Epigrams and The Forest first appeared in the folio edition of Jonson's Workes, 1616, and are now reproduced from the New York public library copy of that edition; Underwoods first appeared as a collection in what is usually referred to as v. 2 of the second folio edition of the Workes, 1640-41, and is here reproduced from the original copy in the Columbia university library. cf. Bibliographical note.
With facsimiles of original title-pages: (1) Epigrammes. I. booke. The author B. J. London, M.DC.XVI.; (2) Under-woods consisting of divers poems. By Ben Johnson. [Line in Latin] London. Printed M.DC.XL.