quarrel with and murder of Clei-
tus, Mrs. Bradstreet's account of,
taken from Raleigh, and from
North's Plutarch's Lives," xlvi-
vii, xlix-1. Mrs. Bradstreet's de-
scription of the state of things
after his death, taken from Ra-
leigh, xlix.

Alexander (Aegus), 297, 309, 310.
Alexander of Epire, 316.
Alexander, Ptolemy, 319.
Alexandria, 295. Building of, 262.
Built on the Jaxartes, 275. Library
at, 318.

Algiers (Algere), Charles the Fifth
before, 121.

Allibone, Mr., as to the publication
of the first edition of the "Poems,"
xli n.

Amaziah, 192.

Old, xli,

Ambrose," the, xxvii.
Amestris, 231.

Amiens, Gov. T. Dudley at the siege
of, xii.

Amorges, 236.

Amraphel, Ninias supposed to be,

187.

Amulius (Emulus), 323.
Amyntas, 251.

Anagrams on the author's name, 92.
Ancus Marcius, 326.

Andover, Ixiii, Ixvii n., 88 n., 89.
Land reserved for planting the
town of, xxxvi. Gathering of
Church at, ib. Land for, bought
of Cutshamache, xxxvii. Situa-
tion of first settlements, ib. Burn-
ing of the Bradstreet house at, lxi-
Mrs. Bradstreet's burial-place
not to be found in, lxv.
Andrews, Bishop, xx.

ii.

and n.

Baladan, Merodach, 207.
Bancroft, Archbishop, his treatment
of the Nonconformists, xxii.
Bartas. See Du Bartas.
Bastwick, 336 n.

Bay Psalm Book, 21 n., 35 n.
Beaumont and Fletcher, xvi.
Bedlam, 156.

Beelzebub, 182, 334.

Before the Birth of one of her Chil-
dren, Verses, 393-4.

Bel, Temple of, 185.
Belochus, 193-4.

Belosus, 193-4.

Belshazzar, 205-7, 210.
Belus, 182.

Ben Merodach, 198.

Berosus, 188 and #., 317.

Bessus, 250, 268, 269, 272, 273, 274.

Betis, 261-2.

Beverwyck, Jean Van (Beverovicius),
Ixvi.

Bias, 160. His saying, 160 n.
Bible, publication of the common
version of, xvii. Mrs. Bradstreet's
familiarity with the, 1.

Trans-

lation of, into Greek, 319 and #.
See Genevan version and Septua
gint.

Blaxton, William, first white settler
of Boston, xxxii.

Blood, xli, 129-36.

Bohemia, 163 n. Reformed Religion
in, ib.

Book, The Author to her, 389-90.
Books written by Women, Ixii, 83-

92.

Boston, First Church at, xv, xxxi,
5. 413 n. First signers of the
Covenant, xxxi. Removal of
Winthrop's company to. xxxii.
Winthrop's company leave, ib.
Rising in, in April, 1689, 1xx.
First book printed in, lxvi-vii.

In Lincolnshire, Dudley's resi-
dence at, xiii.

Bowtell, Stephen, publisher of the
first edition of the "Poems," 79.
Bradstreet, Anna, a modern poet,
kxix n.

Bradstreet, Anne, v-x, 2, 3, 21, 24,
30 ., 39, 44 m., 46, 73, 74, 78, 79,
81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, S8 and n..90,
91, 92, 93, 96, 99, 165, 180, 346 n.,
391, 394, 395, 398, 399, 401 n., 403,
406, 408, 413 n.

