H. His deuises, for his owne exercise, and his friends pleasure

¶ The Table of the Contents of this Book.

• NO assurance, but in Vertue.
• ¶ Prosperity ought not cause presumption, nor aduersity force dispayre.
• ¶ Once warnde, twice armde.
• ¶ Flattery the Vayle of Frawde.
• ¶ No greater contrariety, then in the passions of Loue.
• ¶ In vttering of sorrow, some solace.
• ¶ Miserie the ende of Letchery.
• ¶ The paines of Louers great, but mine grieuous.
• ¶ Ruine the rewarde of Vice.
• ¶ The best Natures soonest abused.
• ¶ He lykeneth his lotte to Virgils.
• ¶ All of greene Willow, Willow, Willow, Willow, Sith all of greene Willow shall be my Garland.
• ¶ All of greene Lawrel.
• ¶ No new fancies shall alter olde lyking.
• ¶ A Dreame.
• ¶ The lamentable ende of Iulia Pompeis Wyfe.
• ¶ Secrecy, for some sorrows, a needefull remedy.
• The ende of lyfe, the begynning of blisse.
• They soonest yelde remedy, that haue felt lyke extremitie.
• A Posie.
• Vnthankfulnesse of minde, a monster in Nature.
• Noble minds eyther conquer or couer.
• Vng ie seruirey.
• Doe or be still.
• He denies quickly, that giues slowly.
• Women are words, men are deeds.
• Enuy euer depraueth desert.
• A Winters morning muse
• Mans lyfe lykened to a stage play.
• To his Mistresse.
• Reward doth not alwayes aunswere deserte.
• Who hurt, must heale,
• Of Loue.
• Of Bayes and Willow.
• ...

• ¶ An Epitaph vpon the death of the Ladye Katherine, late Coun∣tesse of Pembrooke.
• Vltimum vale.
• ¶ In aduersitie is best seene Vertues excellency.
• ¶ Sorrowe disclosed, somewhat eased.
• ¶ Omnis fortuna superanda ferendo est. Of sufferance comes case.
• ¶ H. his Reply to his friend. A. M.
• ¶ H. to himselfe.
• ¶ Written to a most excellent Booke, full of rare inuention.
• ¶ The complainte of a sorrowfull wight, founde languyshing in a Forrest.
• ¶ Of Fancie.
• ¶ Aunswere.
• ¶ Euer sought, neuer founde.
• ¶ A Poesie.
• ¶ Aunswere.
• ¶ Euery thing is as it is taken.
• To his Lady of her doubtfull aunswere.
• Helpe best welcome, when most needefull.
• Of the Golden worlde.
• Of Golde.
• A. W.
• Aunswere, H.
• Of Friends.
• Answere. E. L.
• Reply to the same.
• Another waye.
• To his Friend M. S.
• In mediocritie most safety.
• To the same.
• That valiant hartes are desyrous to aspyre.
• ¶ Aunswere.
• Another waye.
• To his Friend E. R. of the Bee.
• Sure counsell, sounde friendship.
• They performe not best, that promise most.
• ...

• Bewtie the bayte Vanitie.
• Of Fortune.
• A Sonet.
• To her Louer, that made a conquest of her, & fled, leauing her with childe.
• Beyng burdened to fayne his good will, he aunswereth thus.
• Chaunge of Country, shall not chaunge fancie.
• Where abilitie fayleth, wyll sufficeth.
• Mans impietie, fayns false Deitie.
• In loue smale iarres, sometime breede best content.
• What Nature seuereth, Arte hardly ioyneth.
• He wysheth well to the Crabbe and Maple Tree in Milfeelde, for the Ladies sake that met there vnder them.
• Being charged with finenesse he aunswereth thus.
• Such Saintes, such seruice.
• I follow what flyeth from me.
• No griefe to wante of due regarde.
• Of Anger.
• A New yeares gifte.
• Another.
• Another.
• Another.
• An Epitaph.
• A Dreame.
• Loue asketh loue.
• The variable thoughts of a Louer.
• R. T.
• Aunswere.
• Another waye.
• Godlynesse passeth ryches.
• His aunswere to one that wrote, faynte hartes that feare to synne, fayre Ladyes syldome wynne.
• To I. N.
• H. To his mishap.
• Falsyfying of fayth, breeds many complaints.
• To his Song, sent to his Mistresse.
• ...

• A Poesie.
• Aunswere.
• The vanitie of rytches.
• Discord makes weake, what concord left strong.
• Of one that came to borrowe money.
• Aunswere.
• Truth feareth no tryall.
• He complayneth his mishap, with promise to keepe her honor.
• G. To his Ladye.
• For smale offence, smale punishment.
• ¶ Loues myghtinesse growes by Louers weaknesse.
• ¶ A comparison of his troubles.
• ¶ I. K. to H. being sicke.
• ¶ Aunswere H.
• ¶ Of Friendship.
• ¶ Aunswere. G. H.
• ¶ H. To M.
• ¶ Admonition to his Friend.
• ¶ Who seekes this Worlds felicitie, Fyndes nothing else but vanitie.
• To a Flatterer.
• Aunswere.
• Reason and Fansie doe often varie.
• A Poesie.
• Certaine Verses translated out of Petrark concerning Rome, writ∣ten by hym many yeares since.

FINIS.