"In the large book of Plays you late did print (In Beaumonts and in Fletchers name) why in't Did you not juſtice? give to each his due? For Beaumont (of thoſe many) writ in few: And Maſſinger in other few; the Main Being ſole Iſſues of ſweet Fletchers brain. But how come I (you ask) ſo much to know? Fletchers chief boſome-friend inform'd me ſo. ... ... ... ... ... For Beaumont's works, & Fletchers ſhould come forth With all the right belonging to their worth." Moseley, in his address as stationer, says of the portrait of Fletcher by William Marshall, which bears the inscriptions, "Poetarum Ingeniosissimus Ioannes Fletcherus Anglus Episcopi Lond: Fili." "Obijt 1625 Ætat 49": "This figure of Mr. Fletcher was cut by ſeveral Originall Pieces, which his friends lent me; but withall they tell me, that his unimitable Soule did ſhine through his countenance in ſuch _Ayre_ and _Spirit_, that the Painters confeſſed it, was not eaſie to expreſſe him." The nine lines of verse beneath the portrait are by Sir John Birkenhead. The portrait is found in two states, distinguishable by the size of the letters in Birkenhead's name. Although he was very ambitious to get a portrait of Master Beaumont, his search proved unavailing. There are a few woodcut head-bands, varied with others made of type metal, in the front part of the book, but the last part is severely plain. Folio. The first collected edition. COLLATION: _Portrait; A, four leaves; a-c, in fours; d-g, in twos; B-L2, in fours; Aa-Ss, in fours; Aaa-Xxx, in fours; 4A-4I, in fours; 5A-5X, in fours; 6A-6K, in fours; 6L, six leaves; 7A-7G, in fours; 8A-8C, in fours; *Dddddddd, two leaves; 8D-8F, in fours._ ROBERT HERRICK (1591-1674) 29. Hesperides: | Or, | The Works | Both | Humane & Divine | Of | Robert Herrick Eſq. [Quotation, Printer's mark] London, | Printed for John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, | and are to be ſold at the Crown and Marygold | in Saint Pauls Church-yard. 1648. A volume entitled "The seuerall Poems written by Master Robert Herrick" was entered by Master Crooke for license April 29, 1640, but was not published. The _Hesperides_ was the first work of the poet to be printed, except some occasional contributions to collections of poems. It is dedicated in a metrical epistle to the most illustrious and most hopeful Charles, Prince of Wales, afterward Charles II. The book is divided into two parts, the second having a separate title-page which reads: _His | Noble Numbers: | Or, | His Pious Pieces, | Wherein (amongſt other things) | he ſings the Birth of his Christ: | and ſighs for his Saviours ſuffe- | ring on the Croſſe.| [Quotation] London. | Printed for John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, 1647. |_