The Essential Works of William Harrison Ainsworth

The Essential Works of William Harrison Ainsworth
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This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents: Novels: Rookwood Jack Sheppard The Tower of London Guy Fawkes Old Saint Paul's The Miser's Daughter Windsor Castle The Lancashire Witches Auriol The Star Chamber Ovingdean Grange Cardinal Pole The Constable de Bourbon Boscobel The Good Old Times (The Manchester Rebels of the Fatal '45) Preston Fight The Leaguer of Lathom Chetwynd Calverley Short Stories: The Spectre Bride The Old London Merchant A Night's Adventure in Rome

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William Harrison Ainsworth. The Essential Works of William Harrison Ainsworth

The Essential Works of William Harrison Ainsworth

Table of Contents

Novels

Rookwood

MEMOIR

TO MY MOTHER

PREFACE

BOOK 1. THE WEDDING RING

CHAPTER 1. THE VAULT

THE LEGEND OF THE LIME-TREE

CHAPTER 2. THE SKELETON HAND

THE HAND OF GLORY1

THE CARRION CROW

CHAPTER 3. THE PARK

CHAPTER 4. THE HALL

CHAPTER 5. SIR REGINALD ROOKWOOD

CHAPTER 6. SIR PIERS ROOKWOOD

CHAPTER 7. THE RETURN

CHAPTER 8. AN IRISH ADVENTURER

CHAPTER 9. AN ENGLISH ADVENTURER

A CHAPTER OF HIGHWAYMEN

THE RAPPAREES

CHAPTER 10. RANULPH ROOKWOOD

CHAPTER 11. LADY ROOKWOOD

CHAPTER 12. THE CHAMBER OF DEATH

CHAPTER 13. THE BROTHERS

BOOK 2. THE SEXTON

CHAPTER 1. THE STORM

THE CORPSE-CANDLE

CHAPTER 2. THE FUNERAL ORATION

THE OLD OAK COFFIN

ONE FOOT IN THE STIRRUP. OR TURPIN’S FIRST FLING

EPHIALTES

CHAPTER 3. THE CHURCHYARD

CHAPTER 4. THE FUNERAL

CHAPTER 5. THE CAPTIVE

CHAPTER 6. THE APPARITION

BOOK 3. THE GIPSY

CHAPTER 1. A MORNING RIDE

CHAPTER 2. A GIPSY ENCAMPMENT

LA GITANILLA

CHAPTER 3. SYBIL

THE LEGEND OF THE LADY OF ROOKWOOD

CHAPTER 4. BARBARA LOVEL

CHAPTER 5. THE INAUGURATION

OATH OF THE CANTING CREW

JERRY JUNIPER’S CHANT

GIPSY SERENADE

THE KNIGHT OF MALTA. A Canterbury Tale74

THE MANDRAKE77

THE GAME OF HIGH TOBY

CHORUS

CHORUS

GRAND CHORUS

CHAPTER 6. ELEANOR MOWBRAY

CHAPTER 7. MRS. MOWBRAY

CHAPTER 8. THE PARTING

CHAPTER 9. THE PHILTER

THE SCAMPSMAN

CHAPTER 10. SAINT CYPRIAN’S CELL

HYMN TO SAINT THECLA

HYMN TO SAINT CYPRIAN

CHAPTER 11. THE BRIDAL

THE TWICE-USED RING

WEDDING CHORUS OF GIPSIES

THE SOUL-BELL

CHAPTER 12. ALAN ROOKWOOD

CHAPTER 13. MR. COATES

CHAPTER 14. DICK TURPIN

BOOK 4. THE RIDE TO YORK

CHAPTER 1. THE RENDEZVOUS AT KILBURN

CHAPTER 2. TOM KING

PLEDGE OF THE HIGHWAYMAN

THE FOUR CAUTIONS

BLACK BESS

THE DOUBLE CROSS

THE MODERN GREEK

CHAPTER 3. A SURPRISE

CHAPTER 4. THE HUE AND CRY

CHAPTER 5. THE SHORT PIPE

CHAPTER 6. BLACK BESS

OLIVER WHIDDLES!

