CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| Preface to the Reprint of 1897 | [vii]. |
| Advertisement to the present edition (1811) | [xlv]. |
| Preface to the edition of 1732 | [xlvii]. |
| Advertisement to the edition of 1786 | [xlix]. |
| Editions of Microcosmography | [li]. |
| Blount's Preface to the Reader | [lix]. |
| A child | [1] |
| A young raw preacher | [4] |
| A grave divine | [8] |
| A meer dull physician | [11] |
| An alderman | [16] |
| A discontented man | [18] |
| An antiquary | [20] |
| A younger brother | [22] |
| A meer formal man | [25] |
| A church papist | [27] |
| A self-conceited man | [29] |
| A too idly reserved man | [31] |
| A tavern | [34] |
| A shark | [37] |
| A carrier | [40] |
| A young man | [42] |
| An old college butler | [45] |
| An upstart country knight | [48] |
| An idle gallant | [51] |
| A constable | [53] |
| A downright scholar | [54] |
| A plain country fellow | [57] |
| A player | [60] |
| A detractor | [63] |
| A young gentleman of the university | [65] |
| A weak man | [68] |
| A tobacco-seller | [70] |
| A pot poet | [71] |
| A plausible man | [74] |
| A bowl-alley | [76] |
| The world's wise man | [78] |
| A surgeon | [80] |
| A contemplative man | [82] |
| A she precise hypocrite | [84] |
| A sceptick in religion | [88] |
| An attorney | [93] |
| A partial man | [95] |
| A trumpeter | [97] |
| A vulgar spirited man | [98] |
| A plodding student | [101] |
| Paul's walk | [103] |
| A cook | [106] |
| A bold forward man | [108] |
| A baker | [111] |
| A pretender to learning | [112] |
| A herald | [115] |
| The common singing-men in cathedral churches | [116] |
| A shop-keeper | [118] |
| A blunt man | [119] |
| A handsome hostess | [122] |
| A critic | [123] |
| A serjeant, or catch-pole | [124] |
| An university dun | [126] |
| A stayed man | [128] |
| [All from this character were added after the first edition.] | |
| A modest man | [131] |
| A meer empty wit | [134] |
| A drunkard | [136] |
| A prison | [138] |
| A serving-man | [140] |
| An insolent man | [142] |
| Acquaintance | [144] |
| A meer complimental man | [147] |
| A poor fiddler | [149] |
| A meddling-man | [151] |
| A good old man | [153] |
| A flatterer | [155] |
| A high spirited man | [158] |
| A meer gull citizen | [160] |
| A lascivious man | [165] |
| A rash man | [167] |
| An affected man | [169] |
| A profane man | [171] |
| A coward | [173] |
| A sordid rich man | [174] |
| A meer great man | [177] |
| A poor man | [179] |
| An ordinary honest man | [181] |
| A suspicious, or jealous man | [183] |
APPENDIX.
| Some account of bishop Earle[AS] | [186] |
| Characters of bishop Earle | [194] |
| List of Dr. Earle's Works | [197] |
| Lines on sir John Burroughs | [199] |
| Lines on the death of the earl of Pembroke | [201] |
| Lines on Mr. Beaumont | [203] |
| Dedication to the Latin translation of the Εικων Βασιλικη | [207] |
| Inscription on Dr. Heylin's monument | [211] |
| Correspondence between Dr. Earle and Mr. Bagster | [213] |
| Inscription in Streglethorp church | [217] |
| Chronological List of Books of Characters, from 1567 to 1700 | [219] |
| Corrections and additions | [279] |
| A note on bishop Earle's arms, from Guillim's Heraldry | [282] |
| Supplementary Appendix, 1897, (Durham MS., Letters of Earle and Clarendon, etc.) | [303] |
FOOTNOTES:
[AS] It will be remarked, that Dr. Earle's name is frequently spelled Earle and Earles in the following pages. Wherever the editor has had occasion to use the name himself, he has invariably called it Earle, conceiving that to be the proper orthography. Wherever it is found Earles, he has attended strictly to the original, from which the article or information has been derived.