GENEALOGY OF FATHER AND MOTHER- CONFLICTING AUTHORITIES
TER OF PARENTS — FAMILY BIRTHS AND DEATHS,

CHAPTER II.

THE SPREAD-EAGLE

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BREAD-STREET — OLD LONDON, 1608-1620.

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, .

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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PENSIONER OF CHRIST'S COLLEGE

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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

EXTERNAL HISTORY OF MILTON'S UNIVER-

-IRREGULARITIES CURRICULUM

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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

APPEARANCE 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,

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,

THE

CARRIER

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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-

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,

CHAPTER VI.

SURVEY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE-1632.

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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. HALL-MARSTON WITHER-METAPHYSICAL AND RELIGIOUS
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 —

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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

SERVICE-BOOK-POPULAR OUTBREAK -THE SER-

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

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

CANONS

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 CONŢINENT — 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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