• Introductory
• The Stratford Days, 1564-1586
• Shakespeare, the Burbages, and Edward Alleyn, 1586-1591
• Shakespeare and the Earl of Pembroke's Company, 1591-1594
• Shakespeare and the Scholars, 1588-1592
• The Political Purpose of King John, 1591-1592
• Inception of the Friendship between Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton, 1591-1594
• John Florio as Sir John Falstaff's Original

Appendix—

• Dedication of Florio's Second Fruites, 1591
• Address to the Reader from Florio's Second Fruites, 1591
• Dedication of Florio's Worlde of Wordes, 1598
• Address to the Reader from Florio's Worlde of Wordes, 1598
• John Florio's Will, 1625

Index