The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland/Volume 1

THE

LIVES

OF THE

POETS

OF

Great Britain and Ireland,
To the TIME of

Dean SWIFT.

Compiled from ample Materials ſcattered in a Variety of Books, and eſpecially from the MS. Notes of the late ingenious Mr. Coxeter and others, collected for this Deſign,

By Mr. CIBBER.

In Four Volumes.

Vol. I.


LONDON:
Printed for R. Griffiths, at the Dunciad in St. Paul's Church-Yard.


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Volume I.

Contains the

LIVES

OF

  1. CHAUCER Pag. 1
  2. Langland 18
  3. Gower 20
  4. Lydgate 23
  5. Harding 25
  6. Skelton 27
  7. Barclay30
  8. More 32
  9. Surry Earl46
  10. Wyat 53
  11. Sackville 55
  12. Churchyard63
  13. Heywood66
  14. Ferrars69
  15. Sidney76
  16. Marloe85
  17. Green87
  18. Spenſer87
  19. J. Heywood91
  20. Lilly110
  21. Overbury113
  22. Marſten120
  23. Shakeſpear123
  24. Sylveſter143
  25. Daniel145
  26. Harrington149
  27. Decker152
  28. Beaumont and Fletcher154
  29. Lodge164
  30. Davies167
  31. Goff170
  32. Greville L. Brooke173
  33. Da178
  34. Raleigh180
  35. Donne202
  36. Drayton212
  37. Corbet223
  38. Fairfax223
  39. Randolph226
  40. Chapman229
  41. Johnſon235
  42. Carew249
  43. Wotton252
  44. Markham268
  45. T. Heywood271
  46. Cartwright277
  47. Sandys282
  48. Falkland286
  49. Suckling294
  50. Hauſted300
  51. Drummond302
  52. Stirling Earl313
  53. Hall320
  54. Craſhaw344
  55. Rowley346
  56. Naſh347
  57. Ford349
  58. Middleton352