Lachrymæ Musarum: the tears of the Muses
Subtitle: exprest in elegies; written by divers persons of nobility and worth, upon the death of the most hopefull, Henry Lord Hastings, onely sonn of the Right Honourable Ferdinando Earl of Huntingdon heir-generall of the high born prince George Duke of Clarence, brother to King Edward the fourth. Collected and set forth by R.B
Contributors: Cleyn, Franz, 1590?-1658, artist; Brome, Richard, d. 1652?
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 2344:12
Publisher: printed by T[homas]. N[ewcomb]. and are to be sold by John Holden, at the blue Anchor in the New Exchange
Published: 1650
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 98
Subjects: Huntingdon, Henry Hastings, -- Earl of, -- 1586-1643 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800; Elegiac poetry, English -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Poetry; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Tears of the Muses; Pietati sacrum. H.S.E. quod mortale fuit I.N.R.I. præstolans epiphaniam, depositum Henrici Baronis Hastings
Notes: R.B. = Richard Brome

The frontispiece is signed: F Clein fe:

In verse

The first leaf and the last leaf are blank

The folded leaf is an epitaph beginning: Pietati sacrum. H.S.E. quod mortale fuit I.N.R.I. præstolans epiphaniam, depositum Henrici Baronis Hastings .

A reissue of the 1649 edition, which had "printed by Tho. Newcomb" in imprint. The title page is a cancel; F1 and 2 are canceled, and the deleted poem is supplied on a quarter-sheet inserted after quire C

Annotation on Thomason copy: "Jan: 30"

Copy filmed at UMI microfilm Early English Books 1641-1700 reel 2344 includes leaves F1 and F2 and lacks the poem supplied on a quarter-sheet inserted after quire C

Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) B4877

Thomason E.1247[3]

Case, A.E. Poetical miscellanies, 102b

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1996. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2344:12).