Obseruations in the art of English poesie. By Thomas Campion. Wherein it is demonstratiuely prooued, and by example confirmed, that the English toong will receiue eight seuerall kinds of numbers, proper to it selfe, which are all in this booke set forth, and were neuer before this time by any man attempted

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Obseruations in the art of English poesie. By Thomas Campion. Wherein it is demonstratiuely prooued, and by example confirmed, that the English toong will receiue eight seuerall kinds of numbers, proper to it selfe, which are all in this booke set forth, and were neuer before this time by any man attempted

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Campion, Thomas, 1567-1620.

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Printed at London :: By Richard Field for Andrew Wise,

1602.

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English language -- Versification -- Early works to 1800.

English language -- Rhyme -- Early works to 1800.

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"Obseruations in the art of English poesie. By Thomas Campion. Wherein it is demonstratiuely prooued, and by example confirmed, that the English toong will receiue eight seuerall kinds of numbers, proper to it selfe, which are all in this booke set forth, and were neuer before this time by any man attempted." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A17877.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• To the Right Noble and worthily honourd, the Lord Buckhurst, Lord high Trea∣surer of England.
• The Writer to his Booke.
• Obseruations in the Art of English Poesy, by Thomas Campion.
  • The first Chapter, intreating of numbers in generall.
  • The second Chapter, declaring the vnaptnesse of Rime in Poesie.
  • The third Chapter: of our English num∣bers in generall.
  • The fourth Chapter, of the Iambick verse.
  • The fift Chapter, of the Iambick Dimeter, or English march.
  • The sixt Chapter, of the English Trochaick verse.
  • The seauenth Chapter, of the English Elegeick verse.
  • The ninth Chapter, of the Ana∣creontick verse.
  • The tenth Chapter, of the quantity of English sillables.