Allegory, 50, 59, 60, 72 n., 121,
123 n., 179, 225, 288, 470, 590
Ambiguities, intentional, 61, 63, 71,
94, 98, 163, 179, 239, 349 n., 391,
470, 477, 504
America, 300, 305, 306, 319; and
Ireland, 344-46

Amoretti, The, and Spenser's marriage,

34, 374 sq.

Anagrams, names in the nature of, 67,
70, 94, 96, 487
"Angel," 382-84, 389, 455
Antique words, 5, 6, 7, 28, 58
Apologie for Poetrie, An, 3 n., 124 n.,
148-51, 185 m., 190; and Spenser's
lost English Poete, 10, 14, 148 n. ;
Sir J. Harington on, 188 n.; one
of a series, 228

Arcadia, The, 3 n., 4 n., 147, 185 n.,

230; ordered by Sidney to be
burned, 188; theory for, 358, 362,
504
Argument of the book, the, shortly
stated, 1-4, 7, 8, 9; purpose of, 57
Aristotle, magnanimity," 60, 591;
theory of the soul, 109 sq.; Bacon's
quarrel with, 119 n., 156, 364 n.,
582; on poetry, 150, 151; Bryskett
on, 581, 588

44

Arte of English Poesie, The, reference
to Shepheards Calender, 5 n. ; con-
temporary "rymers" denounced,
12 N.; state of poetry described,
48; references to the Partheniades,
84 n.; hints as to rewards to poets,
99; definition of "rascal," 101; use
of the term "
'spirits," 137; use of
the term "simple," 142;
on the
poet's art, 157, 158; nature of the
work, and circumstances of publica-
tion, 157 n.; Sir J. Harington on,
188 n.; one of a series, 228; the
"old gentlewoman" and the nurse in
Romeo and Juliet, 494-99
Arundel, Philip Howard, Earl of, in
Faerie Queene, 93-95, 468

Astrophel, 190, 350 sq.
Astrophel and Stella sonnets, the, 3 n.,
185 n. genius and character of the
author, 190, 362 sq.; first publica-
tion of, 336; discussed, 356 sq.;
on "wit" and " will," 491; legal
metaphor, 500 n.; absence in love,
501; theory for, 502-504
Aubrey, Brief Lives, value of, 418 n.;
on Ralegh, 419, 459; on Bacon,

509, 510, 517, 520, 524 sq.; on
Hobbes, 517

Bacon, Ann, Lady, burial-place of,
161 her religious influence, 209,
210; works for the Reformed Church,
210; correspondence with her sons,
398-401, 409, 525; with Burghley,
402; her character, 399, 400; latter
years and death, 401; her dislike of
the revels at Gray's Inn, 405, 409
Bacon, Anthony, in the household of
Essex, 46; correspondence with his
mother, 398 sq.; death of, 401; his
relations with his brother, 401, 523,
553

Bacon, Francis, his claim to immor-

tality for his Essays, 5 n.; his style
and that of "E. K." compared, 17,
18, 20, 22, 25; on Homer, 26;
conflict between the active and con-
templative, 47, 53, 129, 232, 239,
491; supposed allusion to in The
Silent Woman, 48; early ambition,
50, 129, 181, 239, 259; his sanguine
temperament, 50, 518; impulse for
self-expression, 50; methods of
secrecy, 50, 53; absence of personal
feeling, 51 [cf. 196]; slenderness of
his emotions, 51, 104, 146; detach-
ment from individuals, 51, 104, 146;
connection with Whitgift, 51, 52,
61 writes in the " Martin Mar-
prelate" controversy, 52, 549; and
for Walsingham, 52 n., 185; his
ambition to shine in the world, 53,

