First-Line Index to NY3

First-Line Index to NY3

Berg Collection, Westmoreland ms., New York Public Library

Compiled May 18, 1992, by Ted Sherman; cor. GAS, 9-26-00, 7-10-01

In left-to-right order, each item listed below is identified by (a) its Donne Variorum short form (nc = noncanonical), (b) a siglum-plus-ordinal-position item tag, (c) its location in the artifact (by folio or page nos.), and (d) diplomatic transcriptions of its heading (HE) and first line.

Additional information: artifact unfoliated


Sat1      NY3.1,  ff. [2-3]     HE      Satyra .1.a|  
                                Away thou changeling motley humorist  
                                [no ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]   
Sat2      NY3.2,  ff. [3v-4v]   HE      Sat: .2.a  
                                Sr, Though (I thanke God for it) I do hate:  
                                [l. 1 ind 5sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
Sat3      NY3.3,  ff. [5-6]     HE      Sat: .3.a  
                                Kind pity choakes my spleene; braue scorne for\bids  
                                [l. 1 ind 4sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
Sat4      NY3.4,  ff. [6-9v]    HE      Sat: 4.a  
                                Well, I may now receaue and dy; My Sin  
                                [l. 1 ind 4-5sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1; bottom third/fourth of f. 9v blank]  
Sat5      NY3.5,  ff. [10-11]   HE      Sat: 5a.  
                                Thou shalt not laugh in this leafe, Muse, nor they  
                                [l. 1 ind 5sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1; bottom half of f. 10 and all of   
                                f. 10v blank]  
ElBrac    NY3.6,  ff. [12-13v]  HE      Elegia 1a.|  
                                Not yt in color it was like thy haire  
                                [l. 1 ind 5 sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1; ; bottom 3/4s of f. 13v is blank]   
ElComp    NY3.7,  ff. [14r-v]   HE      Eleg: 2.a|  
                                As ye sweet sweate of roses in a Still  
                                [l. 1 ind 5sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1; bottom half of f. 14v blank]   
ElPerf    NY3.8,  ff. [15r-v]   HE      Eleg: 3a|  
                                Once, and but once found in thy companie  
                                [l. 1 ind 5sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
ElJeal    NY3.9,  ff. [16]      HE      Eleg: 4.a|  
                                Fond woman wch wouldst haue thy husband dy  
                                [l. 1 ind 5sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1; p. beneath HE]   
ElServe   NY3.10, ff. [16v-17]  HE      Eleg. 5.a|  
                                Oh let not me serve so, as those men serve  
                                [l. 1 ind 5sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
ElNat     NY3.11, ff. [17]      HE      Eleg: 6.a|  
                                Natures lay Ideott, I taught thee to love  
                                [l. 1 ind 5-6sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1; p-8 beneath diagonal slash]   
ElWar     NY3.12, ff. [17v-18]  HE      Eleg: 7.a|  
                                Tell Ihaue peace wththee, warr other Men;  
                                [l. 1 ind 4-5sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
ElBed     NY3.13, ff. [18r-v]   HE      Eleg: 8.a|  
                                Come Madame, come, All rest my powers defy;  
                                [l. 1 ind 5sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1; bottom half of f. 18v blank]  
ElChange  NY3.14, ff. [19]      HE      Eleg: 9.a|  
                                Allthough thy hand, & faith->>fayth< & good workes too  
                                [l. 1 ind 5sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1; p 3. beneath diagonal slash]   
ElAnag    NY3.15, ff. [19v-20]  HE      Eleg: 10.a|  
                                Marry & love thy Flauia for Shee  
                                [l. 1 ind 4sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
ElFatal   NY3.16, ff. [20r-v]   HE      Eleg: 11.a|  
                                By or first strange & fatal interview  
                                [l. l ind 5sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
ElPict    NY3.17, ff. [21]      HE      Eleg: 12.a|  
                                Here take my picture, though I bid farwell  
                                [l. 1 ind 5sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1; p. 5. beneath diagonal slash]   
Sorrow    NY3.18, ff. [21r-v]   HE      Eleg: 13.a|  
                                Sorrow, who to this house, scarse knew ye way  
                                [l. 1 ind 5sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1; p 6. beneath diagonal slash; bottom   
                                2/3s of f. 21v blank]   
EpLin     NY3.19, ff. [22-23]   HE      Epithalamiu%M.|  
                                The Sun beames in ye East are spred  
                                [l. 1 ind 5-6sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1; stanzas numbered in arabic   
                                numerals; l. 1 each stz ind; final line each stz hanging ind; bottom     
                                third of f. 23  and all of f. 23v blank]   
Storm     NY3.20, ff. [24r-v]   HE      To M.r C B.|  
                                Thou, wch art I, (tis nothing to be so)  
                                [l. 1 ind 5sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1; p: beneath diagonal slash]   
HWNews    NY3.21, ff. [25]      HE      To Mr H.W.| %#%#%#%X20. Iuly. i*098->>i5098<. At Court.   
