MATTHEW of Paris, the monkish chronicler, 236.
MEMOIRS, publishers of contemporary, 724--737.
MERSENNE, Pere, attacks the Rosacrusians, 647.
METRES of the ancients used by the moderns, 303.
MICROSCOPE, invention of, 207.
MILTON resembles Caedmon, 40--50; his principles of orthography, 392;
his account of Charles I. studying Shakespeare, 548, 9.
MINSTRELS of the Middle Ages, 75.
MONASTERIES, spoliation of, 316--321.
MONOPOLIES in the reign of Elizabeth, 594; of printing, 748.
MONKERY popular with the people, 372.
MONTAGUE, Mrs., defends Shakespeare, 572.
MORALITIES, or moral plays, 347.
MORE, Sir T., his psychological character, 289--302.
MULCASTER attempts orthographical reform, 385; his praise of the
English language, 386.
MYSTERIES, or Scriptural plays, 344--348.
NOBILITY, the, decline in grandeur in the time of Henry VII., 371;
decay of great households, 372; restrained in their marriages by
Elizabeth, 374.