By Robert B. Brough, Esq.
PREFACE.
SIR JOHN FALSTAFF: A BIOGRAPHY
BOOK THE FIRST, 1352 1365.
I. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
II. BIRTH AND GENEALOGY OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF.
III. OF THE TRICK PLAYED BY LITTLE JACK FALSTAFF ON SIR THOMAS
IV. OF JACK FALSTAFF'S COSTING TO LONDON. HOW HE SAW LIFE
BOOK THE SECOND, 1381.
I. HOW MR. JOHN FALSTAFF CAME INTO HIS PROPERTY, AND WAS KNIGHTED BY KING RICHARD THE SECOND.
BOOK THE THIRD, 1410.
I. FOR THE MOST PART A TREATISE ON HEROES AND KNIGHTS-ERRANT.
II. HOW SIR JOHN FALSTAFF, WITH HIS SATELLITES THE PRINCE
III. THE BATTLE OF GADSHILL.
IV. THE DAY AFTER THE BATTLE.
V. HISTORIC DISSERTATION UPON THE GREAT CIVIL WAR
VI. HOW SIR JOHN FALSTAFF WON THE BATTLE OF SHREWSBURY.
BOOK THE FOURTH, 1410 1413.
I. OF THE SIGNAL VICTORY GAINED BY SIR JOHN FALSTAFF OVER THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND.
II. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED:
III. SIR JOHN FALSTAFF AN AUTHOR.
IV WARLIKE STRATEGY OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF:
V. VISIT TO JUSTICE SHALLOW'S.
VI. ON THE MAGNANIMITY OP SIR JOHN FALSTAFF
VII. DOUBTS ON THE GENIUS AND TESTIMONY OF SHAKSPEARE. LETTER
VIII. MILDNESS OF THE SPRING SEASON IN 1413
IX. INAUGURATION OF THE NEW REGIME. MALIGNITY OF THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.
X. CORONATION OF HENRY THE FIFTH.
BOOK THE FIFTH. 1413 1415.
I. SIR JOHN FALSTAFF IN EXILE.
II. THE END OF THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF. "The king has
