
Elizabethan England / From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison
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- The Camelot Series.
- Edited by Ernest Rhys.
- ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND.
- CONTENTS.
- “FOREWORDS.”[1]
- EDITORIAL NOTE.
- HARRISON’S PREFACE.
- ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND.
- CHAPTER I.
- OF DEGREES OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND.[54]
- [1577, Book III., Chapter 4; 1587, Book II., Chapter 5.]
- CHAPTER II.
- OF CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND.
- [1577, Book II., Chapter 7; 1587, Book II., Chapter 13.]
- CHAPTER III.
- OF GARDENS AND ORCHARDS.
- [1587, Book II., Chapter 20.[81]]
- CHAPTER IV.
- OF FAIRS AND MARKETS.
- [1577, Book II., Chapter 11; 1587, Book II., Chapter 18.]
- CHAPTER V.
- OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND SINCE HER FIRST INHABITATION.
- [1577, Book III., Chapter 3; 1587, Book II., Chapter 9.]
- CHAPTER VI.[99]
- OF THE ANCIENT AND PRESENT ESTATE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
- [1577, Book II., Chapter 5; 1585, Book II., Chapter 1.]
- CHAPTER VII.
- OF THE FOOD AND DIET OF THE ENGLISH.
- [1577, Book III., Chapter 1; 1587, Book II., Chapter 6.]
- CHAPTER VIII.
- OF OUR APPAREL AND ATTIRE.
- [1577, Book III., Chapter 2; 1587, Book II., Chapter 7.]
- CHAPTER IX.
- OF THE MANNER OF BUILDING AND FURNITURE OF OUR HOUSES.[162]
- [1577, Book II., Chapter 10; 1587, Book II., Chapter 12.]
- CHAPTER X.
- OF PROVISION MADE FOR THE POOR.
- [1577, Book III., Chapter 5; 1587, Book II., Chapter 10.]
- CHAPTER XI.
- OF THE AIR AND SOIL AND COMMODITIES OF THIS ISLAND.
- [1577, Book I., Chapter 13; 1587, Book I., Chapter 18.]
- CHAPTER XII.
- OF SUNDRY MINERALS AND METALS.
- [1577, Book III., Chapters 16 and 18; 1587, Book III., Chapters 10 and 11.]
- CHAPTER XIII.
- OF CATTLE KEPT FOR PROFIT.
- [1577, Book III., Chapter 8; 1587, Book III., Chapter 1.]
- CHAPTER XIV.
- OF WILD AND TAME FOWLS.
- [1577, Book III., Chapters 9 and 11; 1587, Book III., Chapters 2 and 5.]
- CHAPTER XV.
- OF SAVAGE BEASTS AND VERMIN.
- [1577, Book III., Chapters 7 and 12; 1587, Book III., Chapters 4 and 6.]
- CHAPTER XVI.
- OF OUR ENGLISH DOGS AND THEIR QUALITIES.
- [1577, Book III., Chapter 13; 1587, Book III., Chapter 7.]
- CHAPTER XVII.
- OF FISH USUALLY TAKEN UPON OUR COASTS.
- [1577, Book III., Chapter 10; 1587, Book III., Chapter 3.]
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- OF QUARRIES OF STONE FOR BUILDING.
- [1577, Book II., Chapter 11; 1587, Book II., Chapter 18.]
- CHAPTER XIX.
- OF WOODS AND MARSHES.
- [1577, Book II., Chapter 16; 1587, Book II., Chapter 22.]
- CHAPTER XX.
- OF PARKS AND WARRENS.
- [1577, Book II., Chapter 15; 1587, Book II., Chapter 19.]
- CHAPTER XXI.
- OF PALACES BELONGING TO THE PRINCE.
- [1577, Book II., Chapter 9; 1587, Book II., Chapter 15.]
- CHAPTER XXII.
- OF ARMOUR AND MUNITION.
- [1577, Book II., Chapter 12; 1587, Book II., Chapter 16.]
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- OF THE NAVY OF ENGLAND.
- [1577, Book II., Chapter 13; 1587, Book II., Chapter 17.]
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- OF SUNDRY KINDS OF PUNISHMENT APPOINTED FOR OFFENDERS.
- [1577, Book III., Chapter 6; 1587, Book II., Chapter 11.]
- CHAPTER XXV.
- OF UNIVERSITIES.
- [1577, Book II., Chapter 6; 1587, Book II., Chapter 3.]
- APPENDIX.
- A.—Holinshed’s Dedication.
- B.—An Elizabethan Survey of England.
- C.—Somebody’s Quarrel with Harrison.
- D.—Harrison’s Chronology.
- Monthly Shilling Volumes. Cloth, cut or uncut edges.
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