Collation: A⁴B-Q⁸, unpaged. Address to the reader, signed M.D. Commendatory verses signed: E. Sc. Gent., Thomas Hassell, William Alexander. The ‘Epistles’ are divided into groups to which are prefixed dedicatory epistles to Lucy Countess of Bedford, Lady Anne Harington, Sir Walter Acton, Edward Earl of Bedford, Iames Huish, Elizabeth Tanfelde, Sir Thomas Munson, Sir Henry Goodere, Henry Lucas, and Lady Frauncis Goodere, each signed. ‘Idea’ begins on O 7^V. The first sonnet should belong to the ‘Epistles’, of which it contains a list, the second and third are prefatory, addressed to the reader. The first edition appeared in 1597; the present is the fifth. ‘Idea’ which had appeared separately was first added to the third edition, 1599. BM 499. Mortimeriados. The lamentable ciuell warres of Edward the second and the Barrons. _At London, Printed by I. R. for Mathew Lownes, and are to bee solde at his shop in S. Dunstons Churchyard._ 1596. 4^o. (7¼ × 5¼). R. 18. 3. Collation: A-S⁴T², unpaged. Wanting A 4 (? blank as in BM copy). Dedicatory verses to Lucie Countess of Bedford, signed Michaell Drayton. Verses to the same, signed E. B. This is the original form of ‘The Barons’ Wars’ (1603). There was another issue of this edition, differing in the titlepage alone, which has Humfry Lownes as bookseller and is without date. Sinker 472. BM 498. Poems: by Michael Drayton esquire, Newly Corrected by the Author. _London Printed by W. Stansby for Iohn Smethwicke, and are to bee sold at his Shop in Saint Dunstanes Church-yard, vnder the Diall._ 1613. 8^o. (6½ × 4). Y. 2. Collation: A⁴B-2I⁸, paged in part. Wanting 2I 7 and 8 (? blank). ‘The Arguments’ (_i.e._ list of contents). Dedicatory verses to Sir Walter Aston, signed. Address to the reader. Commendatory verses signed John Beaumont and Thomas Greene. ‘The Barons Warres’, paged. ‘Englands Heroical Epistles’ with fresh pagination as in the separate edition of 1602, with addition of one epistle dedicatory to Sir John Swinerton. Catalogue sonnet to the ‘Epistles’. Two sonnets to the reader, ‘Idea’ and other sonnets, and ‘Legends’, unpaged. Fourth edition (_vide infra_). BM 498. Poems: by Michael Drayton Esquire. Viz. The Barons Warres, Englands Heroicall Epistles, Idea, Odes, The Legends Of Robert, Duke of Normandie, Matilda, Pierce Gaveston, And, Great Cromwell, The Owle, Pastorals, Contayning Eglogues, With the Man in the Moone. _London, Printed by W. Stansby for Iohn Smethwicke, and are to be sold at his Shop in Saint Dunstanes Church-yard in Fleet-streete vnder the Diall._ F^o. (10¼ × 6⅜). H. 2.