Chapter I: Front Matter

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Milton's England

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_From the miniature painted in 1667 by William Faithorne_]

Milton's England

By Lucia Ames Mead

_Author of "Great Thoughts for Little Thinkers,"
"Memoirs of a Millionaire," "To Whom Much Is Given"_

Illustrated

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_Copyright, 1902_
BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

_All rights reserved_

Fifth Impression, April, 1908

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Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, U. S. A._

THIS LITTLE STUDY OF BYGONE DAYS AND ANCIENT PLACES
IS INSCRIBED TO THE PURITAN SCHOLAR AND DEAR FELLOW
PILGRIM WHO WANDERED WITH ME ONE HAPPY SUMMER THROUGH
MILTON'S ENGLAND.

Milton's Residences in London

1. Bread Street, 1608-1624.
2. St. Bride's Churchyard, in 1639 or 1640.
3. Aldersgate Street, 1640-1645.
4. The Barbican, 1645-1647.
5. Holborn, near Lincoln's Inn, 1647-1649.
6. Charing Cross, opening into Spring Gardens, seven months in 1649.
7. Whitehall, by Scotland Yard, 1649-1652.
8. Petty France, now York Street, 1652-1660.
9. Bartholomew Close, and a prison, 1660.
10. Holborn, near Red Lion Square, in 1660.
11. Jewin Street, 1661-1663 or 1664.
12. Artillery Walk, by Bunhill Fields Cemetery, 1664-1665, and from 1666
to November, 1674.

Map of Milton's London

1. Clarendon House.
2. St. James's Field.
3. St. James's Palace.
4. The New River.
5. St. James's Park.
6. Westminster Abbey.
7. Pall Mall.
8. Whitehall.
9. Scotland Yard.
10. Charing Cross.
11. St. Martin's Field.
12. The Temple.
13. Lincoln Inn Fields.
14. Gray's Inn Fields.
15. Holborn.
16. Hatton Garden.
17. St. John's Gate.
18. Smithfield.
19. Charterhouse Yard.
20. Barbican.
21. Jewin Street.
22. St. Giles's Cripplegate.
23. St. Paul.
24. Bread Street.
25. City Wall.
26. Austin Friars.
27. St. Ethelburga.
28. St. Helen's.
29. Crosby Hall.
30. Bishopsgate Street.
31. Aldgate.
32. Whitechapel Street.
33. St. Olave.
34. The Minories.
35. Custom House.
36. St. Saviour's.
37. Bedlam.
38. Moorfields.
39. Artillery Yard.
40. Aldersgate Street.
41. Cheapside.
42. Lambeth Palace.
43. Petty France.
44. Birdcage Walk.

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE LONDON INTO WHICH MILTON WAS BORN 11

II. MILTON'S LIFE ON BREAD STREET 42

III. MILTON AT CAMBRIDGE 57

IV. MILTON AT HORTON 78

V. MILTON ON THE CONTINENT.--IN ST. BRIDE'S
CHURCHYARD.--AT ALDERSGATE STREET.--THE
BARBICAN.--HOLBORN.--SPRING GARDENS 85

VI. MILTON AT WHITEHALL.--SCOTLAND YARD.--PETTY
FRANCE.--BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.--HIGH HOLBORN.--JEWIN
STREET.--ARTILLERY WALK 110

VII. CHALFONT ST. GILES.--ARTILLERY WALK 112

VIII. THE TOWER.--TOWER HILL 126

IX. ALL HALLOWS, BARKING.--ST. OLAVE'S.--ST. CATHERINE
CREE'S.--ST. ANDREW UNDERSHAFT 143

X. CROSBY HALL.--ST. HELEN'S.--ST. ETHELBURGA'S.--ST.
GILES'S, CRIPPLEGATE 164

XI. GRESHAM COLLEGE.--AUSTIN FRIARS.--GUILDHALL.--ST.
MARY'S, ALDERMANBURY.--CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.--ST.
SEPULCHRE'S 184

XII. CHARTERHOUSE.--ST. JOHN'S GATE.--ST.
BARTHOLOMEW'S.--SMITHFIELD 202

XIII. ELY PLACE.--INNS OF COURT.--TEMPLE CHURCH.--COVENT
GARDEN.--SOMERSET HOUSE 221

XIV. WHITEHALL.--WESTMINSTER ABBEY 240

XV. THE PRECINCTS OF THE ABBEY.--WESTMINSTER PALACE.--
ST. MARGARET'S 264

XVI. LAMBETH PALACE.--ST. SAVIOUR'S.--LONDON BRIDGE 277

XVII. THE PLAGUE.--THE FIRE.--WREN.--LONDON REBUILT 293

List of Illustrations

PAGE

JOHN MILTON _Frontispiece_

OLD ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL 47

CHRIST'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE 62

PART OF WHITEHALL 101

IN MILTON'S HOUSE AT CHALFONT ST. GILES 113

ST. CATHERINE CREE CHURCH IN 1736 157

CHURCH OF ST. ANDREW UNDERSHAFT IN 1737 163

CHURCH OF ST. GILES CRIPPLEGATE IN 1737 178

THE CHARTERHOUSE 203

ST. JOHN'S GATE, CLERKENWELL 209

SOMERSET HOUSE 239

WESTMINSTER ABBEY AS MILTON KNEW IT 250

WESTMINSTER HALL 274

IN LAMBETH PALACE 280

THE ROYAL EXCHANGE 295

BOW STEEPLE, CHEAPSIDE 304

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