CONTENTS

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Author’s Prologue[1]
[BOOK THE FIRST]
MAIDS’ ADVENTURE
CHAP.
1.Here you are in the Antechamber[7]
2.Here You step into the Fog[25]
3.Superficial Properties of the Honeypot[36]
4.Rough Music Here[47]
5.Here are Flies at the Honeypot[67]
6.The Fool’s Whip[77]
7.Gordon’s Bane[91]
8.The Divorce of Mary Livingstone (To an Italian Air)[106]
9.Air of St. Andrew: Adonis and the Scapegoat[121]
10.They Look and Like[135]
11.Prothalamium: Venus wins Fair Adonis[146]
12.Epithalamium: End of all Maids’ Adventure[169]
[BOOK THE SECOND]
MEN’S BUSINESS
1.Opinions of French Paris upon some Late Events[191]
2.Griefs and Consolations of Adonis[201]
3.Divers Uses of a Hardy Man[214]
4.Many Dogs[229]
5.Midnight Experiences of Jean-Marie-Baptiste Des-Essars[236]
6.Venus in the Toils[250]
7.Aftertaste[270]
8.King’s Evil[287]
9.The Washing of Hands[306]
10.Extracts from the Diurnall of the Master of Sempill[318]
11.Armida Doubtful in the Garden[328]
12.Scotchmen’s Business[340]
[BOOK THE THIRD]
MARKET OF WOMEN
1.Stormy Opening[351]
2.The Brainsick Sonata[363]
3.Descant upon a Theme as Old as Jason[381]
4.She Looks Back Once[394]
5.Medea in the Bedchamber[404]
6.Kirk o’ Field[414]
7.The Red Bridegroom[430]
8.The Bride’s Prelude[451]
9.The Bride’s Tragedy[474]
10.The Knocking at Borthwick[484]
11.Appassionata[490]
12.Addolorata[502]
Epilogue[506]