In his Latin epics Watson created a personal universe occupied by his chief characters the shepherd and shepherdess Phyllis and Amyntas, whose difficult courtship and blissful marriage is elegantly and searchingly explored until Phyllis's untimely death, and his eleven days of mourning and eventual suicide. He covers a wide-ranging selection of topics including many of the more confusing aspects of love with reference to many themes from Ovid and Propertius. His Antigone was the first Greek tragedy to be printed in England in a Latin version, and drew much commendation from his contemporaries. Watson's additions seemed designed to provoke discussion of legal points and this play was probably performed in the Inns of Court. Full-page reproductions of the original title-pages and an index of names to both volumes is included.