"His _Heroical Epistles_ were newly enlarged and republished in
8vo. 1598; which is the most antient edition we have seen or
read of.--[_Bodl. Cat._]--_Biographia his Art_.
"Another edition, _as we have heard_, in 1610.--Ibid.
"See Merc's _Wit's Treasury_, p. 281. A modern edition was
published by _Oldmixon_.--Cibber's _Lives_, 4. 204.
"See Warton's _Essay on Pope_, 296.
"Drayton's last Copy of Verses was prefixed to Sir John
Beaumont's _Poems_, 1629."
So far Dr. Farmer, whose books are often valuable for the notes on the
fly-leaves. Should any one act upon the suggestion of your
correspondent, and think of a selection from Drayton, it would be
necessary to collate the various editions of his poems, which, as they
are numerous, evince his popularity with his contemporaries.
Malone asserted that the _Baron's Wars_ was not {83} published until
1610. I have before me a copy, probably the first edition, with the
following title: "_The Barrons Wars in the raigne of Edward the Second,
with England's Heroical Epistles_, by Michaell Drayton. At London,
Printed by J.R. for N. Ling, 1603," 12mo.; and the poem had been printed
under the title of _Mortimerindos_, in 4to., 1596.
I have an imperfect copy of an early edition (circa 1600) of "_Poemes
Lyrick and Pastorall. Odes, Eglogs, The Man in the Moon_, by Michaell
Drayton Esquier.
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