WILL DAVIES AND DICK TURPIN

CHAPTER 7. THE YORK STAGE

CHAPTER 8. ROADSIDE INN

CHAPTER 9. EXCITEMENT

CHAPTER 10. THE GIBBET

CHAPTER 11. THE PHANTOM STEED

CHAPTER 12. CAWOOD FERRY

BOOK 5. THE OATH

CHAPTER 1. THE HUT ON THORNE WASTE

CHAPTER 2. MAJOR MOWBRAY

CHAPTER 3. HANDASSAH

CHAPTER 4. THE DOWER OF SYBIL

CHAPTER 5. THE SARCOPHAGUS

The Churchyard Yew

L’ENVOY

Jack Sheppard

EPOCH THE FIRST. 1703. JONATHAN WILD

CHAPTER 1. THE WIDOW AND HER CHILD

CHAPTER 2. THE OLD MINT

CHAPTER 3. THE MASTER OF THE MINT

CHAPTER 4. THE ROOF AND THE WINDOW

CHAPTER 5. THE DENUNCIATION

SAINT GILES’S BOWL.1

I

II

III

IV

V

CHAPTER 6. THE STORM

CHAPTER 7. OLD LONDON BRIDGE

EPOCH THE SECOND. 1715. THAMES DARRELL

CHAPTER 1. THE IDLE APPRENTICE

THE NEWGATE STONE

CHAPTER 2. THAMES DARRELL

CHAPTER 3. THE JACOBITE

CHAPTER 4. MR. KNEEBONE AND HIS FRIENDS

CHAPTER 5. HAWK AND BUZZARD

DRINKING SONG. I

II

III

IV

CHAPTER 6. THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE LADDER

CHAPTER 7. BROTHER AND SISTER

CHAPTER 8. MICHING MALLECHO

CHAPTER 9. CONSEQUENCES OF THE THEFT

CHAPTER 10. MOTHER AND SON

CHAPTER 11. THE MOHOCKS

CHAPTER 12. SAINT GILES’S ROUND-HOUSE

CHAPTER 13. THE MAGDALENE

CHAPTER 14. THE FLASH KEN

CHAPTER 15. THE ROBBERY IN WILLESDEN CHURCH

CHAPTER 16. JONATHAN WILD’S HOUSE IN THE OLD BAILEY

CHAPTER 17. THE NIGHT-CELLAR

CHAPTER 18. HOW JACK SHEPPARD BROKE OUT OF THE CAGE AT WILLESDEN

CHAPTER 19. GOOD AND EVIL

EPOCH THE THIRD. 1724. THE PRISON-BREAKER

CHAPTER 1. THE RETURN

CHAPTER 2. THE BURGLARY AT DOLLIS HILL

CHAPTER 3. JACK SHEPPARD’S QUARREL WITH JONATHAN WILD

CHAPTER 4. JACK SHEPPARD’S ESCAPE FROM THE NEW PRISON

CHAPTER 5. THE DISGUISE

CHAPTER 6. WINIFRED RECEIVES TWO PROPOSALS

CHAPTER 7. JACK SHEPPARD WARNS THAMES DARRELL

CHAPTER 8. OLD BEDLAM

CHAPTER 9. OLD NEWGATE

CHAPTER 10. HOW JACK SHEPPARD GOT OUT OF THE CONDEMNED HOLD

CHAPTER 11. DOLLIS HILL REVISITED

CHAPTER 12. THE WELL HOLE

CHAPTER 13. THE SUPPER AT MR. KNEEBONE’S

CHAPTER 14. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS AGAIN CAPTURED

CHAPTER 15. HOW BLUESKIN UNDERWENT THE PEINE FORTE ET DURE

CHAPTER 16. HOW JACK SHEPPARD’S PORTRAIT WAS PAINTED

CHAPTER 17. THE IRON BAR

CHAPTER 18. THE RED ROOM

CHAPTER 19. THE CHAPEL

CHAPTER 20. THE LEADS

CHAPTER 21. WHAT BEFELL JACK SHEPPARD IN THE TURNER’S HOUSE

CHAPTER 22. FAST AND LOOSE

CHAPTER 23. THE LAST MEETING BETWEEN JACK SHEPPARD AND HIS MOTHER

CHAPTER 24. THE PURSUIT

CHAPTER 25. HOW JACK SHEPPARD GOT RID OF HIS IRONS

CHAPTER 26. HOW JACK SHEPPARD ATTENDED HIS MOTHER’S FUNERAL

CHAPTER 27. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS BROUGHT BACK TO NEWGATE

CHAPTER 28. WHAT HAPPENED AT DOLLIS HILL

CHAPTER 29. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS TAKEN TO WESTMINSTER HALL

CHAPTER 30. HOW JONATHAN WILD’S HOUSE WAS BURNT DOWN

CHAPTER 31. THE PROCESSION TO TYBURN

CHAPTER 32. THE CLOSING SCENE

The Tower of London

PREFACE

BOOK ONE

I. OF THE MANNER IN WHICH QUEEN JANE ENTERED THE TOWER OF LONDON

II. OF THE INDIGNITY SHOWN TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL BY THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND; AND OF THE RESOLUTION TAKEN BY SIMON RENARD TO AVENGE THEM

