Memoirs Of Sir Thomas More: With A New Translation Of His Utopia, His History Of King Richard III, And His Latin Poems, Volume 1

Memoirs Of Sir Thomas More , Volume 1   [you are here]  Memoirs Of Sir Thomas More , Volume 2   VOLUME 1 CONTENTS. CHAP. I. Biographers of Sir Thomas More. . . . . Mr. Roper. . . . . Mr. More. . . . . The knight's ancestry. . . . . Sir John More. . . . . Sir Thomas' mother. . . . . . His birth. . . . . Anecdote of his infancy. . . . . His school-education. . . . . Cardinal Morton Morels early talents. . . . . Specimen of his early wit and reflection. . . . . He is sent to Oxford. . . . . His first acquaintance with Erasmus. . . . . Wolsey. . . . . More studieth the law. . . . . He is made reader at Furnival's-inn and reads a public lecture. . . . . His verses on Elizabeth, queen to Henry VII. . . . . He discovers some inclination for the monastic state. . . . . Erasmus' early high opinion of him. . . . . Dean Colet. . . . . More's letter to him. . . . . Colet's high opinion of More. . . . . More marries Jane Colte. . . . . His family by her. . . . . He renews his application to the law. . . . . Henry VII. . . . . More's early patriotism. . . . . He offends the king. . . . . Henry's revenge. . . . . More escapes Dr. Fox's snare. . . . . His application in retirement. . . . . Four juvenile poems by him. . . 5 CHAP. II. Accession of Henry VIII. . . . . Consummation of his marriage with Catharine of Arragon. . . . . More re-appears in the world and writes verses on the coronation. . . . . Anecdote of Emson and Dudley. . . . . More's attachment to Erasmus.. . . . . He is made one of the under-sheriffs. . . . . His high estimation as a lawyer. . . . . He replies to Dorpius. . . . . His second wife. . . . . Henry desires to engage him in his service. . . . . He accompanies Tonstall to Flanders. . . . . His letter to Erasmus on his embassy. . . . . Busleiden and Aegidius. . . . . More's letter to Warham. . . . . He pleads a cause for the pope. . . . . Is knighted, &c. . . . . His account of his first advancement. . . . . Henry's earlier court. . . . . The king's intimacy wi