Excerpt from Robert Chester's "Loves Martyr, Or, Rosalins Complaint" (1601): With Its Supplement, "Diverse Poeticall Essaies" On the Turtle and Phoenix by Shakespere, Ben Jonson, George Chapman, John Marston, Etc N the Notes and Illustrations appended to this our reoroduction, in extenso and in integrity, of Love's Martyr, everything that seemed to call for notice will be found - it is believed - noticed with less or more fulness. Thither the student-reader is referred on any point that may either interest or puzzle him. Here I wish to bring together certain wider things that could not well go into the Notes and Illustrations, so as to shew that, in the present strangely neglected book, we have a noticeable contribution to Eliza bethan-essex-shakespeare literature. I purpose an attempt to answer these questions (a) Who was robert chester? (e) Who was sir john salisburie? (e) Who were meant by the phoenix and the turtle-dove of these Poems? (a') What is the message or motif of the Poems? (e) What is the relation between the verse-con tributions of shakespeare and the other moderne poets to Lor'e's [marty/r? (f) Was the 1611 issue only a number of copies of the original of 1601, less the preliminary matter and a new title-page? (g) Is there poetical worth in the book? (it) Who was torquato cceliano? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.