The Adventures of Master F.J.

This text is based on the version of "The Adventures of Master F.J." as found "corrected, perfected, and augmented by the author" in Gascoigne's The Posies, published in 1575.

George Gascoigne

The Adventures of Master F.J. Contents: Letter 1: F.J.'s First Letter to Lady Leonora/Dame Elinor Poem 1:"Fair Bersabe the bright" Letter 2: Elinor's response to F.J. Letter 3: F.J. to Elinor Poem2: "Of thee dear dame" Letter 4: Elinor to F.J. Poem 3: "Love, Hope, and Death" Poem 4: "In prime of lustie yeares" Poem 5: "A cloud of care" Meeting 1: F.J.'s first private meeting with his Mistresse Poem 6: "Dame Cinthia her selfe" Fraunces' Dream Poem 7: "That selfe same day" Poem 8: "Beautie shut up thy shop" Poem 9: "The stately Dames of Rome" The Story of Suspicion Poem 10: "What state to man" Pergo's Story Meeting 2: F.J.'a Mistresse visits him while he is sick Fraunces' Story Letter 5: Elinor to F.J. Poem 11: "I could not though I would" Poem 12: "With hir in armes" Poem 13: "And if I did what then" Other Material: from A Hundreth Sundrie Flowres' version of "The Adventures of Master F.I. (F.J.'s Meeting With and Poem On Elinor's husband) Bibliography

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