Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy, and Earl of Devonshire, 1563-1606.
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, 1567-1601.
Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of Southampton, 1573-1624. William Herbert, third Earl of Pembroke, 1580-1630.
George Gascoigne, 1525?-1577. Gabriel Harvey, 1545 ?-1631. Edmund Spenser, 1552 ?-1599. John Lilly (Lyly), 1554?-1606.
Robert Greene, 1560?-1592 (date taken from Harvey's account). William Shakespeare, 1564-1616. Venus and Adonis published, 1593; returned to Stratford about 1596; first play published under his name, 1598.
Thomas Nashe, 1567-1601?
Ben Jonson, 1573 ?-1637.
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,
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
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,
his admiration of 119 n., 157; Grindal, 61, 62; loss of prospects on the death of his father, 62, 173; his Discourse in Praise of the Queen," 67, 381, 390; advice to King James as to Irish colonisa- tion, 81, 531; connection with the Earl of Cumberland, 87; his ideas as to the nature of the soul, 99, 107- 120; his attitude towards the people, 103, 104, 127; a portrait of him- self, 103; universality, 104, 146, 413, 522; his passion for order, 104; the phenomenal character of his imagination, 104, 118, 199, in combination with philosophic judg- the defects of his ment, 104 ; character examined, 104, 146, 199, 413; his habit of idealising the sovereign, 105, 448, 449 ; spiritual feelings primitive, 105, 113; his attitude towards the Christian revelation, 107-13, 120, 127, 128; dexterity in writing, 108; on atheism, 108, 114; his philosophic attitude and purpose, 108, 111, 112, 119, 120; his dislike of the Copernican theory, 110, 309 n.; the extent of his familiarity with Aristotle, 109, 119; the charge against him of materialism, 111, 120; his quarrel with Aristotle, 111 n., 119 n., 156; on metaphysics, 112; on man, 114, 331; his theory of "spirits," 114 sq., 135, 136; his passion for scientific inquiry, 119, 120; his dislike of philosophers, 119, 582 [cf. 238]; on Socrates, 119 n., 387 n.; claims a natural familiarity with truth, 120; first appointment under the Crown, 121, 409, 520; period of greatest literary activity, 121; on the use of allegory, 123 n. ; rivalry with Robert Cecil, 129, 413, 439; time spent in study, 129; admits abstraction in affairs, 129; on the masque, 133; his claim to " 'simplicity," 138-40; defends himself on a charge of pride, 138; expresses himself as out of harmony with his surroundings, 140; his inaccuracy," 142, 143, 145 sq.; draft for a pardon, 145; his aim to supersede antiquity, 146; lack of 'personality," 147; his views on poetry, 152-55; disclaims envy of dead thinkers, 156; "a tired, sea- sick suitor," 163, 167 n., 407; his practice at the Bar, 167 n., 411; practice of writing under "impersona- tions," 169, 221 [cf. 8, 9]; methods
for "advertising" and "reviewing" his works, 169, 222; habit of prais- ing his own work, 169 [cf. 7]; devices for controversial satire, 169; his financial embarrassments, 169, 173 n., 398, 400, 409 [cf. 486]; early relations with Burghley and Leicester, 173; self-esteem, 181, 232; his precocity as a child, 181, 209, 211, 232, 586; his portrait as a boy, 181; his attitude towards the religious controversies, 193, 196, 548, 549; in "Tower" employ. ment, 195, 404; Squire's conspiracy, 198; the affair of Lopez, 199; his longing for power, 199; unscrupulous methods, 146, 200; his want of "common sense,' 200, 408 [cf. 196]; suggested early mastery of the poetic art, 227; his interest in education, 229; his Court "devices,'' 45 m., 230, 427; his Essays self- regarding, 238, 387 n.; probable early acquaintance with Ralegh, 244; probable visit to Kenilworth, 248; his essay on "Gardens," 273; his motto, 274 n.; impetuous sequence of ideas, 287, 463; early interest in "divinity," 293; on the tides and sea- currents, 307-10; intercourse with Galileo, 307 n.; his imperialism, 318; on 'magnanimity," 318; on the pretensions of Spain, 319; on "the universal frame of nature,' 331; concealed poets" and "con- cealed philosophers," 348; poem Deformity' by, 367; his essay on and Robert Cecil, 387 n. imagination in youth, 388; early sense of age, 388, 397, 454, 516; his relations with Ralegh and Cecil at the end of Elizabeth's reign, 395- 397, 439; his views on friendship, 69 n., 396; his attitude towards his mother, 399; his retainers, 399: offends the Queen, 398; her opinion of him, 403; "a withered branch," 404; 'Promus of Formularies and Elegancies," 405, 522; "the Waters of Parnassus," 405; at Twicken- ham, 405, 406; the revels at Gray's his reliance on Inn, 405, 409; written statements, 408, 513; his mercurial temperament, 408, 518; his and disciplined mind, 408; affairs, 410; interest in public describes himself as a
412; his independence of friends, his conduct towards 412, 523; Essex considered, 412, 413, 438,
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
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