Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PART ONE. Early Years -- Chapter I. THE SETTING AND THE MAN -- Chapter II. WRITINGS, OUTLOOK, AND PERSONALITY -- PART TWO. Parliament -- Chapter III. THE "COMMONS-MAN" -- Chapter IV. 1604: THE NEW KING AND HIS "FREE SUBJECTS" -- Chapter V. "DISSENT IS ALWAYS DISPLEASING": THE SESSIONS OF 1606 AND 1607 -- Chapter VI. THE GREAT CONTRACT -- Chapter VII. "NOT MANY ARGUMENTS, BUT STRONG": THE ADDLED PARLIAMENT -- Chapter VIII THE PARLIAMENT OF 1621: HARMONY AND HARD WORK, FEBRUARY TO APRIL -- Chapter IX. THE PARLIAMENT OF 1621: DESCENT INTO CONFLICT, MAY TO DECEMBER -- Chapter X. THE M.P. VICTORIOUS: BUCKINGHAM AND THE PARLIAMENT OF 1624 -- Chapter XI. FAREWELL TO PARLIAMENT -- PART THREE. Commerce and Colonization -- Chapter XII. OVERSEAS VENTURES -- Chapter XIII. COLLAPSE IN VIRGINIA -- PART FOUR. Jacobean Gentleman -- Chapter XIV. THE MEASURE OF THE MAN -- INDEX