Here _THOMAS TUSSER_, clad in earth doth lie, That sometime made the Points of Husbandry: By him then learn thou may'st, here learn we must, When all is done, we sleep, and turn to dust: And yet, through Christ, to Heaven we hope to go, Who reads his Books, shall find his Faith was so. * * * * * _THOMAS STORER_. _Thomas Storer_ was a great writer of Sonnets, Madrigals, and Pastoral Airs, in the beginning of Q. _Elizabeth's_ Reign, and no doubt was highly esteemed in those days, of which we have an account of some of them in an old Book, called _England's Hellicon_. This kind of writing was of great esteem in those days, and much imitated by _Thomas Watson_, _Bartholomew Yong_, Dr. _Lodge_, and several others. What time he died is to me unknown. * * * * * _THOMAS LODGE_. _Thomas Lodge_, a Doctor of Physick, flourish'd also about the beginning of the Reign of Queen _Elizabeth_; He was also an eminent Writer of Pastoral Songs, Odes, and Madrigals. This following Sonnet is said to be of his composing. If I must die, O let me chuse my Death: Suck out my Soul with Kisses, cruel Maid! In thy Breasts Crystal Balls embalm my Breath, Dole it all out in sighs when I am laid; Thy Lips on mine like Cupping-glasses clasp; Let our Tongues meet, and strive as they would sting: Crush out my Wind with one straight girting Grasp, Stabs on my Heart keep time whilst thou dost sing. Thy Eyes like searing-Irons burn out mine; In thy fair Tresses stifle me outright: Like _Circes_, change me to a loathsom Swine, So I may live for ever in thy sight. Into Heavens Joys can none profoundly see, Except that first they meditate on thee. Contemporary with Dr. _Lodge_, were several others, who all of them wrote in the same strain, as _George Gascoigne_, _Tho. Hudson_, _John Markham_, _Tho. Achely_, _John Weever_, _Chr. Midleton_, _George Turbervile_, _Henry Constable_, Sir _Edward Dyer_, _Charles Fitz Geoffry_. Of these _George Gascoigne_ wrote not only Sonnets, Odes and Madrigals, but also something to the Stage: as his _Supposes_, a Comedy; _Glass of Government_, a Tragi-Comedy; and _Jocasta_, a Tragedy. But to return to Dr. _Lodge_; we shall only add one Sonnet more, taken out of his _Euphues Golden Legacy_, and so proceed to others.