Earliest poet of her sex in Amer-
ica. xi. Daughter of Gov. Thomas
Dudley, ib. Wife of Gov. Simon
Bradstreet, ib. Her ancestry, xi-
ii. Her father, xi-iv. Her mother,
xii-iii, xxxi, lii-iii. Her birth, xiv.
Her education, xiv. Her youth
and religious experiences, xiv-v,
3-10. Her reminiscence of an
English fair, xv, 354 Opportu-
nities for improving her literary
tastes, xv-xxi. Comfort she took
in reading the Bible, xiv, xvii, 4.
Literary age in which she was
brought up, xv-xxi. Her mar-
riage, xv, xxi, liii n., 5. Goes to
America, xv, 5. Embarks, prob-
ably on the " Arbella," xxvii. The
passage, xxvii-viii. Lands at Sa-
lem, xxix. Goes to Charlestown,
xxxi. Signs the covenant of the
First Church, xv, xxxi-ii, 5. Life
at Charlestown, xxxii Moves to
Boston, ib. Moves to Cambridge,
xxxiii. House at Cambridge, ib.
Life at Cambridge, xxxiii - iv.
Moves to Ipswich, xxxv. Her
residence at Ipswich, xxxvi, 85 n.,
394. Moves to Andover, xxxvi.
Her house there, xxxvii-viii. Its
burning, xxxvii, lxiii, 40, 329.
Publication of her "Poems" with-
out her knowledge, by her brother-
in-law, the Rev. John Woodbridge,
xxxix-xl. Her character, xl. Com-
mended in verse by the Rev. N.
Ward and others, xl-xli. Ana-
grams on her name. xli, 98. Ar-
rangement and plan of her
• Poems," xli - ii. Their merit,
xlii How far original, xlii-lii.
Her knowledge of the Greek and
Latin writers, xliii-iv. Her in-
debtedness to Sir Walter Raleigh's
"History of the World,” xliii-ix;
to Archbishop Usher's Annals,"
xliii-iv; to the Hebrew Writings,

Her

xliii; to Pemble's Treatise, ib.;
to North's Plutarch, xlix-1; to
Crooke's Anatomy, 1. Her famili-
arity with the Bible and use of the
Genevan version, ib. Her obliga-
tion to Sylvester's translation of
Du Bartas, li. Her fondness for
Sidney's works and her criticisms
on them, lii. Her knowledge of
the works of Speed, Camden, and
Spenser, ib. Time when her earlier
Poems" were written, ib. Her
mother's death and her epitaph on
her, lii-iii. Her father's death,
liii-iv. Her father her teacher,
lv. Her eight children, lvii. Her
verses on them, ib. Writes her
religious experiences for them, ib.
Her delicate constitution and fre-
quent sicknesses, ib. Her Chris-
tian resignation, lvii - viii.
religious doubts, lviii. Her love
for her children, ib. Her morbid
views of life, ib. Her belief in the
efficacy of prayer, ib. Her son
Samuel's visit to England, lviii-ix.
Had no child for a long time af-
ter marriage, lix. Her husband's
mission to England in January,
1661-2, lix-lxi. Her verses to him
during his absence, 32-9. Writes
the Meditations," Ixi. Dedicates
them to her son Simon, ib., 47.
Their originality. Ixi. Loss of her
papers by the burning of her house,
Ixi-ii, 40, 329. Her daily life, lxii.
Her position as a woman writer,
Her rambles in the woods
and along the Merrimac, lxiii.
Writes the Contemplations," ib.
Their excellence, ib. Revision of
her Poems," Ixiv. Nature of her
alterations, ib. A Puritan and yet
a Monarchist, ib Her hatred of
Papists, ib., 9. 340-1. Longing
for death, ib. Her last sickness
and death, Ixiv-v, 409. Her burial-
place unknown, lxv. No portrait
of her in existence, ib. Edward
Phillips's notice of her, ib. Cotton
Mather's eulogy on her, lxv-vi.
Rev. John Norton's Funeral Elegy
on her, 409-13. Her handwriting,
viii. Fac-simile of it, between
46 and 47, first edition of her
• Poems.' v, vii-viii, x, xliii,
xlix, lii, 79. Second edition, v,
vii-viii, xli n., xlix-l, lii, lxiii, lxiv,
Ixvi, 81, 413. Third edition, v-vii.

ib.