                                Here is no more newes then vertu: I may as well  
                                [l. 1 ind. 4 sp; To Mr H. W.| in LM opp. l. 1; triplets, each   
                                separated by a diagonal slash in LM]   
HWKiss    NY3.22, ff. [25v-26v] HE      To Mr H. W.|  
                                Sr More then kisses, Letters mingle Soules:  
                                [l. 1 ind 5-6sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1; p. beneath HE]   
RWThird   NY3.23, ff. [26v-27]  HE      To Mr. R. W.|  
                                Like one who in her third widowhed doth profes  
                                [l. 1 ind 4sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1; triplets, each separated by diagonal   
                                slash in LM; bottom half of f. 27  blank]   
TWHail    NY3.24, ff. [27v]     HE      To Mr. T.W.|  
                                All haile sweete Poet, more full of more strong fyre  
                                [irregular ind pattern; HE in LM opp. l. 1; ll. 12, 13a, 15a scratched   
                                through]  
nc        NY3.25, ff. [28]      HE      To Mr I: D.|  
                                Thou sendst me prose & rimes, I send for those  
                                [l. 1 ind 4sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
TWHarsh   NY3.26, ff. [28]      HE      To Mr T.W.  
                                Hast thee harsh verse as fast as thy lame measure  
                                [l. 1 ind 5sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1; ll. 5, 6, 8-10 scratched through]   
ED        NY3.27, ff. [28v]     HE      To. L. of D.|  
                                See, Sr, how as the suns hott masculine fyer flame  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1; p beneath HE]   
TWPreg    NY3.28, ff. [28v]     HE      To Mr T. W.|  
                                Pregnant agayne wt th'old twins Hope & Feare  
                                [final couplet ind 5sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
TWHence   NY3.29, ff. [29]      HE      To Mr. T.W.|  
                                At once fro%M hence my lines & I depart  
                                [final couplet ind 4sp, final line deleted;   
                                several lines deleted; HE in LM opp. l. 1]   
RWZeal    NY3.30, ff. [29]      HE      To Mr R: W.|  
                                Zealously my Muse doth salute all thee  
                                [no ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
RWMind    NY3.31, ff. [29v]     HE      To Mr R: W.|  
                                Muse not that by thy mind thy body is led:  
                                [no ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
CB        NY3.32, ff. [29v]     HE      To Mr C. B.|  
                                Thy frind whom thy deserts to thee enchaine  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
EG        NY3.33, ff. [30]      HE      To Mr E. G.|  
                                Euen as lame things thirst their perfection, so  
                                [no ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1; bottom half of f. 30  blank]   
RWSlumb   NY3.34, ff. [30v]     HE      To Mr R. W:|  
                                If as myne is thy Life a slumber bee  
                                [no ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1; p. beneath HE]   
RWEnvy    NY3.35, ff. [31]      HE      To Mr R. W.|  
                                Kindly I envy thy Songs perfection  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 9 10 13 14 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]   
SB        NY3.36, ff. [31]      HE      To M. S. B.|  
                                O thou wch to search out the secret parts  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
ILRoll    NY3.37, ff. [31v]     HE      To Mr I. L.|  
                                Of yt short roll of frinds, writt in my hart  
                                [l. 1 ind 3sp; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
BB        NY3.38, ff. [31v-32]  HE      To Mr B.B.|  
                                Is not thy sacred hunger of science  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 16 17 20 21 24 25 27 28 ind; HE in LM opp.    
                                l. 1]   
ILBlest   NY3.39, ff. [32]      HE      To M. I. L.|  
                                Blest are your North parts, for all this long time  
                                [no ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1; p. beneath diagonal slash; bottom fifth   
                                of f. 32  and all of f. 32v blank]   
HSMade    NY3.40, ff. [33]      HE      Holy Sonnets .1.|  
                                Thou hast made me & shall thy worke decay?  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
HSDue     NY3.41, ff. [33]      HE      .2.  
                                As due by many titles I resigne  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
HSSighs    NY3.42, ff. [33v]    HE      .3.  
                                O might those sighes & teares returne againe  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
HSPart    NY3.43, ff. [33v]     HE     .4.  
