Thomas Stanley: His Original Lyrics Part 19

_A Lady Weeping._ Montalvan. [1651, 1657] (p. 75).

63:1. P. 76, line 10. 'Stars' in both texts; but this may be in error for 'tears.'

_The Hasty Kiss._ Secundus. [1647, 1651, 1657] (p. 76).

64:1. P. 76, line 1. 1647: 'she did.'

64:2. P. " line 2. 1647: 'her.'

64:3. P. 76, line 3. 1651: 's.n.a.t.c.h.'

64:4. P. " line 4. 1651: 'mock.'

64:5. P. " line 5. 1647: 'my Chariessa!'

64:6. P. " line 6. 1651: 'gavest.'

_Translations from Anacreon._ [1651, 1657.]

65:1. No. II. P. 79, line 7. 'Love,' in both originals, is self-contradictory.

66:1. No. V. P. 80, line 5. 'To' omitted in 1657.

66:2. No. V. P. 81, line 13. So 1657. 'My fair one' elsewhere.

67:1. _Seven Epigrams: Plato._ From Laertius and the Anthology. (p.

81.)

A LIST OF EDITIONS OF THOMAS STANLEY'S POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS

[NOTE.--The present 'List' may be looked upon as an _apology_ for a Stanley Bibliography, which, on the present occasion, is an impossibility to the compiler, who has, to some extent, had to satisfy himself with the spa.r.s.e details of the ordinary bibliographical works; in addition, he has been aided by the Editor of the present edition of Stanley's Poems.--J. R. TUTIN.]

1. [Anonymous lines[A] to Sir John Suckling occurring beneath Marshall's portrait of him in edd. 1646-1696 of Suckling's Works.

[Footnote A: Commencing: 'Suckling, whose numbers could invite.']]

2. Poems and Translation. By Thomas Stanley, Esquire. Quae mea culpa tamen, nisi si lusisse vocari Culpa potest: nisi culpa potest & ama.s.se, vocari? Tout vient a poinct qui peut attendre. Printed for the Author, and his friends, 1647. Collation--[13 pp.] 49 pp. [+8 pp.]

In a copy of this edition in the Bodleian Library, Oxford [Mason cc.

297], is the following Note:--

'Privately printed for presents only; afterwards reprinted in 1649 and 1650 for sale. The only other copy of this first edition I can trace was in Isaac Reed's Sale.'

This 1647 edition has half-t.i.tles for Europa, Cupid Crucified, and Venus Vigils; but for Oronta and for Aurora, etc., a t.i.tle: Oronta, The Cyprian Virgin, by Sig^r Girolamo Preti. London. Printed by F.

B. for Humphrey Moseley at the Signe of the Princes Armes in St.

Pauls Churchyard, 1637.

Aurora, Ismenia. By Don Juan Perez de Montalvan, 1648.

3. Europa, Cupid Crucified, Venus Vigils. With Annotations by Tho: Stanley, Esq. Printed by W. W. for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop at the Signe of the Princes Armes in St. Pauls Churchyard. 1649 [2], 61 pp.

4. Aurora, Ismenia, and the Prince, by Don Juan Perez de Montalvan.

Oronta the Cyprian Virgin, by Sign^r Girolamo Preti. Tout vient a poinet qui peut attendre. Translated by Thomas Stanley, Esq.; The Second Edition, with additions. London. Printed by W. Wilson for Humphrey Moseley at the Signe of Princes Armes in St. Pauls Churchyard. 1650 [8 pp.], 87 p.

Considered by bibliographers part of succeeding (_i.e._ Poems of 1651), though the pagination begins anew and the date is 1650.

5. Poems, By Thomas Stanley, Esquire. Quae mea culpa tamen, nisi si lusisse vocari Culpa potest: nisi culpa potest & ama.s.se, vocari?

Printed in the Year 1651. 86 pp.

6. Anacreon, Bion, Moschus: Kisses by Secundus: Cupid Crucified by Ausonius: Venus Vigils. Incerto auth.o.r.e. [Translated by Thomas Stanley.] Printed in the year 1651. 164 pp.