III. OF THE THREE GIANTS OF THE TOWER, OG, GOG, AND MAGOG; OF XIT, THE DWARF; OF THE FAIR CICELY; OF PETER TRUSBUT, THE PANTLER, AND POTENTIA HIS WIFE; OF HAIRUN THE REARWARD, RIBALD THE WARDER, MAUGER THE HEADSMAN, AND NIGHTGALL THE JAILOR: AND OF THE PLEASANT PASTIME HELD IN THE STONE KITCHEN

IV. OF THE MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE THAT HAPPENED TO QUEEN JANE IN SAINT JOHN’S CHAPEL IN THE WHITE TOWER

V. OF THE MISUNDERSTANDING THAT AROSE BETWEEN QUEEN JANE AND HER HUSBAND, LORD GUILFORD DUDLEY

VI. OF THE SOLEMN EXHORTATION PRONOUNCED TO THE GIANTS BY MASTER EDWARD UNDERHILL, THE “HOT-GOSPELLER,” AT THEIR LODGING IN THE BY-WARD TOWER; AND OF THE EFFECT PRODUCED THEREBY

VII. HOW CUTHBERT CHOLMONDELEY WAS THROWN INTO A DUNGEON NEAR THE DEVILIN TOWER; AND HOW A MYSTERIOUS FEMALE FIGURE APPEARED TO HIM THERE

VIII. HOW GILBERT ESCAPED FROM THE BY-WARD TOWER, AND SWAM ACROSS THE MOAT; HOW OG HUNG XIT UPON A HOOK; AND HOW LAWRENCE NIGHTGALL BROUGHT THE TOKEN TO CICELY

IX. OF THE MYSTERIOUS MANNER IN WHICH GUNNORA BRAOSE WAS BROUGHT TO THE TOWER

X. HOW THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND MENACED SIMON RENARD IN SAINT PETER’S CHAPEL ON THE TOWER-GREEN; AND HOW QUEEN JANE INTERPOSED BETWEEN THEM

XI. HOW THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND WAS PREVAILED UPON TO UNDERTAKE THE ENTERPRISE AGAINST THE LADY MARY

XII. HOW MAGOG BECAME ENAMOURED OF A BUXOM WIDOW, YCLEPED DAME PLACIDA PASTON; HOW HE WENT A WOOING; AND HOW HE PROSPERED IN HIS SUIT

XIII. OF THE STRATAGEM PRACTISED BY CUTHBERT CHOLMONDELEY ON THE JAILOR

XIV. HOW SIMON RENARD AND THE LORDS OF THE COUNCIL WERE ARRESTED BY LORD GUILFORD DUDLEY

XV. HOW GUNNORA BRAOSE SOUGHT AN AUDIENCE OF QUEEN JANE

XVI. HOW THE COUNCIL DEPOSED QUEEN JANE; AND HOW SHE FLED FROM THE TOWER

XVII. IN WHAT MANNER JANE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE TOWER OF LONDON

BOOK THE SECOND

I. OF THE ARRIVAL OF QUEEN MARY IN LONDON; OF HER ENTRANCE INTO THE TOWER; AND OF HER RECEPTION OF THE PRISONERS ON THE GREEN

II. HOW JANE WAS IMPRISONED IN THE BRICK TOWER

III. HOW SIMON RENARD ASCENDED TO THE ROOF OF THE WHITE TOWER; AND OF THE GOODLY PROSPECT HE BEHELD THEREFROM

IV. OF THE TOWER OF LONDON; ITS ANTIQUITY AND FOUNDATION; ITS MAGNITUDE AND EXTENT; ITS KEEP, PALACE, GARDENS, FORTIFICATIONS, DUNGEONS, AND CHAPELS; ITS WALLS, BULWARKS, AND MOAT; ITS ROYAL INMATES; ITS CONSTABLES, JAILORS, WARDERS, AND OTHER OFFICERS; ITS PRISONERS, EXECUTIONS, AND SECRET MURDERS

V. HOW THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND WAS ARRAIGNED OF HIGH TREASON IN WESTMINSTER HALL; AND HOW HE MADE FOUR REQUESTS AFTER THE JUDGMENT

VI. BY WHAT MEANS THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND WAS RECONCILED TO THE CHURCH OF ROME

VII. HOW THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND WAS BEHEADED ON TOWER HILL

VIII. OF QUEEN MARY’S ATTACHMENT TO COURTENAY

IX. OF THE DUEL BETWEEN COURTENAY AND SIMON RENARD; AND HOW IT WAS INTERRUPTED

X. OF THE CONFERENCE HELD BETWEEN BISHOP GARDINER AND LADY JANE GREY IN THE BEAUCHAMP TOWER

XI. HOW CUTHBERT CHOLMONDELEY REVISITED THE STONE KITCHEN; AND HOW HE WENT IN SEARCH OF CICELY

XII. HOW EDWARD UNDERHILL, THE “HOT-GOSPELLER,” ATTEMPTED TO ASSASSINATE QUEEN MARY; AND HOW SHE WAS PRESERVED BY SIR HENRY BEDINGFELD

