Poems: by Francis Beaumont, Gent.: Viz. The hermaphrodite. The remedy of love. Elegies. Sonnets, with other poems.

About this Item

Title
Poems: by Francis Beaumont, Gent.: Viz. The hermaphrodite. The remedy of love. Elegies. Sonnets, with other poems.
Author
Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616.
Publication
London :: Printed for Laurence Blaiklock, and are to be sold at his shop neare the middle Temple Gate in Fleet-street,
1653.
Rights/Permissions

To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.

Subject terms
English poetry
Link to this Item
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A76292.0001.001
Cite this Item
"Poems: by Francis Beaumont, Gent.: Viz. The hermaphrodite. The remedy of love. Elegies. Sonnets, with other poems." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A76292.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.

Pages

The Prologue to the Play, called, The Loyall Subject.
VVE need not Noble Gentlemen to invite Attention, pre-instruct you who did write This worthy Story, being confident The Mirth joyn'd with grave matter, and intent, To yield the hearers profit with delight, Will speake the maker, and to do him right Would aske a Genius like to his; the Age Mourning his losse, and our now widdowed stage

Page [unnumbered]

In vaine lamenting, I could adde so far, Behind him the most Moderne writers are; That when they would commend him their best praise Ruins the buildings which they strive to raise. To his best memory so much a friend, Presumes to write secure, 'twill not offend The living that are modest with the rest, That may repine he cares not to contest: This Debt to Fletcher paid it is profest, But us the Actors we will do our best To send such savouring friends, as hither come To grace the Scene, pleas'd and contented home.
Do you have questions about this content? Need to report a problem? Please contact us.