A pleasaunte laborinth called Churchyardes chance framed on fancies, vttered with verses, and writte[n] to giue solace to euery well disposed mynde: wherein notwithstanding are many heauie epitaphes, sad and sorowfull discourses and sutche a multitude of other honest pastymes for the season (and passages of witte) that the reader therein maie thinke his tyme well bestowed. All whiche workes for the pleasure of the worlde, and recreation of the worthie, are dedicated to the right honourable sir Thomas Bromley knight, lorde Chancelour of Englande.

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Author:	Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604.
Title:	A pleasaunte laborinth called Churchyardes chance framed on fancies, vttered with verses, and writte[n] to giue solace to euery well disposed mynde: wherein notwithstanding are many heauie epitaphes, sad and sorowfull discourses and sutche a multitude of other honest pastymes for the season (and passages of witte) that the reader therein maie thinke his tyme well bestowed. All whiche workes for the pleasure of the worlde, and recreation of the worthie, are dedicated to the right honourable sir Thomas Bromley knight, lorde Chancelour of Englande.
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Print source:	A pleasaunte laborinth called Churchyardes chance framed on fancies, vttered with verses, and writte[n] to giue solace to euery well disposed mynde: wherein notwithstanding are many heauie epitaphes, sad and sorowfull discourses and sutche a multitude of other honest pastymes for the season (and passages of witte) that the reader therein maie thinke his tyme well bestowed. All whiche workes for the pleasure of the worlde, and recreation of the worthie, are dedicated to the right honourable sir Thomas Bromley knight, lorde Chancelour of Englande. Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604. Imprinted at London: By Ihon Kyngston, 1580.
Alternate titles:	Churchyardes chance
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¶To the right honourable Sir Thomas Bromley Knight, Lorde Chauncellour of Englande, one of the Quenes Maiesties priuie Councell, Thomas Churchyarde wisheth greate blessednesse of life, continuance of vertue, and perfite felicitie.

Churchyardes Chance.

My Ladie of Lennoyes graces Epitaphe.

¶An Epitaphe of sir Nicholas Bacon Knight, late Lorde Keeper.

¶Sir Hugh Pauletts Epitaphe.

¶ Sir VVillyam Courtneis Epitaphe.

Sir VVillyam Pickryngrs Epitaphe.

Maister Hampdens Epitaphe.

¶ My Ladie Baggnalles Epitaphe who died at the Nuerie.

¶ An Epitaphe of one maistres Blunt, The Ladie Pauletts sister.

¶ Maister VValter Archer his Epitaphe, an auncient Borgis of Kilkenie

¶The Lorde Braies Epitaphe.

Sir Ihon Constables Epitaphe.

The phantasticall Monarkes Epitaphe.

Epitaphes alreadie printed, or out of my handes.

¶Of the fickle faithe of men.

Of a Flatterer and a Backbiter.

¶A good description of a freende.

A warnyng from Courte.

Of a Courtiers life, and how the worst sorte findes beste Furtune.

Of woordes spoken by a greate personage.

¶ A description of Desire.

¶ Of a vicious woman.

Of vnsounde freendes.

A matter of fonde Cupid, and vain Venus.

This showes the vanitie of some hopes.

The meetyng of twoo noble knightes of the Garter (si Henry Sidney, and the Erle of Essex) in Irelande, twoo miles beyond Dradath the xxj, of September, and 17. yere in the raigne of our souerain ladie Quene Elizabeth.

Of my Lorde cheef Baron that was.

¶ Of a noble personage.

A letter in Maie, sent to Maister Henry Knowles house at Gobbyns.

Of the want of will.

Of twoo vertuous sisters.

¶Translated out of Latine.

¶A discription of the goodnesse that growes in Cicilia.

A matter of repulce, goyng to the Sea.

Of one that for vertues sake honored a freend.

¶VVritten from the Countrey twentie yere agoe, to one that poorely remaines at the Courte yet.

Of an iniurie by saunyng freendes.

¶ Of the quietnesse that plaine Coun∣trey bryngeth.

Of a fearfull Dreame.

Of a harde worlde.

Made against Idell and vain Rimes.

Of the vanitie of youth.

VVritten of a gentleman, whose name is in the verses.

Non est fides super terram.

Of a disdainfull persone.

A letter to maister Cressie.

A speciall trifle on a fickle woman.

Verses written on the Muster that was made by the Pensioners before the Queene.

VVritten of the Queene, when her high∣nesse was in trouble.

Verses giuen the Quenes highnesse at windsor.

¶A Newe yeres gift to the Erle of Ormond, giuen at Kilkennie, when the Erle of Essex was in Irelande.

¶A touche stone to trie an error from a trothe.

For the losse of a mightie and noble mannes fauour.

Verses that were giuen to the Quenes maiestie.

¶A rebuke to vaine louers.

¶Of fained frendshippe.

¶Verses that weare giuen to a moste mightie personage.

¶The louers of the worlde.

¶Of a noble mynde.

¶Of doubtfull hope.

Of the flantyng worlde.

Of a fantasticall dreame taken out of Petrarke.

A fancie as an answere to that dreame.

¶A fantasie on fifteene woordes, endyng all in one letter.

¶Of the strong and the weake.

¶Of Youth and Age.

¶Of the short estate of man.

The praise of mistres Mabell Browne, wherein vertue is honoured.

Of wandryng and gaddyng abroad.

¶Of faire thynges and soule, where in a ver∣tuous Ladie is sette out.

Of an enemie.

¶VVritten in the beginnyng of Kyng Edwardes raigne, whiche verses are called Dauie Dicars Dreame.

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