Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures x
4. Preface xi
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Author’s Note xix
7. Introduction: “An Industrious Mind” 1
8. Chapter 1. “A rationall hearer”—1602–1620 17
9. Chapter 2. “The whole time & minde are filled with law”— 1620–1626 44
10. Chapter 3. “To dippe my pen in teares not inke”—1626–1631 116
11. Chapter 4. “My dearest dearest”—1631–1639 186
12. Chapter 5. “The highest stepp of wickednes”—1631–1639 237
13. Chapter 6. “An Iliad of miseries”—1639–1640 282
14. Chapter 7. “Stub vp the rootes of all our mischifes” (December, 1640—July, 1642) 324
15. Chapter 8. “No end . . . but by the sword” 373
16. Appendixes
17. Appendix A: The D’Ewes Genealogy 437
18. Appendix B: The Children of Sir Edmonds D’Ewes 438
19. Notes 439
20. Index 493