OF THE

Carly English Poets,

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED

AN HISTORICAL SKETCH

OF THE

RISE AND PROGRESS

OF THE

ENGLISH POETRY AND LANGUAGE;

IN THREE VOLUMES.

BY GEORGE ELLIS, ESQ.

VOL. III.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY W. BULMER AND CO.
FOR G. AND W. NICOL, BOOKSELLERS TO HIS

MAJESTY, PALL-MALL;
AND J. WRIGHT, PICCADILLY.

1801.

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4 FEB 1965

KERARTI

CONTENTS

OF VOL. III.

page 1

125

Reign of King James I. -

Reign of King Charles I.

Reign of King Charles II.

Conclusion

1

iris

ERRATA.

Page 24, line ult. for bestain'd, read be stain'd.

25, 1, for these, read those.
35,

21, for and, read though.
42, -

8, for thinne, read thin.

10, for ginne, read gin.
130, title, for Carew, reud Thomas Carew,
192, line 3, for 1667, read 1669, and add, first published,

with another title, in 1658.
309, 12, after first-mentioned, add miscellany.
315, - 21, for Wigge, read Whig.
322, - 27, for wen, read went.