CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

ANCESTRY AND KINDRED.

BIRTH OF MILTON-FATHER A SCRIVENER — PROSPEROUS

BUSINESS-DOUBTFUL

GENEALOGY OF FATHER AND MOTHER-CONFLICTING AUTHORITIES CHARAO-

TER OF PARENTS — FAMILY BIRTHS AND DEATHS,

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DISTRICT BURNT AND REBUILT — THE MILTON HOUSE-THE POET'S EARLY ASSOCIA-

TIONS THE MERMAID TAVERN — CHEAPSIDE - ST. PAUL'S — FAMILY CIRCLE-

CULTURE OF THE FATHER-MUSIC-VISITORS - NATIONAL POLITICS-RE-ORGAN-

IZATION OF THE SCRIVENERS, .

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CHAPTER III.

EARLY EDUCATION-ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL-1620-1625.

EARLY PROMISE — PORTRAIT — EDUCATION — ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF-THOMAS YOUNG,

A PURITAN TEACHER-ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL — FOUNDATION AND HISTORY — THE

GILLS, FATHER AND SON MILTON'S HABITS AS SCHOOL-BOY — GREAT PROFI-

CIENCY ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THAT AGE SYLVESTER'S DU BARTAS-

EARLY POETICAL ATTEMPTS — VERSION OF TWO PSALMS — COMPANIONS AT SCHOOL

-SISTER ANNE'S MARRIAGE - NATIONAL EVENTS,

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CHAPTER IV.

CAMBRIDGE, 1625-1632.

PENSIONER OF CHRIST'S COLLEGE -FELLOW-STUDENTS LIST OF COLLEGES-HEADS
OF COLLEGES-MEADE'S LETTERS OTHER NOTABILITIES - MASTER AND FELLOWS
OF CHRIST'S. -TUTOR-CHAMBERS- TERMS AND VACATIONS COLLEGE ROUTINE
- CURRICULUM - EXTERNAL HISTORY OF MILTON'S UNIVER-

-IRREGULARITIES

APPEARANCE

SITY LIFE DEATH OF JAMES I. ACCESSION OF CHARLES I. - MARRIAGE OF
CHARLES-PLAGUE - DEATH OF BACON — UNIVERSITY REFORM -CONTEST FOR A
NEW CHANCELLOR — THE KING URGES THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM HE IS
ELECTED - MILTON'S COLLEGE DIFFICULTY NEW TUTOR - LATIN VERSE-
JEREMY TAYLOR-DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM'S INSTALLATION—A SUSPECTED JESUIT
-ROYAL FAVORS TO UNIVERSITY — KING AND PARLIAMENT — LOVE — ROMANCE
AND REALITY - COMMENCEMENT - MILTON'S SHARE IN IT-ASSASSINATION OF
DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM YOUNG GILL IN TROUBLE- PARDONED - CROMWELL'S
IN PARLIAMENT - PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED - MILTON RECEIVES
DEGREE OF B. A. VISIT OF LORD HOLLAND AND FRENCH AMBASSADOR - DRA-
MATIC PERFORMANCES ODE ON THE NATIVITY AND OTHER POEMS COLLEGIANS
AND MATRIMONY -THE PLAGUE COMES COLLEGES DESERTED— NOBLE CONDUCT
OF VICE-CHANCELLOR A VACANT FELLOWSHIP FILLED BY THE KING - HOBSON,
THE CARRIER — MILTON'S EPITAPHS - CHRISTOPHER, THE BROTHER ENTERS
CAMBRIDGE — DEATH OF MARQUESS OF WINCHESTER -LINES OF BEN JONSON
AND MILTON — MILTON'S LAST YEAR NO ODE FOR ROYALTY - NEW STUDENTS
OF NOTE-PEARSON CUDWORTH- MORE VISIT OF KING AND QUEEN - RIVAL
COMEDIES SUICIDE OF VICE-CHANCELLOR MILTON RECEIVES DEGREE OF M. A.
-CAMBRIDGE IN A TRANSITION PERIOD - REVOLUTION AT HAND- MILTON'S
ATTAINMENTS STANDING - DISSATISFIED WITH UNIVERSITY COURSE COLLEGE
RHETORICAL ESSAYS-PERSONAL APPEARANCE AT LEAVING COLLEGE-PORTRAITS
-PURITY OF LIFE - DOGMATISM WANT OF HUMOR- INQUISITIVENESS,

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CHAPTER V.

