II. III. The Monk and the Friar 6

JOHN LYDGATE
IV. The London Lackpenny 10

WILLIAM DUNBAR
V. The Dance of the Seven Deadly Sins 14

SIR DAVID LYNDSAY
VI. Satire on the Syde Taillis--Ane Supplicatioun
directit to the Kingis Grace--1538 19

BISHOP JOSEPH HALL
VII. On Simony 22
VIII. The Domestic Tutor's Position 23
IX. The Impecunious Fop 24

GEORGE CHAPMAN
X. An Invective written by Mr. George Chapman
against Mr. Ben Jonson 26

JOHN DONNE
XI. The Character of the Bore 29

BEN JONSON
XII. The New Cry 34
XIII. On Don Surly 35

SAMUEL BUTLER
XIV. The Character of Hudibras 36
XV. The Character of a Small Poet 43

ANDREW MARVELL
XVI. Nostradamus's Prophecy 45

JOHN CLEIVELAND
XVII. The Scots Apostasie 47

JOHN DRYDEN
XVIII. Satire on the Dutch 49
XIX. MacFlecknoe 50
XX. Epistle to the Whigs 57

DANIEL DEFOE
XXI. Introduction to the True born Englishman 63

THE EARL OF DORSET
XXII. Satire on a Conceited Playwright 65

JOHN ARBUTHNOT
XXIII. Preface to John Bull and his Law suit 66
XXIV. The History of John Bull 70
XXV. Epitaph upon Colonel Chartres 76

JONATHAN SWIFT
XXVI. Mrs Frances Harris' Petition 77
XXVII. Elegy on Partridge 81
XXVIII. A Meditation upon a Broom stick 85
XXIX. The Relations of Booksellers and Authors 86
XXX. The Epistle Dedicatory to His Royal Highness
Prince Posterity 91

SIR RICHARD STEELE
XXXI. The Commonwealth of Lunatics 97

JOSEPH ADDISON
XXXII. Sir Roger de Coverley's Sunday 101

EDWARD YOUNG
XXXIII. To the Right Hon. Mr. Dodington 105