                                Father, part of his double interest  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
HSBlack   NY3.44, ff. [34]      HE      .5.  
                                Oh my black Soule now thou art sum%Moned  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
HSScene   NY3.45, ff. [34]      HE      .6.  
                                This is my Playes Last Scene, here heauens appoint  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
HSLittle  NY3.46, ff. [34v]     HE      .7.  
                                I ame a little World, made cu%mningly  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
HSRound   NY3.47, ff. [34v]     HE      .8.  
                                At ye round Earths imagind corners blow  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
HSMin     NY3.48, ff. [35]      HE      .9.  
                                If poysonous Mineralls, & if that tree  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]   
HSSouls   NY3.49, ff. [35]      HE      .10.  
                                If faythfull Soules be alike glorified  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]   
HSDeath   NY3.50, ff. [35v]     HE      .11.  
                                Death be not proud, thou->>though< some haue called thee   
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]   
HSWilt    NY3.51, ff. [35v]     HE      .12.  
                                Wilt thou love God, as he, the! then digest  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]   
HSSpit    NY3.52, ff. [36]      HE      .13.  
                                Spitt in my face ye Iewes, & pierce my side  
                                [even lines ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
HSWhy     NY3.53, ff. [36]      HE      .14.  
                                Why ame I by all Creatures wayted on?  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]   
HSWhat    NY3.54, ff. [36v]     HE      .15.  
                                What yf this present were ye worlds last night?  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]   
HSBatter  NY3.55, ff. [36v]     HE      .16.  
                                Batter, my hart, three-persond God, for you  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
HSShe     NY3.56, ff. [37]      HE      .17.|  
                                Since She whome I lovd, hath payd her last debt  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1;   
                                piping symbol at end of HE a diagonal slash]  
HSShow    NY3.57, ff. [37]      HE      .18.  
                                Show me deare Christ thy Spouse, so bright & cleare.  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
HSVex     NY3.58, ff. [37v]     HE      .19.  
                                Oh, to vex me, contraryes meete in one  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1; bottom half of   
                                f. 37v blank]   
Cor1      NY3.59, ff. [38]      HE      La Corona / .1.  
                                Dainge[sic] at my hands this crowne of prayer & prayse  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1; p. beneath HE]  
Cor2      NY3.60, ff. [38]      HE      .2.  
                                Saluation to all yt will is nighe  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
Cor3      NY3.61, ff. [38v]     HE      .3.  
                                Immensity cloysterd in thy deere wombe  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
Cor4      NY3.62, ff. [38v]     HE      .4.  
                                With his kind Mother who pe%^rtakes thy wo  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
Cor5      NY3.63, ff. [39]      HE      .5.  
                                By Miracles exceeding power of Man  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
Cor6      NY3.64, ff. [39]      HE      .6.  
                                Moyst wt one drop of thy blood, my dry Soule  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1]  
Cor7      NY3.65, ff. [39v]     HE      .7.  
                                Salute ye last & everlasting day  
                                [ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind; HE in LM opp. l. 1; bottom half of f. 39v blank]  
prose     NY3.66, ff. [40]      HE      %XThat all things kill themselues. / .1.  
                                To affect yea to effect their owne deaths,   
                                [no ind; second HE in LM]  
prose     NY3.67, ff. [40v]     HE      %XThat women ought to paint themselues / .2.  
                                Foulnes is lothesome; can yt be so wch helpes it?  
                                [l. 1 ind 6-7sp; second HE in LM]  
prose     NY3.68, ff. [41]      HE      %XThat old Men are more fantastique then younge / .3.  
                                Who reads this Paradox but thinks me more fantastique then I  
                                [l. 1 ind 5-6sp; second HE in LM; bottom third of f. 41  blank]   
prose     NY3.69, ff. [41v]     HE      %XThat Nature is our worst Guide. / .4.   
                                Shall she be guide to all creatures wch is herselfe one?  
                                [l. 1 ind 5sp; second HE in LM]  
prose     NY3.70, ff. [42]      HE      %XThat only Cowards dare dy. / .5.  
                                Extreames are equally removed from the meane:  
                                [l. 1 ind 5-6sp; second HE in LM]  
prose     NY3.71, ff. [42v-43]  HE      %XThat the guifts of ye body are better then / those of the   
                                        mind or of fortune / .6.   
                                I say agayne yt the body makes ye mind.  
