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CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

  • INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

    A JOURNEY FROM THIS WORLD
    TO THE: NEXT, ETC., ETC.

  • INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
  • BOOK I
    • CHAPTER I.
      The author dies, meets with Mercury, and is by him conducted to the stage which sets out for the other world. . . . . . . . .5
    • CHAPTER II.
      In which the author first refutes some idle opinions concerning spirits, and then the passengers relate their several deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
    • CHAPTER III.
      The adventures we met with in the City of Diseases . . . . . . 16
    • CHAPTER IV.
      Discourses on the road, and n description of the palace of Death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
    • CHAPTER V.
      The travelers proceed on their journey, and meet several spirits who are coming into the flesh. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
    • CHAPTER VI.
      An account of the wheel of fortune, with a method of preparing a spirit for this world. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
    • CHAPTER VII.
      The proceedings of judge Minos at the gate of Elysium. . . . . 40

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    • CHAPTER VIII.
      The adventures which the author met on his first entrance into Elysium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
    • CHAPTER IX.
      More adventures in Elysium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
    • CHAPTER X.
      The author is surprised at meeting Julian the apostate in Elysium; but is satisfied by him by what means he procured his entrance there. Julian relates his adventures in the character of a slave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
    • CHAPTER XI.
      In which Julian relates his adventures in the character of an avaricious Jew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
    • CHAPTER XII.
      What happened to Julian in the characters of a general, an heir, a carpenter, and a beau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
    • CHAPTER XIII.
      Julian passes into a fop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
    • CHAPTER XIV.
      Adventures in the person of a monk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
    • CHAPTER XV.
      Julian passes into the character of a fiddler. . . . . . . . . 82
    • CHAPTER XVI.
      The history of the wise man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
    • CHAPTER XVII.
      Julian enters into the person of a king. . . . . . . . . . . . 97
    • CHAPTER XVIII.
      Julian passes into a fool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

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    • CHAPTER XIX.
      Julian appears in the character of a beggar. . . . . . . . . .112
    • CHAPTER XX.
      Julian performs the part of a statesman. . . . . . . . . . . .119
    • CHAPTER XXI.
      Julian's adventures in the post of a soldier . . . . . . . . .128
    • CHAPTER XXII.
      What happened to Julian in the person of a tailor. . . . . . .136
    • CHAPTER XXIII.
      The life of alderman Julian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
    • CHAPTER XXIV.
      Julian recounts what happened to him while he was a poet . . .149
    • CHAPTER XXV.
      Julian performs the parts of a knight and a dancing-master . .154
    BOOK XIX
    • CHAPTER VII.
      Wherein Anna Boleyn relates the history of her life. . . . . .157

    THE JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO LISBON.

  • DEDICATION TO THE PUBLIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
  • PREFACE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
  • INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
  • THE VOYAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209