Black Prince, 93, 104, 106. Boccaccio, 83. Bœthius’ “Consolation of Philosophy,” translated by King Alfred, 19. “Boke of the Duchesse,” Chaucer’s poem, 107. Books at the end of the thirteenth century, 62; decoration of, 65. “Brut” of Layamon, 43. Burleigh, Lord, 212, 242. Cædmon, 13 _et seq._; possible influence of his paraphrase on Milton, 15. Camden, William, 176, 303. Camelot, 39, 40. Canute’s verse about the singing of the monks of Ely, 22. Canterbury School, 10. “Canterbury Tales,” Chaucer’s, 114. Caxton, 45, 149; books from his press, 151. Celtic literature, early, 7 _et seq._ Chapman, George, and his Homer, 266. Chaucer, 89, 97 _et seq._; his early life in London, 98; a scholar, 100; his connection with the royal household, 103; his translation of the _Roman de la Rose_, 104; his “Boke of the Duchesse,” 107; his “Parliament of Foules,” 107; his “Troilus and Cresseide,” 108; his journeys on the Continent, 108; his portrait, 112; his “Canterbury Tales,” 114; characters of the Canterbury pilgrims, 114 _et seq._; localities of the pilgrimage, 117; his literary thefts, 119; example of his art, 120 _et seq._ Chevy Chase, ballad of, 159. “Comus,” Milton’s, its relation to Peele’s “An Old Wives Tale,” 285. _Confessio Amantis_ of Gower, 128. Coryat, Thomas, 304. Cranmer, 182, 185. “Crayon, Geoffrey,” 38. Damoiselle, life of a, in the thirteenth century, 72. Danish invasions of England, 17. Dante, 83. Dekker, Thomas, 287. Drake, Sir Francis, 242. Drayton, Michael, 291; his “Poly-olbion,” 292; his “Nymphidia,” 293. Edward I., II., and III., 82 _et seq._ Edward VI., 182, 197. Elizabeth, Queen, Roger Ascham’s encomium of her studiousness, 201; comes to the throne, 204; her religion, 206; Froude’s unfavorable portrait of, 207; Soranzo’s description of, 208; her greatness, 209; her literary attempts, 311; her love of pageants, 312; her progresses, 313; at Kenilworth, 314; her death, 321. Elizabethan authors, 214. Emerson, his enjoyment of Taliesin, 8. Erasmus, 177. “Euphues,” by Lyly, 245. Falstaff, Jack, 133. Foxe, John, 187. Froissart, Lord Berners’ translation of, 129. Froude, Mr., his history characterized, 207. Geoffrey of Monmouth, 37 _et seq._ Green’s “History of the English People,” 5, 6; “Making of England,” 10, 17; cited, 64. Greene, Robert, 277; his relations with Shakespeare, 280. Godiva, Lady, tradition of, 23. Gower, John, 127. “Grave, the,” an Anglo-Saxon poem, 21. Hakluyt, Richard, 304. Hampton Court, 171. Harold the Saxon, 29 _et seq._ “Harold,” Tennyson’s play, 29. Henry II., 48.