7. Sylvias Park by Theophile, Acanthus Complaint by Tristran, Oronto by Preti, Echo by Marino, Loves Emba.s.sy by Boscan, The Solitude by Gongora. [Translated by Thomas Stanley.] Printed in the year 1651.

Pp. 167-212. (Paged continuously with Anacreon, Bion, etc.)

8. A Platonick Discourse upon Love. Written in Italian by John Picus Mirandula, in Explication of Sonnet by Hieronimo Benvieni.

[Translated by Thomas Stanley.] Printed in the year 1651. Pp.

215-260. (Paged continuously with Sylvias Park, etc.)

9. Poems by Thomas Stanley, Esquire. Quae mea culpa tamen, nisi si lusisse vocari Culpa potest: nisi culpa potest et ama.s.se, vocari.

London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his Shop at the Signe of the Princes Armes in S. Pauls Church Yard, 1652.

10. Ayres and Dialogues (To be Sung to the Theorbo-Lute or Ba.s.s-Violl).

By John Gamble. Horat. Od. 2. 10.--Quondam cithara tacentem Suscitat Musam, neque semper arc.u.m Tendit Apollo. London. Printed by William G.o.dbid for the Author. 1656. [10 pp.] 83 pp. Fo.

Containing a full-page portrait of Gamble engraved by T. Cross. The Prefaces precede the complimentary Poems.

11. Ayres and Dialogues (To be Sung to the Theorbo-Lute or Ba.s.s-Violl).

By John Gamble. Horat. Ode II., 10.--Quondam cithara tacentem Suscitat Musam, neque semper arc.u.m Tendit Apollo. London: Printed by W. G.o.dbid for Humphry Moseley at the Princes-Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1657. [10 pp.] 78 pp. [+ 1]. F^o.

Followed by twenty very complimentary lines by Alexander Broome [Brome] addressed 'To His Friend Thomas Stanley, Esq., On his Odes set and Published by Mr. John Gamble'; by twenty-two lines 'On my Friend Mr. John Gamble his Excellent Composition of the Songs and Dialogues of Thomas Stanley, Esq.,' signed Jo: Tatham; and a Preface of Gamble's own, reproduced herewith. Then another Preface, To the n.o.ble Few Lovers of Musick (Gamble's); and poems, in order, by Richard Lovelace, Jo: Redmayne, Dudley Lovelace, and Eldred Revet.

[Gamble's Preface, 1657.]

To the Worthy of all Honour, Thomas Stanley, Esq.

SIR,--You have been a merciful Creditor in the trust of these inestimable Poems so long with me, a person inconsiderable. But, I beseech you, think I have been sensible of the great obligation, and alwayes thought it a lesse trespa.s.s to break with all the world, then, by the least forgetfulness, make an unhappy forfeit of myself to your displeasure. Sir, I have brought home your Princ.i.p.al; and though it be a thing beneath your generous expectation to look at profit, yet I thought it became my justice to tender you a small interest, the endevours of my poor Art, to wait upon it: I acknowledge it a bold Undertaking to compose your Words, (which are so pure Harmonie in themselves,) into any other Musick. But it was not in my ambition or hope to mend the least Accent or Emphasis w^{ch} they received from your own numerous Soul, but to essay how neer a whole life spent in the study of Musical Compositions could imitate the flowing and naturall Graces which you have created by your Fancie. I have onely to say, if my zeal have not stained what you have excellently made, I will not despair of your pardon; and if any thing herein, (the wel-meant tender of my service,) may obtain your smile and permission, I shalbe confirmed in my thoughts that I may stil write myself,--Sir, The most humble and faithful of your Servants, JOHN GAMBLE.

In this collection of Stanley's verse, 1656, 1657, the lyrics have no t.i.tles of any sort, but are numbered.

12. Psalterium Carolinum: the Devotions of His Sacred Majestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings rendred in Verse [from the Eikon Basilike by T. Stanley]. Set to Musick for 3 Voices and an Organ or Theorbo by John Wilson, Dr. and Music Professor of Oxford, London. Printed for John Martin and James Allestrey, and are to be sold at the Bell in St. Pauls Church-yard. 1657. Folio.