The Queen's Speech to her last
Parliament . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth, Queen of England 4
Death of Cleopatra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sir Thomas North 8
The Vanity of Greatness . . . . . . . . . . . Sir Walter Ralegh 12
The Law of Nations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Hooker 16
Of Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francis Bacon 17
Meditation on Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Drummond 19
Primitive Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Hobbes 21
Character of a Plodding Student . . . . . . . . . . John Earle 24
Charity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sir Thomas Browne 25
The Danger of interfering with the Liberty of the Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Milton 27