Andrew Marvell

INDEX A “ Account of the Growth of Popery and Arbitrary Government in England ,” 180-1 , 187 ; quoted, 188 . Act of Uniformity, 143 , 184 . Addison, 65 . Aitken, Mr., 47 . Amersham, 145 . Amsterdam, 59 , 197 . Angier, Lord, 196 . Appleton House , 66 . Arlington, 185 , 186 . Ars Poetica , 47 . Ashley, Lord, 120 , 150 , 185 . Athenæ Oxonienses , 10 . Aubrey, 222 . Austin, John, 159 . Autobiography (Clarendon), 136 . Autobiography of Matthew Robinson , 11 n. Axtell, Lieut.-Colonel, 28 , 29 . B Baker’s Chronicle , 80 . Baker, Thomas, 24 . Bampfield, Thomas, 80 . Banda Islands, 127 . Barbadoes, 58 . Barnard, Edward, 95 . Barron, Richard, 64 . Baxter, Richard, 52 , 93 , 179 . Bedford, 162 . Bench Books of Hull, 223 . Bennet, Sir John, 195 . Berkeley, Charles, 115 . Berkenhead, Sir John, 191 . Bermudas, The , 66 , 225 , 230 . Besant, Sir Walter, 118 n. Bill for “the Rebuilding of London,” 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 n. ; amended, 148 . Bill of Conventicles, 142 , 146 , 147 , 148 . Bill of Subsidy, 193 . Bill of Test, 205 . Bill of Uniformity, 101 . “ Bind me, ye woodbines ,” 227 . Blackheath, 188 . Blake, Admiral, 59 , 69 , 71 , 75 . Blaydes, James, 6 . —— Joseph, 6 . Blenheim (Addison), 70 . Blood, Colonel, 196 . Bodleian Library, 31 , 116 . Boulter, Robert, 223 . Bowles, 229 . Bowyer, 64 . Boyle, Richard, 115 . Bradshaw, John, Lord-President of the Council, 28 , 48 , 52 , 94 , 95 . Braganza, Catherine of, 33 . Bramhall Preface , 162 . Breda, 88 ; Declaration, 102 , 127 , 136 . “ Britannia and Raleigh ,” 216 seq. Brunswick, Duke of, 196 . Buckingham, Duke of, 150 , 185 , 196 , 205 , 206 . Bucknoll, Sir William, 195 . Bunyan, 162 . Burnet, Bishop, 3 , 163 . Butler, 62 n. , 154 , 226 . C “Cabal,” 184 . Cadsand, 186 . Calamy, Edmund, 93 , 94 . Cambridge, 48 , 175 . Canary Islands, 70 . Canterbury, Prerogative Court of, 222 . Capel, 172 . Carey, Henry, 126 n. Carlisle, Lady, 113 . —— Lord, 101 , 108 , 113 . Carteret, Sir George (Treasurer of Navy), 120 , 141 , 143 . Castlemaine, Lady, 134 . Character of Holland, The , 60 . Charles I., 29 , 167 . Charles II., 76 , 80 , 81 , 90 , 93 , 95 , 127 , 182 , 184 , 185 , 186 , 188 , 189 , 195 , 196 , 203 , 205 , 206 , 214 , 222 . Chateaubriand, 24 . Chatham, 128 . Cherry Burton, 6 . Choice (Pomfret), 225 . Chronicle (Cowley), 227 . Chute, Chaloner, 80 . Civil War, 23 , 219 . Clare, Lord, 193 , 195 . Clarendon, Earl of, 28 , 52 , 77 , 82 ; History , 88 , 114 , 120 ; Life , 129 , 134 , 135 , 136 , 138 , 148 n. Cleveland, Duke of, 226 . —— Duchess of, 196 . Clifford, 154 , 185 , 186 . Clifford’s Inn, 125 . Cole, William, 5 . Collection of Poems on Affairs of State , 35 . Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Andrew Marvell, M.P., The , 8 . Conventicle Act, 144 . Convention Parliament, 87 , 91 , 95 . Cooke, Thomas, 229 . Cooper, 219 . Copenhagen, 113 . Cosin, Dr., Bishop of Durham, 94 , 148 . Cotton, Charles, 226 . Council of Trent, 178 . Court of Chancery, 125 . Coventry, Sir John, 191 . Cowley, 226 . Crewe , Bishop of Durham, 202 . Critic (Sheridan), 154 . Cromwell, Oliver, 24 , 25 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 59 , 60 , 63 , 64 , 68 , 73 , 75 , 77 , 89 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 127 , 137 , 140 , 145 , 215 , 219 . —— Lord Richard, 77 , 79 , 80 , 81 . —— the Lady Mary, 71 . D Danby, Lord-Treasurer, 209 , 228 . Daphne and Chloe , 229 . Dartmouth, Lord (Colonel Legge), 141 n. Davies, T., 229 . “ Debate on Mr. Andrew Marvell’s striking Sir Philip Harcourt, March 29 ,” etc., 212 . Declaration of Indulgence, 187 , 188 . Declaration of War, The, 187 . Defence and Continuation of Ecclesiastical Politie, A (Parker), 153 . Defensio Secunda