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Marries his second wife, Catharine Woodcock, who died within the year.

Resides in Jewin Street. Marries his third wife, Elizabeth Minshull, thirty years younger than himself, who survived him about fifty years.

Resides at Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, where
he completes his 'Paradise Lost.'
Death, November 8, at Bunhill-Fields.

Chronological Table of Milton's Works.

ANNO A.D. ÆTATIS

1624. 15. Paraphrase of Psalms CXIV. and CXXXVI.

1625. 16. 1626. 17.

Letter I. To his Tutor, Thomas Young.

Sylv. I. Ode on the Death of the Vice-Chancellor of
Cambridge.

Sylv. II.

On the Fifth of November.

Sylv. III. On the Death of the Bishop of Ely.

On the Death of a fair Infant, dying of a Cough.
Elegy I.
To Charles Diodati.
Elegy II.
Elegy III.

chester.

On the Death of the University Beadle.
On the Death of the Bishop of Win-

1627. 18. Elegy IV. To his Tutor, Thomas Young. 1628. 19.

Letters II. III. and IV.

Elegy VII. Anno ætatis 19.

Sylv. IV. Nature Unimpaired by Time
Vacation Exercise. Anno ætatis 19.

Prolusio VI.

1629. 20. Elegy V. On the Approach of Spring.
Elegy VI. To Charles Diodati.
Sylv. V. On the Platonic Idea.
Sylv. VI. To his Father.

ANNO

A.D. ÆTATIS

1629. 21. Ode on the Nativity.

1630. 21. The Circumcision.

The Passion.

1631.

22. Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester.

On Time.

At a solemn Music.

On May Morning.

Sonnet I. (Warton's edition.)

1631. 23. Sonnet VII. Arcades.

Epitaph on Shakspeare.

Two Epitaphs on Hobson.

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On his Twenty-third Year.

Psalm CXIV. In Greek.
Letter V.

L'Allegro and Il Penser oso.

35.

Letters VI. and VII.

Letter VIII.

Letter IX.

To Salsillus, Scazons.
To Mansus. In Latin.
Epitaphium Damonis,

1641. 33. Treatise of Reformation.

In Latin.

1642. 34. Apology for Smectymnuus.

Sonnet VIII.

Sonnets IX. and X.

First prose work.

Of Prelatical Episcopacy.
Reason of Church Government.
Animadversions.

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF MILTON'S WORKS. XV

ANNO

A.D. ÆTATIS

1644. 37. On Divorce.

On Education.
Areopagitica.

1645. 38. Bucer on Divorce.

Tetrachordon.

Colasterion.

1646. 39. To John Rouse. In Latin.

Sonnets XIII. and XIV.

Letter X.

1647. 40.

1648. 41.

1649. 42.

1650. 43.

1651. 44.

1652. 45.

Sonnets XI. and XII.

On the New Forcers of Conscience.

1653. 46. 1654. 47.

Translation of Nine Psalms, commencing with the

Eightieth.

Sonnet XV.

The Tenure of Kings.

First Four Books of History of Britain.

Iconoclastes.

First Defence. In Latin.

Letters XI. XII. and XIII.
Johannis Philippi Angli Responsio.
Sonnets XVI. and XVII.

Translation of Psalms from I. to VIII.
Second Defence. In Latin.

Letters XIV. XV. XVI. and XVII.

1655. 48. His own Defence. In Latin.

A Manifesto of the Lord Protector.
Sonnets XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. and XXII.

1656. 49 Letters XVIII. XIX. and XX.

• Sonnet XXIII.

Letters XXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. and XXVII.

ANNO

A.D. ÆTATIS

1658. 51.

1659. 52.

1661. 54.

1666. 59.

1667. 60.

1670. 63.

1671. 64.

1672. 65.

1673. 66.

Letter XXI.

Paradise Lost commenced. Finished, 1665, in seven

years, when he was 58.

Letters XXVIII. XXIX. and XXX.

Short Prose Pamphlets.

Accidence commenced Grammar.

Letter XXXI.

Paradise Lost published.

Remainder of History of Britain.

Paradise Regained.
Samson Agonistes.

Artis Logicæ Plenior Institutio.

Of True Religion.

Treatise on Christian Doctrine.

Discovered in 1823.

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