Miscellaneous Frontmatter

pp vii-viii

Dedication

pp ix-x

Preface

pp xi-xiv

Contents

pp xv-xviii

LIST OF PLATES

pp xix-xx

BOOK THE FIRST 1352–1365

CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER

pp 1-3

CHAP. II - BIRTH AND GENEALOGY OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF

pp 4-12

CHAP. III - OF THE TRICK PLAYED BY LITTLE JACK FALSTAFF ON SIR THOMAS MOWBRAY AND HIS FOLLOWING; AND HOW JACK WAS CARRIED AWAY TO LONDON

pp 12-27

CHAP. IV - OF JACK FALASTAFF'S COMING TO LONDON.–HOW HE SAW LIFE THERE, AND HOW HE BROKE SKOGAN'S HEAD AT THE COURT GATE

pp 27-36

BOOK THE SECOND 1381

CHAPTER I - HOW MR. JOHN FALSTAFF CAME INTO HIS PROPERTY, AND WAS KNIGHTED BY KING RICHARD THE SECOND

pp 37-48

BOOK THE THIRD 1410

CHAPTER I - FOR THE MOST PART A TREATISE ON HEROES AND KNIGHTS-ERRANT

pp 49-55

CHAP. II - HOW SIR JOHN FALSTAFF, WITH HIS SATELLITES THE PRINCE HENRY AND MR. EDWARD POINS, IN COUNCIL ASSEMBLED, PLANNED THE FAMOUS GADSHILL EXPEDITION

pp 56-58

CHAP. III - THE BATTLE OF GADSHILL

pp 59-64

CHAP. IV - THE DAY AFTER THE BATTLE

pp 65-71

CHAP. V - HISTORIC DISSERTATION UPON THE GREAT CIVIL WAR WAGED BETWEEN THE REVOLTED HOUSES OF PERCY AND MORTIMER, ABETTED BY THE WELSH CHIEFTAIN, OWEN GLENDOWER, AND THE SCOTS, UNDER ARCHIBALD EARL OF DOUGLAS, ON THE ONE SIDE; AND KING HENRY THE FOURTH AND SIR JOHN FALSTAFF, WITH THEIR ALLIES AND FOLLOWERS, ON THE OTHER: WITH THE ARMING OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF'S TROOPS, AND THE MARCH TO COVENTRY

pp 71-82

CHAP. VI - HOW SIR JOHN FALSTAFF WON THE BATTLE OF SHREWSBURY

pp 83-93

BOOK THE FOURTH 1410–1413

CHAPTER I - OF THE SIGNAL VICTORY GAINED BY SIR JOHN FALSTAFF OVER THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND

pp 94-99

CHAP. II - THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED: DEFENCE OF THE CHARACTER OF THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE GASCOIGNE: CHARITABLE CONSTRUCTION OF HIS CONDUCT IN THE CELEBRATED ACTION OF QUICKLY V. FALSTAFF

pp 99-105

CHAP. III - SIR JOHN FALSTAFF AN AUTHOR.–FRAGMENTS OF HIS CORRESPONDENCE.–EPISODE OF THE FAIR DOROTHEA AND ANCIENT PISTOL

pp 106-114

CHAP. IV - WARLIKE STRATEGY OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF: HOW THE KNIGHT ASSISTED THE YORKSHIRE REBELS AGAINST THE KING'S FORCES.–REAPPEARANCE OF MASTER ROBERT SHALLOW

pp 114-132

CHAP. V - VISIT TO JUSTICE SHALLOW'S

pp 133-143

CHAP. VI - ON THE MAGNANIMITY OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF IN ABSTAINING FROM PARTICIPATION IN A DISGRACEFUL ACTION.–EPISODE OF COLEVILE OF THE GRANGE

pp 144-147

CHAP. VII - DOUBTS ON THE GENIUS AND TESTIMONY OF SHAKSPEARE.–LETTER FROM MASTER RICHARD WHITTINGTON.–AND OTHER MATTERS

pp 147-159

CHAP. VIII - MILDNESS OF THE SPRING SEASON IN 1413.–DITTO OF THOMAS CHAUCER'S POETRY AT THE SAME EPOCH.–DEATH OF KING HENRY THE FOURTH, AND OTHER INDICATIONS OF NATIONAL PROSPERITY

pp 159-173

CHAP. IX - INAUGURATION OF THE NEW REGIME.–MALIGNITY OF THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE

pp 173-177