Her children all survived her ex-
cept Dorothy, lxvii-viii. Notices
of, lxviin. Her verses concerning
them, 400-3. Her descendants,
lxviii-ix.

Bradstreet, Anne, daughter of Sam-
uel, verses on the death of, 405.
Bradstreet, Anne, another daughter
of Samuel, her death in infancy,
407 n. and 408.

Bradstreet, Anne, second wife of Gov.
Bradstreet, daughter of Emanuel
Downing, Ixix.

Bradstreet, Dorothy, daughter of
Mrs. Anne, death of, lxvii. No-
tice of, lxvii n. Marries Rev.
Seaborn Cotton, 400-1, and 401 n.
Bradstreet, Dudley, son of Mrs.
Anne, sketch of, lxvii n. Refuses
to act as Counsellor under the
Provisional Government, Ixx.
Bradstreet, Elizabeth, daughter of
Samuel, verses on the death of,
404.

Bradstreet, Hannah, sketch of, lxvii
n. Marries Andrew Wiggin,

28 n.

Bradstreet, John, son of Mrs. Anne,
notice of, lxvii n.

Bradstreet, Mercy, daughter of Mrs.
Anne, sketch of, lxvii n.
Bradstreet, Mercy, wife of Samuel,
verses on the death of, 407-8.
Bradstreet, Mercy, daughter of Sam-
uel, 408 and n.

Bradstreet, Pedigree of the Family,
lxix n.

Bradstreet, Samuel, son of Mrs.

and n.

Anne, notice of, lxvii n. His
birth, 5. Some time after the
marriage of his parents, lix, 5,
24. Graduates at Harvard Col-
lege, lviii-ix. His age, lix. Goes
to England, lviii-ix, lxvii », 400
His mother's verses on
his departure, 24. Returns, lix,
lxvii n.
His mother's verses on
that event, 28. Death of his eld-
est child, Elizabeth, 404, 405 #.;
of his daughter Anne, 405 and
n.; of his fourth child, Simon,
406; of his wife, 407-8, and 407
n.; of Anne, an infant child of,
407 n., 408. His daughter, Mercy
Bradstreet, 408 and n.
Bradstreet, Samuel, of Dorchester, x.
Bradstreet. Sarah, notice of, lxvii n.
Marries Richard Hubbard, of Ips-
wich, 401 and 2.

Company, xxvi. His important
position afterwards in the Massa-
chusetts Colony, ib. Embarks for
America, xxvii. Probably on
the "Arbella," ib. The passage,
xxviii. Arrives in Salem, xxviii-
ix.
Goes to Charlestown. xxx-
xxxi. Signs the covenant of the
First Church, xxxi. Moves to
Boston, xxxii. To Newtown
(Cambridge), xxxiii. His house
and lot there, ib. Moves to Ips-
wich, xxxv. One of those allowed
to begin a plantation at Merri-
mack," xxxvi. Establishes him-
self at Andover, xxxvi-vii. De-
scription of his house there,
xxxvii-viii. His mission to Eng-
land with the Rev. John Norton,
lix-lxi, 32-9. His wife's verses to
him during that time, 32-9. Burn-
ing of his house at Andover,
xxxvii, lxi-ii, 40, 329. His loss
thereby, lxi – ii. His children,
Ixvii n., 400-3. His descendants,
lxviii-ix. His second wife, Ixix.
Becomes Deputy Governor, lxx.
Governor, ib. Refuses to act as
Counsellor under Joseph Dudley,
ib. Head of the "Council of Safe-
tv," ib. Acts as Governor until
the receipt of the New Charter,
lxx-i. A Counsellor under that,
lxxi. His death, ib. His tomb,
lxxi n. Its desecration, ib. His
epitaph, ib. Supports his son
Samuel's children, lxvii ., 408 n.
Verses on his restoration from an
ague, 27. Verses on his going to
England, 32. Verses in solitary
hours during his absence, 34.
Verses in acknowledgment of let-
ters received from him, 37. Verses