England's Helicon, 1600, 1614 / edited by Hyder Edward Rollins. N. L. (Nicholas Ling), active 1580-1607, ed. A. B. ed. Bodenham, John, active 1600. Rollins, Hyder Edward, 1889-1958, ed. Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933, ed. English poetry Early modern, 1500-1700. Pastoral poetry, English. PR1207 .E3 1935 821.3 MAE With reproduction of t.-p. of 1600 edition. Ascribed, with other Elizabethan miscellanies, to John Bodenham, who probably projected the work and befriended the editor, the "A. B." (as yet unidentified) who signed the dedication and prefatory sonnet in the first edition. More recent authorities, including the present editor, ascribe the work to "L. N." who signs the preface "To the reader, if indifferent", "L.N." being the transposed initials of Nicholas Ling. cf. Introd.; also Dict. nat. biog. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard university press, 1962. 1962. 1935 Text 255P.: eng