' reprinted in 1652 (pp. 70--73) and
1670 (pp. 187-190). Our text is that of 1652; but see Notes at close of
the poem. G.
[44] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1646 (pp. 74-78), where it is
headed 'On a prayer booke sent to Mrs. M.R.:' was reprinted in 1648 (pp.
78-82), where the title differs from that of 1652 (pp. 108-112) in
leaving out 'Prayer' and 'little,' and in 1670 as in 1646. Our text is
that of 1652; but see Notes and Illustrations at close and on M.R. in
our Essay. G.
[45] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1648 (pp. 82-84), and was
reprinted in 1670 (pp. 198-200). Our text is that of 1648; but see Notes
and Illustrations at close of the poem. G.
[46] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1648 (pp. 84-5): reprinted in
1652 (pp. 121-2) and 1670 (pp. 204-5). Out text is that of 1652, as
before; but see Notes at close of the poem. G.
[47] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1646 (p. 78): reprinted in
editions of 1648 (pp. 88-9) and 1670 (p. 60). Our text is that of 1648,
with a few adopted readings as noted onward. See our Essay on Crashaw's
relation to Herbert. In the SANCROFT MS. the heading is 'Vpon Herbert's
Temple, sent to a Gentlewoman. R. CR.' Line 3 in the MS. spells 'fire,'
and has 'faire' before 'eyes;' adopted: line 5th, books were used to be
tied with strings: line 6th, 1646, 'you have ... th':' line 7th, MS.
reads 'would' for 'will;' adopted: line 8th, 'to waite on your chast.'
G.
[48] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1646 (pp. 79-84): reprinted in
editions of 1648 (pp. 89-94), 1652 (pp. 93-100), and 1670 (pp. 61-67).
Our text is that of 1652, as before, and its engraving of the Saint's
portrait, and French lines here, are reproduced in our illustrated
quarto edition. See Notes and Illustrations at close of the poem, and
our Essay on Teresa and Crashaw. G.
[49] Appeared originally in the 'Steps' of 1646 (pp. 85-6): reprinted in
editions of 1648 (pp. 97-8) and 1670 (pp. 67-8). Our text is that of
1648. See our Essay for the biographic interest of this poem, and also
Notes at its close. G.
[50] Appeared originally in 1648 'Steps' (pp. 94-6): reprinted in
editions of 1652 (pp. 103-107) and 1670 (pp. 194-7). Our text is that of
1652, as before. G.
[51] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1648 (p. 98): reprinted in 1652
(p. 107) and 1670 (pp. 197-8). Our text is that of 1652, as before; but
the only difference in the others is (except the usual slight changes in
orthography), that in 1648, 2d part, line 5 reads 'longing' for
'louing,' which I have adopted, as pointing back to the 'longing' of the
1st part, line 2. The title I take from 1648, as in 1652 it is simply 'A
Song.' G.
[52] Appeared originally in the 'Steps' of 1646 (pp. 90-1): reprinted in
1648 (pp. 99-101), 1652 (pp. 81-3), 1670 (pp. 70-2). Our text is that of
1652, as before; but see Notes and Illustrations at close of the poem.
G.
[53] From 'Five Piovs and Learned Discourses:
1. A Sermon shewing how we ought to behave our selves in God's house.
2. A Sermon preferring holy Charity before Faith, Hope and Knowledge.
3. A Treatise shewing that God's Law now qualified by the Gospel of
Christ, is possible, and ought to be fulfilled of us in this life.
4. A Treatise of the Divine attributes.
5. A Treatise shewing the Antichrist not to be yet come.
By Robert Shelford, of Ringsfield in Suffolk, Priest. Printed by the
printers to the Universitie of Cambridge. 1635 [quarto].' See Note at
close of the poem, and our Essay, for more on Shelford. G.
[54] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1648 (pp. 106-7), where it is
headed 'A Hymne in Meditation of the Day of Judgement:' reprinted 1652
(pp. 74-78), 1670 (pp. 191-4). Our text is that of 1652, and its
engraving here is reproduced in our illustrated quarto edition. See our
Essay for critical remarks on this great version of a supreme hymn. G.
[55] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1648 (pp. 107-9): reprinted 1652
(pp. 52-54) and 1670 (pp. 176-8). Our text is that of 1652, as before.
In 1648 lines 1 and 2 read 'you' for 'thee;' and line 33 'Thou' for
'you,' the latter adopted. G.