555 [cf. 90]; on Elizabeth's "lighter
qualities," 422; on piracy, 432;
his attitude towards the Sovereign,
448, 449, 458; claims credit for
care" in the King's service, 451;
Queen Elizabeth's "watch candle,"
238 n., 452; his habit of idealisa-
tion, 458, 510, 511, 520; his latter
relations with Ralegh, 458, 459; his
relations with Buckingham, 199 n.,
458; his weakness in the face of
power, 458; fanciful beliefs, 464;
his patriotism, 481, 560; states he
is naturally bashful, 482 n.; early
acquaintance with Queen Elizabeth,
484; The Writer's Prayer," 493;
his marriage, 504, 509; Verulam
House, 509; his gardens, 509-11;
Gorhambury, 510; his burial, 161,
510; ineffective in business relations,
511-13; Tobie Matthew on, 511N.;
plays a part, 140, 200, 512; as a
speaker in Parliament, 513 sq.;
Ben Jonson on, 513-16, 518; his
relations with Ben Jonson, 516-18;
and with Thomas Hobbes, 517;
account of by A. Wilson, 516; his
fall and state of mind after, 518;
his imprudence, 519; the subject of
scandalous rumour, 519; charged
with pride, 520; his extravagance,
520; self-idealisation, 520 [cf. 503];
his phenomenal memory, 521, 522;
rapidity as a writer, 522 ; his
character as a philosopher, 59 n.,
522; his dislike of detail, 522,
523; his friendship with Bettenham,
523; and George Herbert, 524 ;
his health, 524 sq., also 116, 121,
129, 398, 402, 409 [cf. 586]; the
activity of his imagination, 525;
his ideas for the prolongation of
life, 526; his taste in music, 526;
"irrigation in the spring showres,"
527; his views on Ireland, 528-32;
his mind formed on Roman models,
113, 532; his working relations with
his brother, 553; his account of the
affair of Smerwick, 560, 562; per-
haps an account of his early educa-
tion, 585-87

Bacon, Sir Nicholas, 181; as an ally
of Burghley, 210; visit of the Queen
to, 484

Bancroft, Bishop, and the "Martin
Marprelate" controversy, 52 n.
Bettenham, Jeremiah, 412 n., 523
Bingham, Sir Richard, 81, 567; al-
leged poem by, 316
"Bothwell," 438-40

"

Boyle, Elizabeth, 374, 375, 569
Bryskett, Lodowick, with Spenser in
Ireland, 36, 574, 577, 582; his
elegies on Sidney, 352, 573, 590;
sonnet by Spenser to, 385, 579;
said to be an Italian, but expresses
himself as an Englishman, 573, 575,
579, 581, 591; on Plato and Aris-
totle, 581, 588; his early education,
585-87; on the soul, 588; on self-
knowledge, 590; denounces con-
temporary " rymers," 589; on the
myths, 589; on men attributing the
faults of their nature to the stars,
590; use of the term "spirits," 591;
on 'magnanimity," 591; on the
human understanding, 592
Buckingham, Charles Villiers, Duke
of, and Bacon, 199 n., 458
Burghley, Mildred, Lady, her work for
the Reformed Church, 210
Burghley, William Cecil, Lord, objects
to Spenser's pension, 40, 41;
attacks on by Spenser, 41, 50-52,
161, 173, 174, 177, 180; his
position at the Court, 47; sonnet
addressed to by Spenser, 50; in
Faerie Queene, 90; secures Walsing-
ham's papers, 95 n.; petitioned by
Bacon for office, 129, 163, 167 n.,
407, 408; censures him for pride,
138; employs him, 195, 404; his
relations with Leicester, 172, 173,
177, 180, 194; Catholic attack on,
174 m., 209; his work for the Re-
formed Church, 210; letter to Lady
Anne Bacon as to her two sons, 402;
alleges want of power to help his
friends, 402; his official memoranda,
572

Burns, Robert, the limitations of his
genius, 54, 230, 231

Caesar, Bacon's admiration of, 364 n.
Carey, Elizabeth, Lady, 184, 349
Carey, Robert, 75

Cecil, Sir Robert, his relations with
Bacon, 129, 162, 396; Catholic
attack on, 174 n.; scurrilous epi-
taph on, 332 n.; reputed reference
to in Bacon's Essays, 387 n.; his
position and prospects on the death
of the Queen, 395, 396; corresponds
with Bacon, 398 sq.; interview with
Lady Bacon, 400; his character and
methods, 413, 432, 435; corresponds
with Ralegh, 423 sq.; his diplomacy
on the accession of James, 439;
his intrigues against Ralegh, 465
Chatterton, Thomas, his use of antique