CHURCH AND GOVERNMENT-BISHOP LAUD — 1632.

MILTON DESIGNED FOR THE CHURCH HIS OWN RELUCTANCE CATHOLICS AND DIS-
SENTERS PURITAN PARTY IN CHURCH OF ENGLAND — THEIR PETITION - NEW
CANONS ADOPTED - SEVERE REGIMEN OF ARCHBISHOP BANCROFT - RELAXED BY
ABBOT, HIS SUCCESSOR BISHOP WILLIAMS, THE LORD KEEPER — TENDENCIES TO
ROMANISM AND ARMINIANISM WILLIAM LAUD-PETTY AND RESTLESS NATURE
GRADUAL ADVANCEMENT DEATH OF JAMES I. LAUD AND BUCKINGHAM
FRIENDS ARCHBISHOP ABBOT DEPOSED-PARLIAMENTARY RESISTANCE- CLER-
ICAL PARTIES - KING'S PRIVY COUNCIL-NEW INSTRUCTIONS TO CLERGY — LAUD'S
AMBITIOUS DESIGNS-POLICY FOR STRENGTHENING HIS PARTY-STAR CHAMBER
- DR. LEIGHTON PUNISHED - SECRET OF LAUD'S POWER-GOOD REASON FOR MIL-

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TON'S RELUCTANCE TO ENTER CHURCH-OTHERS ATTRACTED-GEORGE HERBERT
-OTHER OPENINGS FOR CLERGY-IRISH CHURCH-SCOTTISH CHURCH- FOREIGN
CHAPLAINCIES-COLONIAL CHURCH - MILTON'S CHOICE OF A LITERARY LIFE-
RELUCTANT CONSENT OF FATHER-LATIN POEM TO HIS FATHER— REMOVAL OF
FAMILY TO HORTON,

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BEN JONSON, POET LAUREATE AND LITERARY SOVEREIGN-RELATIONS OF NOBLES
AND MEN OF LETTERS- ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBIN SCHOOLS-YOUNGER DRA-
MATIC WRITERS — PURITAN OPPOSITION TO THE STAGE-WOMEN AS ACTORS—NON-
DRAMATIC POETS-SPENSERIAN SCHOOL-BROWN-THE FLETCHERS — DRUMMOND
-SATIRISTS-BP. HALLMARSTON—WITHER-METAPHYSICAL AND RELIGIOUS
- DONNE - COWLEY — QUARLES- HERBERT HABINGTON CRASHAW HUMOR-
ISTS-CORBIT — CAREW —SUCKLING — WALLER - HERRICK — RANDOLPH — CLEVE-
LAND-CARTWRIGHT-LATIN VERSIFIERS BUCHANAN-JOHNSTON-PROSE WRI-
TERS-PULPIT LEADS THE WAY TO A GOOD PROSE STYLE-BP. ANDREWS-BP.
HALL-ARCHB. USHER-SELDON — THE BURTONS WOTTON-CLARENDON-BRIL-
LIANT CLIQUE - HALES-CHILLINGWORTH — FALKLAND INCIPIENT SKEPTICISM
-HERBERT - HOBBES-NEWSPAPER AND PAMPHLET LITERATURE - WILLIAM
PRYNNE-THE BOOK TRADE-CENSORSHIP PLETHORA OF BOOKS-CATALOGUE
OF NEW BOOKS IN SIX MONTHS,

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CHAPTER VII.

HORTON-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE — 1632-1638.