[56] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1648 (pp. 109-110): reprinted
1652 (pp. 79-80) and 1670 (pp. 194-5). Our text is that of 1652, as
before, and its engraving here is reproduced in our illustrated quarto
edition in two forms (one hitherto unknown) from the Bodleian copy. G.
[57] Appeared first in 'Steps' of 1646 (pp. 96-9): reprinted in 1648
(pp. 111-113), 1652 (pp. 128-131), and 1670 (pp. 74-77). Our text is
that of 1652, as before; with the exception of better readings from
1646, as noted below. See our Memorial Introduction and Essay for
notices of the friendship of Cowley and Crashaw. G.
[58] As with Cowley's lines: see foot-note _ante_. G.
[59] See our Essay for critical remarks on this and related poems. G.
[60] May be 'kings;' but the MS. doubtful. G.
[61] Appeared originally in 'Delights' of 1646 (pp. 103-7): was
reprinted in 1648 (pp. 1-5), and 1670 (pp. 81-6). Our text is that of
1648, as before; but all agree. See Notes and Illustrations at close of
this poem for other two earlier translations, and our Essay for the
original Latin, with critical remarks. In our illustrated quarto edition
will be found a pathetic and daintily-rendered illustration, done
expressly for us by Mrs. Blackburn of Glasgow, and engraved by W.J.
Linton, Esq. G.
[62] Appeared originally in the 'Delights' of 1646 (pp. 110-1), and was
reprinted in editions 1648 (pp. 7-8) and 1670 (pp. 106-7). Our text is
that of 1648, as before, with the exception of 'gentlest' for 'gentle'
from 1646 edition (line 2d), which is confirmed by the SANCROFT MS. The
MS. in line 10 reads 'chatting:' line 16, I have corrected the usual
reading of 'bosome' by 'blosome,' from the SANCROFT MS. The heading of
the MS. is 'E Virg. Georg. particula. In laudem Veris. R. Cr.' _i.e._
Georg. ii. 323-345. G.
[63] Appeared originally in the 'Delights' of 1646 (pp. 111): was
reprinted in 1648 (p. 8) and 1670 (p. 107). Our text is that of 1648, as
before; but all agree. G.
[64] Our text is from the 'Hygiasticon' of LESSIUS in the English
translation of 1636, the title-page of which is as follows:
'Hygiasticon: or the right course of preserving Life and Health unto
extream old Age: Together with soundnesse and integritie of the Senses,
Iudgement, and Memorie. Written in Latine by LEONARD LESSIUS, and now
done into English. The third Edition. Cambridge, 1636.' [42mo.] It is
there entitled 'To the Reader, upon the Book's intent,' and begins at
line 15; these opening lines being taken from the 'Delights' of 1646
(pp. 112-3). See our Essay for remarks on this poem, and at close Notes
and various readings. G.
[65] Appeared originally in 'Delights' of 1646 (p. 114): was reprinted
in 1648 (p. 10) and 1670 (pp. 109-110). Our text is that of 1648; but
all agree. Our Poet has turned the prose of the original into verse
(Aethiopica, lib. i. cap. 1). There was an early English translation of
the whole, as follows: 'Heliodorus, his Aethiopian History: Done out of
Greeke, and compared with other Translations. 1622' [quarto]. In line 2,
1646 and 1670 read 'in' for 'with:' line 7, 1646 misprints 'thy' for
'they.' The heading in the SANCROFT MS. is 'The faire Aethiopian, R. Cr.'
TURNBULL perpetuates 1670's misprint of 'in' for 'with' in line 2, and
adds one of his own in line 26, by misprinting 'guest' for 'guests.' G.
[66] Appeared originally in the 'Delights' of 1646 (pp. 115-117): was
reprinted 1648 (pp. 11-13) and 1670 (pp. 110-112). Our text is that of
1648; but all agree, save as follows: 1646 misprints 'cease' for 'ceaze'
= seize, in line 17 from end; and 1670, line 8 from beginning, misprints
'own' for 'owe;' the latter perpetuated by TURNBULL. The poem is an
interpretation of the first Idyll of Moschus. Line 5, 'O yes' = the
legal _oyiez_: line 8, 'owe' = own. G.
