Of merchants 418

Regulations for the prince's manners and habits _ib._

Of his idea of the royal prerogative 421

The lawyers' idea of the same _ib._

Of his elevated conception of the kingly character 425

His design in issuing "The Book of Sports" for the Sabbath-day 426

The Sabbatarian controversy 428

The motives of his aversion to war 430

James acknowledges his dependence on the Commons; their conduct 431

Of certain scandalous chronicles 434

A picture of the age from a manuscript of the times 437

Anecdotes of the manners of the age 441

James I. discovers the disorders and discontents of a peace
of more than twenty years 449

The King's private life in his occasional retirements 450