| | PAGE |
| [Preface] | vii |
| [List Of Authorities] | xiii |
| [Corrigenda] | xxvii |
| CHAP. |
| I. | [Genealogy] | 1 |
| II. | [In Search Of A Career (1552-1581)] | 6 |
| III. | [Royal Favour (1581-1582)] | 22 |
| IV. | [Offices And Endowments (1582-1587)] | 32 |
| V. | [Virginia (1583-1587)] | 42 |
| VI. | [Patron And Courtier (1583-1590)] | 53 |
| VII. | [Essex. The Armada (1587-1589)] | 60 |
| VIII. | [The Poet (1589-1593)] | 69 |
| IX. | [The Revenge (September, 1591)] | 82 |
| X. | [In The Tower. The Great Carack (1592)] | 88 |
| XI. | [At Home; And In Parliament (1592-1594)] | 100 |
| XII. | [Guiana (1594-1595)] | 108 |
| XIII. | [Cadiz. The Islands Voyage (1596-1597)] | 125 |
| XIV. | [Final Feud With Essex (1597-1601)] | 141 |
| XV. | [The Zenith (1601-1603)] | 155 |
| XVI. | [Cobham And Cecil (1601-1603)] | 168 |
| XVII. | [The Fall (April-June, 1603)] | 180 |
| XVIII. | [Awaiting Trial (July-November, 1603)] | 186 |
| XIX. | [The Trial (November 17)] | 207 |
| XX. | [Its Justice And Equity] | 222 |
| XXI. | [Reprieve (December 10, 1603)] | 232 |
| XXII. | [A Prisoner (1604-1612)] | 241 |
| XXIII. | [Science And Literature (1604-1615)] | 265 |
| XXIV. | [The Release (March, 1616)] | 287 |
| XXV. | [Preparing For Guiana (1616-1617)] | 298 |
| XXVI. | [The Expedition (May, 1617-June, 1618)] | 313 |
| XXVII. | [Return To The Tower (June-August, 1618)] | 331 |
| XXVIII. | [A Moral Rack (August 10-October 15)] | 343 |
| XXIX. | [A Substitute For A Trial (October 22, 1618)] | 359 |
| XXX. | [Ralegh's Triumph (October 28-29, 1618)] | 371 |
| XXXI. | [Spoils And Penalties] | 380 |
| XXXII. | [Contemporary And Final Judgments] | 394 |
| [Index] | 401 |