[67] The first edition of Bishop Andrewes' Sermons was published in
1629. Its title was 'XCVI Sermons by the Right Honourable and Reverend
Father in God, Launcelot Andrewes, late Lord Bishop of Winchester.' It
is dedicated to the King by Laud and Buckeridge, Bishop of Ely, the
latter adding a funeral sermon. It has no frontispiece. LOWNDES, as
other bibliographers, does not seem to have known the edition of 1629.
He calls that of 1631 the first, while it was the second; and he says it
had a frontispiece, which is incorrect, if I may judge from a number of
copies personally examined. The third edition (1635) I have not seen:
but in the quarto (1641) appears a frontispiece-portrait, having the
lines above, but no name or initials. Line 8 TURNBULL misprints 'and,
with holy.' G.
[68] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1646 (pp. 31-2): was reprinted in
1648 'Delights' (pp. 18-19) and 1670 (pp. 86-7). Our text is that of
1648; but all agree. The SANCROFT MS. gives us the name of the
'gentleman' celebrated, being thus headed, 'In obitum desideratissimi
Mri Chambers, Coll. Reginal. Socij. R. CR.;' and in the margin in the
archbishop's hand, 'The title and Name not in ye print.' The same MS.
supplies us with lines 11-12 and 21-22, never before printed. This MS.
in line 23 reads 'If yet at least he' ... and in line 32, 'are' for
'be.' Only other slight orthographic differences. G.
[69] Appeared originally in the 'Steps' of 1646 (pp. 32-3): was
reprinted in 1648 'Delights' (pp. 19-20) and 1670 (pp. 87-9). Our text
is that of 1648; but all agree. See our Essay, as before, for notice of
HERRYS or HARRIS. In the SANCROFT MS. the heading is 'In ejusdem
praematur. obitu. Allegoricum. R. CR.;' and line 9 reads 'tree' for
'plant;' adopted. For a short Latin poem added here, see our vol. ii. G.
[70] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1646 (pp. 33-5): was reprinted in
1648 'Delights' (pp. 20-2) and 1670 (pp. 89-91). Our text is that of
1648, as before; but see Notes and Illustrations at close of the poem.
G.
[71] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1646 (pp. 36-7): was reprinted in
1648 'Delights' (pp. 23-4) and 1670 (pp. 91-3). Our text is that of
1648; but see Notes and Illustrations at close of the poem. G.
[72] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1646 (pp. 38-9): was reprinted in
1648 'Delights' (pp. 24-6) and 1670 (93-4). Our text is that of 1648;
but all agree. The SANCROFT MS. is headed 'Epitaphium in eundem R. CR.'
Line 31, TURNBULL misprints 'breast' for 'breath.' G.
[73] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1646 (pp. 39-40), where it is
headed 'An Epitaph vpon Husband and Wife, which died and were buried
together.' G.
[74] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1646 (pp. 40-1), where it is
headed 'Vpon Mr. Staninough's Death:' was reprinted in the 'Delights' of
1648 (p. 27), with the simple inscription, 'At the Funerall of a young
Gentleman,' and in 1652 (pp. 24-5), as 'Death's Lectvre and the Fvneral
of a yovng Gentleman,' and in 1670 (_bis_), viz. p. 96 and pp. 206-7.
Our text is that of 1652, as before; but see Notes at close of the poem.
G.
[75] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1646 (p. 40): was reprinted in
1648 'Delights' (p. 28) and 1670 (p. 95). Our text is that of 1648; but
all agree. In the SANCROFT MS. the heading is 'In obitum Dris Brooke. R.
CR.' It reads 'banck' for 'bankes' in line 7. See our Essay for notice
of Dr. Brooke. G.
[76] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1646 (pp. 45-6): was reprinted in
'Delights' of 1648 (pp. 28-9) and 1670 (pp. 101-2). Our text is that of
1648, as before; but see Notes and Illustrations at close of the poem.
G.
[77] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1646 (pp. 47-8): was reprinted in
1648 'Delights' (pp. 30-1) and 1670 (pp. 102-4). Our text is that of
1648, as before; but see Notes and Illustrations at close of the poem.
G.
[78] Appeared originally in 'Steps' of 1646 (pp. 49-50): was reprinted
in 'Delights' of 1648 (pp. 32-3) and 1670 (pp. 104-6). Our text is that
of 1648, as before; but see Notes and Illustrations at close of the
poem. G.
[79] Appeared originally in the 'Delights' of 1646 (pp. 123-4), along
with the other two (pp. 125-6): reprinted in 1648 (pp. 35-7) and 1670
(pp. 117-19). Our text is that of 1648; but all agree. G.
