Microcosmography / or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters

by John Earle

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INDEX.

• Abishaes, [266].
• Abithaes, [266].
• Abraham-man, [221].
• Achitophel, [266].
• Acquaintance, Character of, [144].
• Aeneas, [147].
• Affected man, character of, [169].
• Affections of a pious Soule, by Richard Flecknoe, [273].
• Alderman, character of, [16].
• Aleppo, [268].
• Alexis of Piedmont, [12].
• Alfred, king, [4].
• Allmayne, [262].
• All's well that ends well, by Shakspeare, [262].
• Allot, Robert, [li].
• Almanack in the bones, [37].
• Alresford, Hampshire, [211].
• Ames, Mr. [lx], [220], [228].
• Amsterdam, [90].
• Anatomy of Melancholly, by Burton, [46], [73], [228].
• Angglear, [221].
• Antem-morte, [222].
• Antiquary, character of, [20].
• Aristophanes, [205].
• Aristotle, [9], [30].
• Arminian, [30].
• Arminius, [114].
• Ashmole's Museum, Oxford, [198], [264].
• Atkinson, Mr. [211].
• Atkyns, Sir Robert, [40].
• Athenæ Oxonienses, by Wood, [l], [212], [257], [267].
• Attorney, character of, [93].
• Austin, [113].
• Awdeley, John, [228].

• Baal, priests of, [87].
• Babel, tower of, [21], [104].
• Bagster, Richard, [213].
• Baker, character of a, [111].
• Bales, Peter, [5].
• Bardolph, [105].
• Barnes, John, [74].
• Barnes, Juliana, [50].
• Barrington, Daines, [32].
• Barton, Elizabeth, [109].
• Barwick, Dr. [191]. Life of, [191].
• Bawdy-basket, [222].
• Bayle, [91].
• Beaumont, Francis, [197], [203], [204], [205].
• Beau's Duel, by Mrs. Centlivre, [82].
• Bedford, Earl of, [12].
• Bellarmine, Cardinal, [6], [90].
• Belman of London, by Decker, [221].
  • Copy, with Burton's MS. notes, [228].
• Benar, [227].
• Bene, [225].
• Benjamin, [265].
• Benjamin's mess, [109].
• Bessus, [205].
• Bethlem, [249].
• Bible, printed at Geneva, [3].
• Bibliographia Poetica, by Ritson, [237].
• Bibliotheca Harleiana, [276], [277], [278].
• Biographia Britannica, [271].
• Biographia Dramatica, [272].
• Birkenhead, Sir John, [271].
• Bishopstone, [188], [190].
• Blackfriar's, play at, [259].
• Blomefield's History of Norfolk, [217].
• Blount, Edward, [xlix], [l], [li], [lx].
• Blount, Ralph, [lx].
• Blunt man, character of, [119].
• Bobadil, [105].
• Bodleian Library, Oxford, [73], [198], [199], [228], [231], [262], [273].
• Boke of hawkynge, huntynge, and fysshinge, [50].
• Bold forward man, character of, [108].
• Bong, [227].
• Books, mode of placing them in old libraries, [66].
• Bord, [226].
• Borgia, [79].
• Bouge, [225].
• Boulster, Lecture, [263].
• Bourne, Nicholas, [255].
• Bouse, [225], [226].
• Bousing-ken, [227].
• Bowl-alley, character of, [76].
• Brachigraphy, [5].
• Brand, Mr. [230], [260], [269], [271], [277], [278].
• Bread used in England in the sixteenth century, [47].
• Breeches, [3].
• Breton, captain, [237].
• Breton, Nicholas, [14], [198], [236], [237].
  • Life of, [237]
• Breton's Longing, [237].
• Bridewell, [249].
• Britannicus, his pedigree, [265].
• British Bibliographer, by Brydges, [228], [260].
• British Museum, [li], [267].
• British Topography, by Gough, an addition to, [253].
• Britton, Thomas, [269].
• Brownist, [87].
• Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton, [228], [237], [264].
• Bucephalus, [262].
• Bukingham, duke of, [199], [276], [277].
• Bullen, earl of, [163].
• Burford, Oxfordshire, [211].
• Burroughs, Sir John, [197].
  • Lines on, [199], [200].
• Burton, Robert, [46], [73], [228].
• Butler, Samuel, [277].
• Butter, Nathaniel, [255].
• Buttery, [127].
• Byng, [227].