                                [l. 1 ind 6-7sp; second HE in LM]  
prose     NY3.72, ff. [43r-v]   HE      %XThat a wise Man is knone by much laughinge. / .7  
                                Ride si sapis o puella ride; yf thou beest wise laugh  
                                [l. 1 5-6 sp; second HE in LM]  
prose     NY3.73, ff. [43v-44]  HE      %XThat good is more co%Mmon then euill / .8.  
                                I haue not beene so pitifully tired wt any vanity,  
                                [l. 1 ind 8sp; second HE in LM]  
prose     NY3.74, ff. [44r-v]   HE      %XThat by Discord things increase / .9.  
                                Nullos esse Deos, mone calum  
                                [ll. 1-3 ind 5sp and set off from others; second HE in LM]  
prose     NY3.75, ff. [44v-45]  HE      %XThat it is possible to find some vertue in women. / .10.  
                                I ame not of that sear'd impudency that I dare  
                                [l. 1 ind 6sp; second HE in LM; bottom 3/4s of sheet cut away;   
                                f. 45v blank]  
Hero      NY3.76, ff. [46]      HE      Hero & Leander.  
                                Both robd of ayre, we both ly in one ground,  
                                [HE in LM; p. beneath HE]  
Pyr       NY3.77, ff. [46]      HE      Pyramus & Thisbe.  
                                Two, by themselues, each other, Love and Feare.  
                                [HE in LM; p. beneath HE]  
Niobe     NY3.78, ff. [46]      HE      Niobe.  
                                By childrens birth, & death Iame become  
                                [HE in LM; p. beneath HE]  
Ship      NY3.79, ff. [46]      HE      Nave arsa.  
                                Out of a fyred ship, wch by no way  
                                [HE in LM; p. beneath HE]  
Wall      NY3.80, ff. [46]      HE      Caso d'vn muro.  
                                Vnder an vnder-min'd, & shott brusd wall  
                                [HE in LM; p. beneath HE]  
Beggar    NY3.81, ff. [46]      HE      Zoppo.  
                                Iame vnable (yonder begger cryes)  
                                [HE in LM; p. beneath HE]  
Cales     NY3.82, ff. [46]      HE      Cales / & / Guyana.  
                                If you fro spoyle of th'old Worlds fardest end  
                                [HE in LM]  
Wing      NY3.83, ff. [46]      HE      Il Caualliere / Gio: Wingef  
                                Beyond th'old Pillers many'haue trauailed  
                                [HE in LM]  
Self      NY3.84, ff. [46]      HE      Omitted  
                                Your Mistres, yt you follow whores, still taxeth you,  
                                [p. in LM opp. l. 1]  
Licent    NY3.85, ff. [46]      HE      Omitted  
                                Thy Sins & haires may no Man equall call  
                                [p. in LM opp. l. 1]  
Antiq     NY3.86, ff. [46v]     HE      Antiquary.  
                                If in his study Ha%Mmon hath such care  
                                [HE in LM; p. beneath HE]  
Jug       NY3.87, ff. [46v]     HE      Omitted  
                                Thou callst me effeminat, for I love womens ioyes  
Disinher  NY3.88, ff. [46v]     HE      Omitted  
                                Thy father all fro%M thee by his last Will  
                                [p. in LM opp. l. 1]  
Liar      NY3.89, ff. [46v]     HE      Omitted  
                                Thou in the fields walkst out thy supping houres  
Merc      NY3.90, ff. [46v]     HE      Mercurius / Gallobelgicus.|  
                                Like AE%Lsops fellow Slaues, O Mercury  
                                [HE in LM; p. beneath HE]   
Phrine    NY3.91, ff. [46v]     HE      Omitted   
                                Thy flattering picture Phrine, is like thee  
                                [p. in LM opp. l. 1]  
Philo     NY3.92, ff. [46v]     HE      Omitted  
                                Philo, wt 12 yeares study hath beene griev'd  
                                [p. in LM opp. l. 1]  
Klock     NY3.93, ff. [46v]     HE      Omitted  
                                Klockius so deeply'hath vowd nere more to come  
                                [p. in LM opp. l. 1]  
Martial   NY3.94, ff. [46v]     HE      Martial: castratus.  
                                Why this Man gelded Martial I muse,  
                                [HE in LM; p. beneath HE]  
Ralph     NY3.95, ff. [46v]     HE      Omitted  
                                Compassion in ye World agayne is bredd  
                                [p. in LM opp. l. 1]  
Jet       NY3.96, ff. [47]      HE      To a Jeat ring / sent to me.  
                                Thou art not so blacke as my hart  
                                [HE in LM; quatrains sep. by blank line; bottom half of f. 47 and   
                                all of 47v blank]