[80] TURNBULL glaringly misprints 'The heart commanding in my heart,'
and in line 15, 'O love;' the latter after 1670 as usual, the former his
own. G.
[81] Appeared originally, without signature, in the work celebrated,
which is a great folio. It was preceded by another, which, having been
inserted in the 'Steps' of 1646 and the other editions (1652 excepted),
has been continued to be reprinted as CRASHAW'S. It really belonged to
Dr. EDWARD RAINBOW, Bishop of Carlisle, for whom, so late as 1688, it
was first claimed by his biographer, Banks. This was pointed out in
Notes and Queries by Rev. J.E.B. Mayor, M.A. of St. John's College,
Cambridge (2d s. vol. iv. p. 286). One is thankful to have the claim
confirmed by the non-presence of the poem in the SANCROFT MS., where
only the above shorter one appears as by CRASHAW. Lines 5-8 of RAINBOW'S
poem it was simply impossible for our singer to have written. I add the
other at close of CRASHAW'S, as some may be curious to read it: but as
the details of the grotesque 'Frontispiece' are celebrated by RAINBOW,
not CRASHAW, I have departed from my intention of reproducing it in our
illustrated quarto edition, the more readily in that I have much
increased otherwise therein the reproductions announced. RAINBOW
contributed to the University Collections along with CRASHAW, MORE,
BEAUMONT, E. KING, &c. &c. See our Essay on Life and Poetry. G.
[82] Appeared originally in 'Delights' of 1646 (pp. 130-1): was
reprinted in 1648 (pp. 40-1) and 1670 (pp. 122-3). Our text is that of
1648, as before; but all agree. G.
[83] Appeared originally in 'Delights' of 1646 (pp. 132-3), and was
reprinted in 1648 (p. 42); but not in 1670. Our text is that of 1648;
but all agree. The original is found in Carm. v. = 2. The SANCROFT M.S.
reads line 4 'Blithest:' line 9 'numerous:' line 12 'A:' line 17 'our.'
G.
[84] Appeared originally in 'Delights' of 1646 (pp. 134-8): was
reprinted in 1648 (pp. 43-7) and 1670 (pp. 124-8). Our text is that of
1648, as before; but see Notes and Illustrations at close of the poem.
G.
[85] Appeared originally in 'Voces Votivae ab Academicis
Cantabrigiensibus pro novissimo Carolo et Mariae principe filio emissae.
Cantabrigiae: apud Rogerum Daniel. MDCXL.' This poem did not appear in
the edition of 1646; but it did in that of 1648 (p. 48). Not having been
reprinted in 1670, it was overlooked by TURNBULL. Our text is from 1648;
but the only variation from the original in 'Voces Votivae' is in line 7,
'to' instead of 'for.' G.
[86] Appeared as in last piece: 1648 (pp. 49-53), 1670 (pp. 97-100). Our
text is that of 1648, as before, which corrects TURNBULL in many places
as well in errors of commission as of omission; the latter extending to
no fewer than forty-nine entire lines, in addition to the 'Apologie' of
fourteen lines. See Notes and Illustrations at close of the poem. G.
[87] Appeared originally in 1648 'Delights;' but is not given in 1670
edition. Line 14 is an exquisitely-turned allusion to COWLEY'S
title-page of his juvenile Poems, 'Poetical _Blossoms_,' 1633.
'Apricocks' = apricots. So HERRICK in the 'Maiden Blush,'
'So cherries blush, and kathern peares,
And _apricocks_, in youthfull yeares.'
(Works, by HAZLITT, vol. ii. p. 287.) G.
[88] Appeared originally in the 'Delights' of 1648 (pp. 67-8): was
reprinted in 1652 (pp. 115-120) and 1670 (pp. 200-4). Our text is that
of 1652, as before; but see various readings at close of the poems. See
also our Essay for critical remarks. Our poet translates from the Latin
of FRANCIS REMOND. G.
[89] Charles I. See our Essay on this and kindred poems, and their
relation to the Latin royal poems. G.
[90] See our Notes to Panegyric on the Queen's 'numerous progenie.' G.
[91] Petronius, Satyricon, cap. 93. G.
[92] See notice of Staninough in our Essay, as before. G.
[93] See our Essay, as before, for notice of PORTER. G.