Transcriber's Note
Archaic, dialectical and other spellings not in current usage havebeen left as in the original book. Obvious misprints have been fixed.Details of thechangesappear at the end of the text.
English Reprints
WILLIAM HABINGTON
Castara
THE THIRD EDITION OF 1640; EDITED AND
COLLATED WITH THE EARLIER ONES
OF 1634, 1635
EDITED BY
EDWARD ARBER
F.S.A. ETC. LATE EXAMINER IN ENGLISH
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
LONDON
WESTMINSTER
A. CONSTABLE AND CO.
1895
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| Contents, | 2 |
| Introduction, | 3 |
| Bibliography, with First Lines, etc., of the three firsteditions, showing the growth of the work, | 5 |
| CASTARA. The first Part, | 9 |
| (1) The Author, | 11 |
| (2) George Talbot, To his best friend and KinsmanWilliam Habington, Esquire, | 14 |
| (3) A Character. A Mistress, | 15 |
| (4) Fifty-seven Poems, chiefly on Love and Courtship, | 17 |
| CASTARA. The second Part, | 55 |
| (1) A Character. A Wife, | 57 |
| (2) Fifty Poems, chiefly on Wedded Happiness, | 59 |
| (3) A Character. A Friend, | 99 |
| (4) Eight Elegies, The Funerals of the Honourable mybest friend and Kinsman, George Talbot, Esquire, | 101 |
| CASTARA. The third Part, | 111 |
| (1) A Character. A Holy Man, | 112 |
| (2) Twenty-two Poems, chiefly Sacred, with ScriptureTexts, |