I. The first twenty-five years -- II. The comedy of humours -- III. Poetomachia -- IV. Elizabeth and James -- V. Star chamber -- VI. Maturity -- VII. The tragedies -- VIII. Whitehall -- IX. The masterpieces -- X. Bartholomew Fair -- XI. The happy laureate -- XII. Discoveries -- XIII. The later masks -- XIV. Decline and fall -- XV. The dotages -- XVI. Anthology -- XVII. Green fields.