pro populo Anglicana (Milton), 48 . Denham, Sir John, 27 , 129 , 226 . De Ruyter, 115 , 128 , 136 . “ Description of Holland, A ” (Butler), 62 . De Witt, John, 63 , 187 , 197 . Dialogue between two horses, Charles I. at Charing Cross, and Charles II. at Wool Church , 218 , 219 . Dictionary of National Biography , 9 , 210 n. Directions to a Painter (Denham), 129 . Directory of Public Worship, 90 , 103 . Discourse by Way of Vision concerning the Government of Oliver Cromwell (quoted), 73 , 92 . Discourse concerning Government (Sidney), 64 . “ Discourse of Ecclesiastical Politie wherein the Authority of the Civil Magistrate over the Consciences of Subjects in matters of external Religion is asserted ,” etc., 153 . Donne, Dr., 226 , 227 . Don Quixote (Shelton’s translation), 78 . Dorset, 226 . Dort, 187 . Dover, 90 . Drama Commonplaces , 154 . Drop of Dew, A , 230 . Dryden, John, 20 , 24 , 27 , 69 , 130 . Dublin Castle, 196 . Dunciad , 21 . Dunkirk, 127 , 137 , 193 , 215 . Dutch War, 126 . Dutton, Mr. (Cromwell’s ward), 54 . E East India Company, 127 . Ecclesiastical Politie (quoted), 157-8 , 159-60 . Edgar, Prince, 196 . Elizabeth (Queen), 143 . “Employment of my Solitude, The” (Fairfax), 32 . “England’s Way to Win Wealth,” 56 ; quoted, 56 , 57 , 58 . Erith, 139 . Essays of Elia , 230 . Eton College, 51 . Evelyn, John, 19 , 121 , 138 , 139 n. Eyes and Tears , 225 , 230 . F Fagg, Sir John, 205 . Fairfax, Lady Mary, 27 , 28 , 32 , 63 . —— Lord, 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 48 , 50 , 63 . —— Sir William, 33 , 36 . Fanshaw, Sir Richard, 49 n. Fauconberg, Lady, 95 . —— Viscount (afterwards Earl), 71 . Finch, Sir Heneage, 91 , 224 . First Anniversary of the Government under His Highness the Lord-Protector, The , 60 . Five Mile Act, 117 , 162 , 203 . Flagellum Parliamentum , 97 . Flanders, 196 . Flecknoe, Richard, 20 , 21 . France, 183 , 184 , 197 , 204 . “ Free Impartial Censure of the Platonick Philosophy, A ” (Parker), 152 n. , 174 . French Alliance, 188 . G Gallery, The , 230 . “Garden Poetry,” 75 . Garden, The , 66 , 225 . Gee, Dr., 220 . Gilbey. Colonel, 95 , 98 , 101 . Gillingham, 127 . Gladstone, 23 , 104 n. Golden Remains (Hales), 51 . Golden Treasury (1863), (Palgrave), 230 . Gombroon, 194 . Government of the People of England , etc. (Parker), 172 . Green, Mr., 222 . Grosart, Mr., 7 , 65 , 84 , 85 , 106 , 165-9 n. , 176 n. , 178 n. , 181 n. , 187 n. , 204-6 n. , 209 n. , 223 . Grosvenor, Colonel, 219 . Growth of Popery (quoted), 203 , 206 . H Hague, The, 197 . Hale, Sir Matthew, 92 , 125 . Hales, John, 51 . Hallam, 231 . Hamilton, 172 . Harding, Dean, 118 . Harrington, James, 76 , 222 . Harrison, 29 , 30 . Harwich, 115 . Hastings, Lord Henry, 27 . Hazlitt, 61 , 239 . Herrick, 27 . His Majesty’s most Gracious Speech to Both Houses of Parliament , 200 . Historical Dictionary (Jeremy Collier), 24 n. History of England (Ranke), 59 , 183 , 185 n. History of His Own Time (Burnet), 129 , 136 , 152 n. , 189 n. History of His Own Time (Parker), 96 n. , 170 n. History of Literature (Hallam), 231 n. History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, The , 136 . Hobbes, 11 , 12 , 156 , 157 . Holland, 120 , 135 , 182-4 , 186 , 197 . —— Lord, 172 . Hollis, Thomas, 64 , 219 . Holy Dying , 151 . Horatian Ode upon Cromwell’s Return from Ireland , 63 , 66 , 225 , 229 , 230 . Hortus (quoted), 45-6 . Household Book of English Poetry (1809) (Dean Trench), 230 . Houses of Convocation, 101 . Howard, Sir Robert, 195 . Hudibras (Butler), 231 . Hull, 2 , 5 , 8 , 17 , 18 , 50 , 59 , 84 , 95 , 98 , 99 , 101 , 209 , 223 , 224 ; Town Hall, 224 . Hull, History of (Gent), 17 . Humber, The, 99 . Hyde, Mrs., 202 . —— Sir Edward (Earl of Clarendon), 49 n. I Imposition