SITUATION OF HORTON — BEAUTY OF THE

COUNTRY-SOCIETY-THE BULSTRODE
FAMILY-THE MILTON HOUSE NO LONGER STANDING - WALKS IN THE COUNTRY-
VISITS TO LONDON-GILL AND BEN JONSON-MILTON'S RANGE OF STUDY-AU-
THORSHIP-SONNET TO THE NIGHTINGALE - L'ALLEGRO AND IL PENSEROSO-
ARCADES AND COMUS — REACTION IN FAVOR OF THE DRAMA — MASQUES IN LONDON
-THE EGERTON FAMILY - LUDLOW CASTLE-BAXTER'S ACCOUNT OF IT-MILTON
RECEIVES THE DEGREE OF M. A. AT OXFORD-PLAGUE AT HORTON-DEATH OF
MILTON'S MOTHER-DEATHS OF BEN JONSON AND EDWARD KING — LETTERS TO
DIODATI-PANEGYRICS ON KINGLYCIDAS-NATIONAL EVENTS-PERIOD OF
THOROUGH-ABSOLUTISM AIMED AT BY THE COURT-EXPEDIENTS TO RAISE MONEY
-STAR-CHAMBER SENTENCES — CROWN PATRONAGE OF CHURCH-NEW LEGISLA-
TION FOR CHURCH — PERSECUTIONS- PRYNNE - BASTWICK — BURTON-ROMANIZ-
ING PARTY-WENTWORTH'S GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND-LAUD COOPERATES-

IRISH CHURCH ANGLICIZED — ECCLESIASTICISM OF SCOTLAND — LAUD'S ATTEMPTS

AT CHURCH REVOLUTION-VISIT OF CHARLES-CORONATION AT HOLYROOD ABBEY

-PARLIAMENTARY ACTION-ALARM IN SCOTLAND PRIVY COUNCIL-STRENGTH

OF OPPOSITION - NOBLES - CLERGY-PEOPLE-DEPTH OF RELIGIOUS FEELING IN

SCOTLAND NEW CANONS - SERVICE-BOOK - POPULAR OUTBREAK - THE BER-

VICE-BOOK A FAILURE — PETITIONS — KING'S PROCLAMATION -SOLEMN OATH AND

COVENANT-GENERAL SIGNING — MILTON LEAVES ENGLAND FOR THE CONTINENT, 437

CHAPTER VIII.

CONTINENTAL JOURNEY-1638-1639.

THIRTY YEARS' WAR-AUSTRIAN

IMPERIALISM AND ITS ANTAGONIST FORCES-
FRANCE JOINS THE OPPOSITION - RICHELIEU'S POLICY-BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF CON-
TINENTAL STATES-RELATIONS OF ENGLAND TO THE CONTINENT-SCUDAMORE AND
LEICESTER, ENGLISH AMBASSADORS AT PARIS — MILTON'S TOUR THROUGH FRANCE
-GROTIUS-SCHEME POR UNION OF ALL PROTESTANT CHURCHES-PARIS CORRE-
SPONDENCE-MILTON REACHES ITALY-NICE-ART AND MAN-THE PAST AND
PRESENT -DECLINE OF ITALIAN GENIUS-THE SEICENTISTI - DILETTANTISM-
ACADEMIES GALILEO-GENOA LEGHORN PISA FLORENCE-ITS MANY AT-
TRACTIONS-DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS -MILTON'S BRILLIANT RECEPTION-COM-
PLIMENTS FROM FLORENTINE SCHOLARS VISIT TO GALILEO-ROME-ITS FOUR
HUNDRED AND FIFTY LIVING AUTHORS-NAPLES-TASSO AND MANSO-MARINI —
MILTON'S INTIMACY WITH MANSO-TOUR CUT SHORT BY NEWS FROM HOME-PA-
TRIOTISM STRONGER THAN SCHOLARLY TASTES-RELIGIOUS FRANKNESS - ROME
AGAIN FLORENCE LUCCA BOLOGNA - FERRARA - VENICE-ATTEMPTS AT
ITALIAN VERSE- DIODATI'S DEATH-HOMEWARD ROUTE OVER THE ALPS - GENEVA
-ITS PROFESSORS AND MINISTERS FOREIGN VISITORS -MILTON REACHES HOME
AFTER AN ABSENCE OF A YEAR AND THREE MONTHS,

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