| 1 | 0–60 | 472 | T36 Hell, Furies and the language of punishm | 0.84 | back from th'umbrageous bounds still robbed of rest Must I return, where Phoebus gilds the fields, A ghost not… |
| 2 | 61–120 | 491 | unassigned | | And yet th'advancement by those captains had, Whom first my Ensigns did acquaint with fame, Doth make my soul … |
| 3 | 121–184 | 492 | unassigned | | Thus though that I mine enemies did abate, I made my greatest friends become my foes, Who did my barbarous ins… |
| 4 | 185–248 | 498 | unassigned | | Ah, seizing without right on every state, I but myself too great a Monarch made: Since all men gaped to get th… |
| 5 | 249–334 | 475 | T36 Hell, Furies and the language of punishm | 0.85 | Yet guilty thoughts torment me most of all. No sprite can be by plaguing Furies pinned, (Though charged withou… |
| 6 | 335–398 | 495 | unassigned | | Ah, had the Fates been subject to my will, Such clouds of sorrow had not darkened life, But we had had great A… |
| 7 | 399–462 | 499 | unassigned | | O brave Leonides, I like thy strife, That with so few performed so glorious things: And death preferred before… |
| 8 | 463–526 | 503 | T53 The crown: kingship claimed, resigned an | 0.81 | When that great Monarch marched t'encounter death, Whist all his captains were assembled there: And did demand… |
| 9 | 527–588 | 479 | unassigned | | Th'undaunted band whose worth the world oft proved, Then whilst their glory shined through silver shields: By … |
| 10 | 589–654 | 503 | unassigned | | What grief were this tvs, whilst such as those, Might make their vantage of th'all-powerful breath, And that o… |
| 11 | 655–718 | 490 | T25 Kings, power and law: political sententi | 0.75 | A tragic end this triumph quite confounds. All our applauses are turned to complaints, Our music marred by mel… |
| 12 | 719–786 | 502 | unassigned | | He care pretends that none th'unborn beguile, As by the heavens for th'orphans weal reserved: Yet wanting of a… |
| 13 | 787–848 | 493 | unassigned | | His death of sorrow makes my soul the prey, Though many thought that I for it had longed: For if by those that… |
| 14 | 849–914 | 503 | unassigned | | What counterfeited friends seal trustless bands, Whilst in the general cause that each pretends, Though never … |
| 15 | 915–988 | 475 | unassigned | | Then innocency naked lived, And had no need nor thought of arms, Whilst spiteful sprites no means contrived, T… |
| 16 | 989–1054 | 500 | unassigned | | Proud Meleager that disdained to bow, And my advancement always did mislike, Hath with his blood sealed my ass… |
| 17 | 1055–1118 | 491 | unassigned | | For him that hath them thus to honour brought, They must be bound to hold in high account: And I have not adva… |
| 18 | 1119–1182 | 486 | unassigned | | Yet by th'effect his purpose bent to show, whatever that he was, he seemed a friend: But when th' Athenians di… |
| 19 | 1183–1246 | 503 | unassigned | | To leave that place I cannot well agree, As if I wanted courage to command: I'll take that which the fates do … |
| 20 | 1247–1310 | 479 | unassigned | | For lo how many else together run, That for our ruin wonderfully thirst. Where do you think that we should the… |
| 21 | 1311–1370 | 487 | T1 Death, grief and revenge | 0.75 | How can my breast but burst whilst sobs rebound? Since once the seat of joys now not the same: May not huge ho… |
| 22 | 1371–1432 | 487 | unassigned | | Although this will but aggravate my woe, From whom the Fates all comfort now seclude: Yet do I reverence his r… |
| 23 | 1433–1492 | 472 | unassigned | | Then that he comfort might th'afflicted bands, He stretched them out to kiss respected parts: More by the Swor… |
| 24 | 1493–1556 | 504 | unassigned | | He, and his brother then th'advantage watched, And for their prince a cup of poison made: Thus he that never w… |
| 25 | 1557–1629 | 501 | unassigned | | If but by hearing of his dolorous end, A stranger (once his captive) died for grief. Ah, shall his mother on n… |
| 26 | 1630–1721 | 479 | unassigned | | Lo, now in every place All virtuous motions cease. And sacred faith we find Now far from th'earth is fled, Who… |
| 27 | 1722–1785 | 488 | unassigned | | Thus men magnanimous amidst the field, Dare to th'assurance of their enemies trust: And loathing what disloyal… |
