CHAPTER I

BEFORE 1700

Dearth of early prosodic studies--Gascoigne--His remark on feet-- Spenser and Harvey--Stanyhurst--Webbe--King James VI.-- Pattenham (?)--Campion and Daniel--Ben Jonson, Drayton, Beaumont--Joshua Poole and "J. D."--Milton--Dryden-- Woodford--Comparative barrenness of the whole 233