upon wines, 196 . Indies, East and West, 93 . Inigo Jones, 221-2 . Insolence and Impudence Triumphant , 153 . Ireland, 122 , 196 , 209 . Irish Cattle Bill, 122 . J Jessopp, Mr., 120 . Johnson, Dr., 225 , 227 . “Johnson’s Poets ,” 229 . K Kremlin, 108 . L Lamb, William, 20 , 61 . Lambert, General, 29 , 31 , 82 . Lambeth, 175 . Last Instructions to a Painter about the Dutch Wars, The , 129 ; quoted, 130 seq. , 135 . Laud, Archbishop, 91 , 167 , 221 . Lauderdale, Lord, 150 , 185 , 201 , 202 . Lawson, Admiral, 115 . Lenthall, Speaker, 81 , 83 . “Letter from a Parliament Man to his Friend” (Shaftesbury), 97 . Leviathan (Hobbes), 156 . Life of the Great Lord Fairfax (Markham) (quoted), 31 . Lines on Paradise Lost , 230 . Locke, John, 6 , 179 . London, 90 ; Great Fire of, 17 , 119 , 209 ; Great Plague of, 115 , 116 , 119 . Lort, Dr. (Master of Trinity), 10 . Louis XIV., 183 , 185 , 186 , 188 , 189 , 193 , 196 , 215 . Lovelace, Richard, 25 , 26 , 227 . Lucasta , 25 , 26 . M Macaulay, 70 , 92 . “MacFlecknoe” (quoted), 21 . Manton, Dr., 162 . Mariæ Marvell relictæ et Johni Greni Creditori , 222 . Marlborough, Earl of, 115 . Martin Marprelate, 24 . Marvell, Andrew, born 1621, 4 ; ancestry, 4-5 ; Hull Grammar School, 8 ; school days, 8-9 ; goes to Trinity College, Cambridge, 10 ; life at Cambridge, 11-12 ; becomes a Roman Catholic, 12 ; recantation and return to Trinity, 14 ; life at Cambridge ends, 17 ; death of mother, 17 ; abroad in France, Spain, Holland, and Italy, 19 ; acquainted with French, Dutch, and Spanish languages, 19 ; poet, parliamentarian, and controversialist, 20 ; in Rome (1645), 20 ; invites Flecknoe to dinner, 22 ; neither a Republican nor a Puritan, 23 ; a Protestant and a member of the Reformed Church of England, 23 ; stood for both King and Parliament, 23 ; considered by Collier a dissenter, 24 n. ; civil servant during Commonwealth, 24 ; rejoices at Restoration, 25 ; keeps Royalist company (1646-50), 25 ; contributes commendatory lines to Richard Lovelace in poems published 1649, 25 ; defends Lovelace, 26 ; loved to be alone with his friends, lived for the most part in a hired lodging, 26 ; one of thirty-three poets who wept for the early death of Lord H. Hastings, 27 ; went to live with Lord Fairfax at Nunappleton House as tutor to only child and daughter of the house (1650), 27 ; anonymity of verses, 34 ; small volume containing “The Garden Poetry” (1681), 34 ; tells story of Nunappleton House, 36-45 ; applies to Secretary for Foreign Tongues for a testimonial, 48 ; recommended by Milton to Bradshaw for post of Latin Secretary, 50 ; appointed four years later, 51: frequently visits Eton, 51 ; Milton intrusts him with a letter and copy of Secunda defensio to Bradshaw, 52 ; appointed by the Lord-Protector tutor to Mr. Dutton, 54 ; resides with Oxenbridges, 54 ; letters, 53 , 54-5 , 85-7 , 92-3 , 94-6 , 99 , 100-1 , 104 , 105 , 109-12 , 121 , 122 , 140 , 141-3 , 145-7 , 148-50 , 189-91 , 191 seq. , 210 ; begins his career as anonymous political poet and satirist (1653), 56 ; dislike of the Dutch, 56 ; impregnated with the new ideas about sea power, 59 ; reported to have been among crowd which witnessed Charles I.’s death, 64 ; first collected edition of works, verse and prose, produced by subscription in three volumes, 64 ; became Milton’s assistant (1657), 68 ; friendship with Milton, 69 ; takes Milton’s place in receptions at foreign embassies, 69 ; plays part of Laureate during Protector’s life, 71 ; produces two songs on marriage of Lady Mary Cromwell, 72-3 ; attends Cromwell’s funeral, 73 ; is keenly interested in public affairs, 75 ; becomes a civil servant for a year, 75 ; M.P. for Hull, 75 ; friend of Milton and Harrington, 76 ; well disposed