| 28 | 1786–1849 | 497 | unassigned | | Think not that worth consists in the success, As th'essence did on th'accidents depend: The fault of fortune m… |
| 29 | 1850–1909 | 483 | unassigned | | Then whilst we met for whom both th'armies warred, Whose fortune then depended on our hands, All was performed… |
| 30 | 1910–1973 | 495 | unassigned | | Those are indeed for such as raise their flight, They may do more whose course is at the height, A imperious f… |
| 31 | 1974–2033 | 495 | T2 Roman politics: senate, consuls and civi | 0.77 | And when of late by Ptolomie constrained, He brought his bands with disadvantage back: How by the same his gov… |
| 32 | 2034–2093 | 475 | unassigned | | Whilst Aeolus and Neptune joined in all, With winds and waves beat th'earth and boast the skies: The tumbling … |
| 33 | 2094–2157 | 488 | unassigned | | Lo, Polispercon by our power repelled, From Macedon hath retired dismayed: And for the fear of us hath been co… |
| 34 | 2158–2221 | 491 | unassigned | | Those when the Queen perceived, unmoved she spoke As one that had embraced some great relief: Fit gifts for he… |
| 35 | 2222–2281 | 484 | unassigned | | Those were but fortune's gifts that made her great All was without herself that made her praised: Her imperfec… |
| 36 | 2282–2341 | 484 | unassigned | | What can her freedom and your peace procure? Death both can make her free, and make me sure. And would you do … |
| 37 | 2342–2401 | 492 | T19 Virtue, Fortune and Vice as abstractions | 0.82 | A double bondage long did burden me, I to myself, myself to fortune thrall: But now captivity hath set me free… |
| 38 | 2402–2465 | 503 | unassigned | | The world may judge how I was justly grieved, Whilst angry Philip sought for my disgrace, (A thing which once … |
| 39 | 2466–2528 | 493 | unassigned | | AH, ah, though man since th'image of great Ioue, And th' only creature that gives Reason place, Made to make f… |
| 40 | 2529–2591 | 486 | unassigned | | And did such monstrous cruelties commit: In plaguing Philip, and his Lady of late. Lo, now being brought to ta… |
| 41 | 2592–2655 | 495 | T25 Kings, power and law: political sententi | 0.81 | So change all things that subject are t'our sight; Disorder order breeds, and order it, Next night comes darkn… |
| 42 | 2656–2723 | 494 | T25 Kings, power and law: political sententi | 0.83 | Since every Commonwealth where all men's wits Do join in one, t'increase the public ease, Is subject oft to fe… |
| 43 | 2724–2783 | 484 | unassigned | | O, he but undermines the sovereign state, That cares not who be weak so he be strong: More studious for himsel… |
| 44 | 2784–2844 | 489 | T37 Riches, poverty and covetousness | 0.86 | Then once to me a mass of gold he sent, And offered too a stately Asian town Which I refused, pleased more wit… |
| 45 | 2845–2904 | 486 | unassigned | | His successors have set all Greece on fire, Of which I fear to perish by some spark: For Polipercon doth my de… |
| 46 | 2905–2968 | 496 | unassigned | | But When we have within burr bosom weighed The ruin of all Alexander's race; Whom without blushing we might ha… |
| 47 | 2969–3032 | 502 | unassigned | | Then when this traitorous policy had failed, And that there had some doubtful conflicts passed: Antigonus that… |
| 48 | 3033–3100 | 513 | unassigned | | Then as your captain, since not force I may, I'll as your friend entreat, that now in time I may but have a sw… |
| 49 | 3101–3167 | 494 | unassigned | | Oft likewise me, he laboured to surprise, And policy was used, t'have me o'erthrown: But I, whom Pithons dange… |
| 50 | 3168–3227 | 492 | unassigned | | When th' Asian victor after all his wars, To visit Babylon had bent his mind: Both I, and others, studious of … |
| 51 | 3228–3291 | 507 | unassigned | | Life is the subject of distress and grief That still ministers matters to bemoan; And only but by death can ha… |
| 52 | 3292–3355 | 496 | unassigned | | She constant still, though moaned, would never moan, Whose stately gesture scorned their foul attempt: And did… |
| 53 | 3356–3421 | 507 | unassigned | | And since his trophies reared in several fields, Both him and his have to confusion brought: Then what is all … |
| 54 | 3422–3483 | 505 | T25 Kings, power and law: political sententi | 0.90 | Thus doth a partial judgement aim amiss, At things that stand without our reach retired: Which whilst not ours… |