• C. F. [232].
• Caeling cheat, [226].
• Cæsar, [20].
• Cæsars, the, [124].
• Calais sands, [81], [82].
• Cambridge, [161].
• Camden, [72].
• Canaries, a dance, [262].
• Canary, [36], [37].
• Cant phrases, [221], [222], [225], [226], [227].
• Capel, Mr. [229].
• Carrier, character of a, [40].
• Carte, [199].
• Casaubon, [114].
• Cassan, [226].
• Cassel, siege of, [28].
• Catalogue of Compounders for their Estates, [266].
• Cato, [62], [154].
• Caveat for Commen Cursetors, [219].
• Censura Literaria, [229], [236], [237], [256], [260], [269].
• Centlivre, Mrs. [82].
• Centoes, [72].
• Century of Inventions, by the Marquis of Worcester, [33].
• Cerberus, [271].
• Chalmers, Mr. [46].
• Cham, [136].
• Chandler, R. [lii].
• Character of an agitator, [268].
• Character of an antiquary, [269].
• Character of an assemblyman, [271].
• Character of an untrue bishop, [263].
• Character of a ceremony-monger, [277].
• Character of a coffee-house, [274].
• Character of a disbanded courtier, [276].
• Character of an ill-court-favourite, [277].
• Character of an honest drunken cur, [275].
• Character of a Dutchman, [275].
• Character of England, [269].
• Character of an exchange-wench, [275].
• Character of a fanatic, [274].
• Character of France, [269].
• Character of a town-gallant, [275].
• Character of a horse-courser, [275].
• Character of an ill husband, [275].
• Character of the hypocrite, [279].
• Character of a Jacobite, [277].
• Character of Italy, [270].
• Character of a London diurnal, [268].
• Character of the Low Countries, [270].
• Character of an Oxford incendiary, [263].
• Character of a certain ugly old P——, [276].
• Character of an honest and worthy parliament man, [278].
• Character of a pawn-broker, [275].
• Character of a complete physician, or naturalist, [278].
• Character of the Presbyterian pastors and people of Scotland, [278].
• Character of a projector, [263].
• Character of a scold, [275].
• Character of Scotland, [270].
• Character of a solicitor, [275].
• Character of Spain, [270].
• Character of a tally-man, [275].
• Character of a pilfering taylor, [275].
• Character of a temporizer, [269].
• Character of a tory, [277].
• Character of a town miss, [275].
• Character of a trimmer, [276].
• Character of an ugly woman, [276].
• Characters: List of books containing characters, [219].
• Characters, by Butler, [277].
• Characters and Elegies, by Wortley, [265].
• Characters upon Essaies, [236].
• Characters addressed to Ladies, [277].
• Characters of virtues and vices, by bishop Hall, [248].
• Characterism, or the modern age displayed, [278].
• Characters, twelve ingenious; or pleasant descriptions, [276].
• Charles I. [190], [191], [193], [218], [277].
• Charles II. [190], [191], [193], [207], [282].
• Charles, Prince, [189].
• Chates, [227].
• Chaucer, [12], [99], [137], [206].
• Cheap, cross in, [163].
• Chess-play, verses on, by Breton, [240].
• Chete, [226].
• Child, character of, [1].
• Christ-church, Oxford, [187], [191].
• Christmas, [150].
• Chuck, [162].
• Church-papist, character of, [27].
• Cinthia's Revenge, by Stephens, [231].
• Citizen, character of a mere gull, [160].
• City Match, by Mayne, [85], [105].
• Clarendon, Lord, [189], [191].
  • His character of Earle, [194].
• Clerke's Tale, by Chaucer, [137].
• Cleveland, [268].
• Cliff, Lord, [37].
• Clitus-Alexandrinus, [251].
• Clout, [59], [281].
• Clye, [227].
• Cocke, J. [235].
• Cocke Lorell, [228].
• Cocke Lorelles Bote, [228].
• Cofe, [225], [227].
• Colchester, [277].
• College butler, character of, [45].
• Comments on books, [124].
• Compleat gamester, [280].
• Complimental man, character of, [147].
• Conceited man, character of, [29].
• Conceited pedlar, by Randolph, [161].
• Constable, character of, [53].
• Constantinople, [28].
• Contemplative man, character of, [82].
• Cook, character of a, [106].
• Cooper, Mrs. [237].
• Corranto-coiner, character of, [252].
• Couched, [225].
• Coventry, Sir William, [276].
• Councellor, character of a worthy, [238].
• Councellor, character of an unworthy, [238].
• Counterfet cranke, [222].
• Country knight, character of, [48].
• Courtier, character of, [230].
• Coward, character of, [173].
• Cowardliness, essay on, in verse, [232].
• Coxeter, [231].
• Cranke, [222].
• Cressey, Hugh, his character of Earle, [196].
• Cramprings, [227].
• Crimchan, [253].
• Critic, character of, [123].
• Cromwell, [268].
• Crooke, Andrew, [lii].
• Cuffen, [226].
• Cupid, [230].
• Cure for the itch, by H. P. [246].
• Cut, [225], [227].

