Chapter III: 63

Ben Jonson's Ridicule of the Early Newspapers--Fondness of the Old
News-Writers for the Marvellous--The Smithfield Ghost--The
Wonderful Whale--The Newbury Witch--Satirical Tracts and
Caricatures at the Commencement of the Civil War--Religion Tossed
in a Blanket--Caricatures of the Pope and the Bishops--Pluralists
and Patentees--Taylor, the Water Poet--_Mercurius
Aulicus_--Activity of the Pamphleteers--Welshmen
Satirised--Satires on Prince Rupert--On the King and Queen--The
Ladies' Parliament--Illustrated Tracts relating to Social and
Political Subjects--Sir Kenelm Digby's Duel--The King entertained
by the City of London, 1641--Executions in 1641--The Liquor
Traffic and Sunday Closing in 1641--Abuses of the Ecclesiastical
Courts--Ritualism and Nunneries in 1641--Truths enforced by
Lieing--Stage Players and the Plague in 1641--Bartholomew Fair in
1641--Destruction of Charing Cross and Cheapside Cross--Strange
Apparition--Method of enforcing their Views adopted by the Puritan
Pamphleteers--Parodies of Roundhead Sermons--Matthew Hopkins the
Witch-finder--The _Welsh Post_ of 1643--William Lilly the
Astrologer--Three Suns seen in London on the King's Birthday.

CHAPTER IV. 108

The Civil War--Flying Sheets of News--Disturbance at
Kingston-on-Thames--Plot against London--Riotous Proceedings at
York, and Conspiracy in Edinburgh--The House of Commons--The Royal
Standard raised at Nottingham--Battle of Edgehill--Prince
Rupert--The Lord Mayor of London--_Mercurius Civicus_--The
_Scottish Dove_--The _Flying Post_--The _Kingdomes Weekly
Post_--Cruelties of the Cavaliers--The 'Levellers'--The King's
Escape from Oxford--Funeral of the Earl of Essex--The Great Seal
Broken--Fairfax--Cromwell--Sea Fight in the Channel--The Prince of
Wales's Squadron--Mutiny at Norwich--Siege of
Colchester--Execution of Sir Charles Lucas--The King at
Carisbrooke Castle--Execution of the King--Confession of Richard
Brandon.

CHAPTER V. 153

Decrease of Newspapers after the Civil War--_Mercurius
Democritus_--The _Faithful Post_--The _Politique Post_--Broadsides
for the People--The Hollow Tree at Hampstead--Prodigious Monster
taken in Spain--The Restoration--Trial of the Regicides--Execution
of the Regicides--Licenser of the Press appointed--Popular Taste
for the Supernatural--Apparition in the Air in Holland--Revival of
_Mercurius Civicus_--Murder of Archbishop Sharpe--The _Loyal
Protestant_--Frost Fair on the Thames--Monmouth's Rebellion--The
Bloody Assizes--Funeral of Queen Mary, Consort of William
III.--Increase of Newspapers after the Revolution.

CHAPTER VI 180

Constant Attempts at Illustrated News--Increase of
Caricatures--The _Postman_, 1704--Fiery Apparition in the Air,
seen in London--Caricature against the Jacobites--The South-Sea
Bubble--Eclipse of the Sun, 1724--The _Grub Street Journal_ an
Illustrated Paper--The _Daily Post_--Admiral Vernon's Attack on
Porto Bello--The _Penny London Post_--Henry Fielding and the
_Jacobite's Journal_--_Owen's Weekly Chronicle_--_Lloyd's Evening
Post_, and the Trial of Lord Byron for the Murder of Mr.
Chaworth--The _St. James's Chronicle_--Illustrated Account of a
Strange Wild Beast seen in France--The _Gentleman's Journal_ of
Anthony Motteux--The _Gentleman's Magazine_ of Edward Cave--The
_London Magazine_--The _Scot's Magazine_.