towards Charles II., 77 ; remains in office till end of year (1659), 77 ; elected with Ramsden M.P. for Kingston-upon-Hull, 78 ; attended opening of Parliament (1659), 80 ; is not a “Rumper,” 84 ; again elected for Hull (1660), 84 ; begins his remarkable correspondence with the Corporation of Hull, 84 ; a satirist, not an enthusiast, 85 ; lines on Restoration, 90 ; complains to House of exaction of £150 for release of Milton, 91 ; elected for third, and last, time member for Hull, 95 ; receives fee from Corporation of Hull for attendance at House, 96 ; reviled by Parker for taking this payment, 96 ; Flagellum Parliamentum attributed to, 97 ; goes to Holland, 100 ; is recalled, 101 ; while in Holland writes to Trinity House and to the Corporation of Hull on business matters, 101 ; goes as secretary to Lord Carlisle on an embassy to Sweden and Denmark, 106 ; public entry into Moscow, 108 ; assists at formal reception of Lord Carlisle as English ambassador, 109 ; renders oration to Czar into Latin, 109 ; Russians object to terms of oration, 109 ; replies, 109-12 ; returns from  embassy, 113 ; reaches London, 113 ; attends Parliament at Oxford, 116 ; The Last Instructions to a Painter about the Dutch Wars , 129-35 ; bitter enemy of Hyde, 136 ; lines upon Clarendon House, 138 ; inquires into “miscarriages of the late war,” 139 ; The Rehearsal Transprosed , 151 ; its great success, 152 ; literary method described by Parker, 162 ; called “a droll,” “a buffoon,” 163 ; replies to Parker, 163 seq. ; intercedes, 168 ; abused by Parker in History of His Own Time , 170 n. ; The Rehearsall Transpros’d (second part), 171-2 ; pictures Parker, 172 seq. ; latterly fears subversion of Protestant faith, 179 ; his famous pamphlet, An Account of the Growth of Popery and Arbitrary Government in England , 180-1 , 203-5 , 206-8 ; gives account of quarrel with Dutch, 186-7 ; commendatory verses on “ Mr. Milton’s Paradise Lost ” (1674), 199 n. ; mock speech, His Majesty’s Most Gracious Speech to Both Houses of Parliament , 200-2 ; story of proffered bribe, 209-10 ; last letter to constituents, 210 ; rarely speaks in the House of Commons, 211 ; longest reported speech, 211 ; speech reported in Parliamentary History (1677), 211 ; “ Debate on Mr. Andrew Marvell’s striking Sir Philip Harcourt ,” etc., 212-14 ; friend of Prince Rupert, 214 ; lines on setting up of king’s statue, 214-15 ; “Britannia and Raleigh,” 216-19 ; dies, 219 ; thought to have been poisoned, 219 ; this suspicion dissipated, 220 ; account of sickness and death, 220-1 ; burial, 221 ; obsequies, 223 ; epitaph, 221 ; humour and wit, 163 ; not a fanatic, 179 ; insatiable curiosity, 182 ; power of self-repression, 211 ; as poet, 225-30 ; as satirist, 228 , 230-1 ; as prose writer, 231-2 ; love of gardens, 227 ; appearance described, 232 ; Hull’s most famous member, 223 ; enemies, 224 ; portraits of, 224 ; statue of, 224 ; editions of works, 229 . Marvell, Rev. Andrew (father), 7 . —— Mary (wife), 3 , 222-3 . “Marvell’s Cottage,” 223 n. Marvell’s Ghost (in Poems on Affairs of State ), 220 n. May, 119 . Mead, William, 191 . Meadows, Philip, 51 , 54 . Medway, 139 , 187 . Memorials (Whitelock), 29 . Milton, John, 2 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 48 , 49 , 52 , 64 , 68 , 69 , 73 , 76 , 77 , 91 , 129 , 151 , 199 , 223 , 226 , 228 . Monk, General, Duke of Albemarle, 80 , 83 , 91 , 128 , 139 , 140 . —— Dr., Provost of Eton. 94 . Monmouth, Duke of, 116 , 191 . Monument (“tall bully”), 118 . More (Moore), Thomas, 7 . More, Robert, 6 . Morpeth, Lord, 113 . Moscow, 105 , 107 . “Mr. Milton’s Paradise Lost” (Marvell), 199 n. Musa Cantabrigiensis , 16 . Muskerry, Lord, 115 .

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