• Dallison, Maximilian, [238].
• Dances, old, [262].
• Danet, Thomas, [232].
• Danvers, Lord, [211].
• Darius, [107].
• Darkemans, [225].
• David, [265], [266].
• Davies of Hereford, [229].
• Dear year, [175].
• Deboshments, [181].
• Decker, [33], [34], [98], [221], [279], [281].
• Dele, [222].
• Demaunder for glymmar, [222].
• Demetrius, Charles, [73].
• Denny, Lord Edward, [249].
• Description of unthankfulnesse, by Breton, [237].
• Detractor, character of a, [63].
• Deuseauyel, [227].
• Digby, Sir Kenelm, [15].
• Dinascoso, [224].
• Dining in Pauls, [105].
• Dinners given by the sheriff, [39].
• Dioclesian, [262].
• Discontented man, character of, [18].
• Discourse of the English stage, by Flecknoe, [273].
• Divine, character of a grave, [8].
• Dole, [111].
• Dommerar, [222].
• Door-posts, [17], [280].
• Douce, Mr. [257].
• Doves of Aleppo, [268].
• Doxe, [222].
• Dragon that pursued the woman, [63].
• Dramatic Poets, by Langbaine, [xlix].
• Drugger, [14].
• Drunkard, character of, [136].
• Dryden, [272].
• Dudes, [227].
• Dunton, John, [131].
• Duppa, Dr. [189].
• Dutchmen, their love for rotten cheese, [20].

• Earle, Bishop, [xlviii], [l], [lii]:
  • Life of, [186], &c.
  • Characters of, [194], [195], [196], [282]:
  • list of his works, [197]:
  • name of Earle, [lvii].
• Earle, Sir Richard, [218].
• Earle, Thomas, [282].
• Earthquake in Germany, [73].
• Ecclesiastical Polity, by Hooker, [190], [193], [197],
  • translated into Latin, [190].
• Edward I. [163].
• Effeminate fool, character of, [239].
• Εικων Βασιλικη [190], [193], [197],
  • dedication to the Latin translation, [207].
• Eleven of the clock, [39].
• Elizabeth, queen, [20], [39], [103], [163].
• Ellinor, queen, [163].
• Ellis, [237].
• Ellis, Henry, [li].
• Empty wit, character of an, [134].
• Endor, witch of, [266].
• England, [96], [116].
• England's selected characters, [236].
• English Gentleman, by Brathwait, [260].
• Epigrams, by Flecknoe, [272].
• Epigrams, by H. P. [246].
• Esau, [22].
• Essayes and Characters, by L. G. [271].
• Essays and characters of a prison, by Mynshul, [138], [243].
• Essays of Love and Marriage, [274].
• Essex, Lord, [262],
  • "lord of Essex' measures," a dance, [262].
• Every Man in his Humour, by Ben Jonson, [105], [142].
• Euphormio, [67].
• Excellent vercis worthey Imitation, supposed by Breton, [238].
• Eyes upon noses, [37].
• Elyot, Sir Thomas, [49].

