English women's voices, 1540-1700 Book

	List of Illustrations
	Preface
	General Introduction	1
	Suggested Readings	6
Pt. 1	Women Testifying to Abuse
	Introduction	11
	Suggested Readings	21
1	Diary	22
2	A Part of the Life	25
3	A Brief Description of the Notorious Life of J. Lamb	29
4	The Trial and Condemnation of Mervin Lord Audley: Lady Ann Audley's Testimony	33
5	A Vindication	41
6	Autobiography	43
Pt. 2	Women Describing Persecution and Life in Prison
	Introduction 49
	Suggested Readings 59
7	The Life, Death, Actions, and Words upon the Scaffold	61
8	Report and Plea	64
9	Once More a Warning to Thee O England	79
10	An Account of the Travels, Sufferings, and Persecutions	81
Pt. 3	Women Making Political Statements and Petitioning
	Introduction	85
	Suggested Readings	94
11	A True Copy of the Petition: Gentlewomen and Tradesmens' Wives	95
12	England's Fall from (the Mystical Babylon) Rome	100
13	The Humble Petition	104
14	Love's Name Lives. . . Petitions and Letters	105
15	In Pursuit of the King	110
16	To Oliver Cromwell and His Privy Council	114
17	The Case Between a Father and His Children	122
Pt. 4	Women Writing about Love and Marriage
	Introduction	127
	Suggested Readings	138
18	Letters of Love and Gallantry: Written by Ladies	139
19	Autobiography	141
20	Diary	158
21	The Mothers Blessing	168
Pt. 5	Women Taking Charge of Health Care
	Introduction	173
	Suggested Readings	182
22	A Choice Manuall, or Rare and Select Secrets in Physick	184
23	Diary	186
24	Autobiography	190
25	Medicatrix, or The Woman Physician	193
26	The Midwives Book	197
27	To Dr. ööööAn Answer to His Queries, Concerning the College of Midwives	206
28	The Countess of Lincoln's Nursery	212
Pt. 6	Women Describing Childbirth, Sickness, and Death
	Introduction	221
	Suggested Readings	228
29	Upon the Sight of My Abortive Birth	230
30	Autobiography	232
31	Diary	259
32	A Narrative of God's Gracious Dealings	262
33	Living Testimonies Concerning the Death of the Righteous	266
34	The Work of God in a Dying Maid	268
35	Death of a Queen	271
Pt. 7	Women Meditating and Praying
	Introduction	277
	Suggested Readings	288
36	Miscelanea, Meditations, Memoratives	290
37	A Ladies Legacie to Her Daughters	301
38	The Harcourt Papers	310
39	Some of the Letters and Papers	322
40	The Private Diary	324
41	The Meditations	330
42	Heaven Realized	347
43	Confessiones Amantis	349
Pt. 8	Women Defending Their Right to Preach
	Introduction	353
	Suggested Readings	361
44	Womens Speaking Justified	363
45	Epistle from the Women's Yearly Meeting at York and An Epistle by Mary Waite	379
46	An Epistle for True Love, Unity, and Order in the Church of Christ	390
	Bibliography of Women Writers, 1540-1700	393
	Index	417