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. text mau Cambridge, Mass Harvard university press 1962 1935 monographic eng

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255P.: illus. (coat of arms) facsims. 25 cm. I. England's Helicon, 1600. Additional poems from England's Helicon, 1614. Variant readings and misprints. Index of first lines.--II. Introduction. Notes. Index of names, subjects, and words. edited by Hyder Edward Rollins. 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. English poetry Early modern, 1500-1700 Pastoral poetry, English PR1207 .E3 1935 821.3 MAE 35003681 DLC 740718 20170108180509.0 7827416