• F. R. [271].
• F. T. [267].
• Fabricius, [46].
• Falcons, [49].
• Falstaff, [19], [105].
• Farley, William, [40].
• Farmer, Dr. [229].
• Feltham, Owen, [270].
• Fiddler, character of a poor, [149].
• Fifty-five enigmatical characters, by R. F. [271].
• Figures, by Breton, [198], [238].
• Figure of foure, by Breton, [198].
• Fines, Catherine, [252].
• Fines, Mary, [252].
• Fines, Sir William, [252].
• Finical, [160].
• Fires, [28].
• Fishing, treatise on, [50].
• Flagge, [225].
• Flatterer, character of a, [155].
• Flecknoe, Richard, [271], [272], [273].
• Fleming, [176].
• Fletcher, John, [203].
• Flitchman, [221].
• Florio, [224].
• Ford, T. [267].
• Formal man, character of, [25].
• Four of the clock, [107].
• Four for a penny; or poor Robin's characters, [275].
• Four prentises of London, by Heywood, [98], [163].
• France, [269].
• Frater, [221].
• Fraternitye of Vacabondes, [221], [228].
• Fresh-water Mariner, [221].
• Freze, white, [223].
• Frieze jerkins, [221].
• Frost, great, [175], [176].
• Funeral Monuments, by Weever, [103].

• G. L. [271].
• Gage, [225].
• Galen, [12], [30].
• Gallant, character of an idle, [51].
• Gallobelgicus, [255].
• Gallus Castratus, [269].
• Gallye slops, [221].
• Gavel-kind, [24].
• Gee and ree, [58].
• Geneva bible, [3].
• Geneva print, [84].
• Gennet, [261].
• Germany, [24], [73].
• Gerry, [227].
• Gigges, [239].
• Gilding of the cross, [163].
• Gildon's Lives of the English Dramatic poets, [231].
• Giles's, St. Church, Oxford, [4].
• Girding, [19].
• Glossographia Anglicana Nova, [141].
• Gloucester cathedral, [40].
• Gloucestershire, History of, by Atkyns, [41].
• Goddard, author of the Mastif-whelp, [15].
• God's judgments, [73].
• Gold hat-bands, [67].
• Gold tassels, worn by noblemen at the University, [67].
• Good and the bad, by Breton, [14], [236].
• Governour, by Sir Thomas Elyot, [49].
• Gough, Mr. [237], [253].
• Gown of an alderman, [18].
• Granger, Mr. [267].
• Great man, character of a meer, [177].
• Greek's collections, [72].
• Grunting chete, [226].
• Gryffith, William, [219].
• Guarded with gold lace, [280].
• Guillim, John, [282].
• Gull in plush, [163].
• Gul's Hornebooke, by Decker, [33], [34], [98], [279], [281].
• Gygger, [226].

• Hall, Bishop, [248], [279].
• Harleian Miscellany, [271], [274], [275], [276], [277].
• Harman, Thomas, [219].
• Harmanes, [226].
• Harrison, William, [24], [39], [47].
• Hart-hall, Oxford, [211].
• Haslewood, Mr. [260].
• Hawking, [49], [142].
• Hawkins, Sir John, [111], [262].
• Hay, James Lord, [249].
• Hederby, [163].
• Hemingford, Huntingdonshire, [211].
• Henry the Fourth, by Shakspeare, [105].
• Henry VI. [15].
• Henry VII. [4].
• Henry VIII. [33].
• Herald, character of an, [115].
• Heraldry, Treatise on, by Guillim, [282].
• Herbert, Mr. [220], [228].
• Heylin, Peter, account of, [211]
  • —inscription on his monument, [211].
• Heyne, [148].
• Heywood, [98], [163].
• Hickeringill, E. [277].
• High-spirited man, character of, [158].
• Hill, Mr. [lii].
• Hippocrates, [12].
• History of England, by Carte, [199].
• Histrio-mastix, by Prynne, [62].
• Hobby, [261].
• Hogeshed, [225].
• Hogg, [263].
• Hogged poney, [261].
• Hoker, [221].
• Holinshed, Raphael, [5], [15], [24], [39], [47], [109], [175], [176].
• Holt, in Germany, [73].
• Honest man, character of an ordinary, [181].
• Hooker, Richard, [190], [193], [196], [197].
• Hool, Samuel, [131].
• Horæ Subsecivæ, [xlix].
• Horse-race terms, [142].
• Hortus Mertonensis, a poem by Earle, [197].
• Hospitall of Incurable Fooles, [lx].
• Hostess, character of a handsome, [122].
• Houghton, Sir Gilbert, [236].
• Houghton in the Spring, [211].
• Howell, James, [37].
• Hudibras, [277].
• Huggeringe, [224].
• Hugger-mugger, [224].
• Hungarian, [125].
• Hunting, [142].
• Husband, a poem, [229].
• Hygh-pad, [226].
• Hypocrite, character of a she precise, [84].