| Table of Contents | |
| Section | Page |
| Start of eBook | 1 |
| VOL. I. | 1 |
| LIVES | 1 |
| THE LIVES OF THE POETS. | 1 |
| LANGLAND. | 11 |
| Sir JOHN GOWER | 12 |
| JOHN LYDGATE, | 14 |
| JOHN HARDING. | 15 |
| JOHN SKELTON | 16 |
| ALEXANDER BARCLAY. | 18 |
| HENRY HOWARD, Earl of SURRY | 27 |
| THOMAS SACKVILLE, Earl DORSET | 33 |
| THOMAS CHURCHYARD, | 37 |
| JOHN HEYWOOD | 39 |
| GEORGE FERRARS, | 40 |
| CHISTOPHER MARLOE | 49 |
| ROBERT GREEN | 51 |
| EDMUND SPENSER | 53 |
| JASPER HEYWOOD, | 62 |
| JOHN LILLY, | 64 |
| Sir THOMAS OVERBURY | 66 |
| JOHN MARSTEN. | 70 |
| WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR. | 71 |
| JOSHUA SYLVESTER, | 83 |
| SAMUEL DANIEL | 84 |
| THOMAS DECKER, | 88 |
| BEAUMONT and FLETCHER | 89 |
| Mr. JOHN FLETCHER | 91 |
| THOMAS LODGE | 95 |
| Sir JOHN DAVIES | 97 |
| THOMAS GOFF. | 99 |
| JOHN DAY. | 103 |
| Sir WALTER RALEIGH | 104 |
| DR. JOHN DONNE | 117 |
| MICHAEL DRAYTON | 123 |
| EDWARD FAIRFAX. | 129 |
| THOMAS RANDOLPH, | 131 |
| GEORGE CHAPMAN | 133 |
| BEN JOHNSON, | 136 |
| GERVASE MARKHAM. | 155 |
| THOMAS HEYWOOD | 156 |
| WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT, | 159 |
| GEORGE SANDYS, | 161 |
| Sir JOHN SUCKLING | 168 |
| PETER HAUSTED. | 171 |
| RICHARD CRASHAW. | 195 |
| WILLIAM ROWLEY. | 197 |
| THOMAS NASH. | 197 |
| JOHN FORD, | 199 |
| THOMAS MIDDLETON | 200 |