XIII. HOW MAGOG NEARLY LOST HIS SUPPER; HOW HIS BEARD WAS BURNT; HOW XIT WAS PLACED IN A BASKET; AND HOW HE WAS KICKED UPON THE RAMPARTS

XIV. OF THE MASQUE GIVEN BY COURTENAY IN HONOUR OF QUEEN MARY; AND HOW XIT WAS SWALLOWED BY A SEA-MONSTER

XV. BY WHOSE INSTRUMENTALITY QUEEN MARY BECAME CONVINCED OF COURTENAY’S INCONSTANCY; AND HOW SHE AFFIANCED HERSELF TO PHILIP OF SPAIN

XVI. WHAT BEFEL CICELY IN THE SALT TOWER

XVII. OF THE CONSPIRACY FORMED BY DE NOAILLES; AND HOW XIT DELIVERED A LETTER TO ELIZABETH, AND VISITED COURTENAY IN THE LIEUTENANT’S LODGINGS

XVIII. HOW COURTENAY ESCAPED FROM THE TOWER

XIX. HOW QUEEN MARY VISITED THE LIONS’ TOWER; HOW MAGOG GAVE HIS DAME A LESSON; AND HOW XIT CONQUERED A MONKEY, AND WAS WORSTED BY A BEAR

XX. HOW EDWARD UNDERHILL WAS BURNT ON TOWER GREEN

XXI. HOW LORD GUILFORD DUDLEY AND LADY JANE WERE ARRAIGNED AND ATTAINTED OF HIGH TREASON; AND HOW THEY WERE PARDONED BY QUEEN MARY

XXII. OF JANE’S RETURN TO SION HOUSE; AND OF HER ENDEAVOURS TO DISSUADE HER HUSBAND FROM JOINING THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST QUEEN MARY

XXIII. HOW XIT WAS IMPRISONED IN THE CONSTABLE TOWER; AND HOW HE WAS WEDDED TO THE “SCAVENGER’S DAUGHTER.”

XXIV. HOW XIT ESCAPED FROM THE CONSTABLE TOWER; AND HOW HE FOUND CICELY

XXV. OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE IMPERIAL AMBASSADORS; AND OF THE SIGNING OF THE MARRIAGE-TREATY BETWEEN MARY AND PHILIP OF SPAIN

XXVI. BY WHAT MEANS GARDINER EXTRACTED THE SECRET OF THE CONSPIRACY FROM COURTENAY; AND OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DISCLOSURE

XXVII. OF THE INSURRECTION OF SIR THOMAS WYAT

XXVIII. OF THE QUEEN’S SPEECH IN THE COUNCIL-CHAMBER; AND OF HER INTERVIEW WITH SIR THOMAS WYAT

XXIX. THE SIEGE OF THE TOWER

XXX. HOW QUEEN MARY COMPORTED HERSELF DURING THE SIEGE; HOW LORD GUILFORD DUDLEY WAS CAPTURED; AND HOW SIR THOMAS WYAT AND THE DUKE OF SUFFOLK WERE ROUTED

XXXI. HOW JANE SURRENDERED HERSELF A PRISONER; AND HOW SHE BESOUGHT QUEEN MARY TO SPARE HER HUSBAND

XXXII. HOW THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH WAS BROUGHT A PRISONER TO THE TOWER

XXXIII. HOW NIGHTGALL WAS BRIBED BY DE NOAILLES TO ASSASSINATE SIMON RENARD; AND HOW JANE’S DEATH-WARRANT WAS SIGNED

XXXIV. HOW THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH WAS CONFRONTED WITH SIR THOMAS WYAT IN THE TORTURE-CHAMBER

XXXV. HOW XIT DISCOVERED THE SECRET OF HIS BIRTH; AND HOW HE WAS KNIGHTED UNDER THE TITLE OF SIR NARCISSUS LE GRAND

XXXVI. HOW CHOLMONDELEY LEARNT THE HISTORY OF CICELY; HOW NIGHTGALL ATTEMPTED TO ASSASSINATE RENARD; AND OF THE TERRIBLE FATE THAT BEFEL HIM

XXXVII. HOW JANE WAS IMPRISONED IN THE MARTIN TOWER; HOW SHE WAS VISITED BY ROGER ASCHAM; HOW SHE RECEIVED FECKENHAM’S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE TIME OF HER EXECUTION WAS FIXED; AND HOW SHE WAS RESPITED FOR THREE DAYS

XXXVIII. HOW THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH AND COURTENAY WERE DELIVERED OUT OF THE TOWER TO FURTHER DURANCE; AND HOW QUEEN MARY WAS WEDDED, BY PROXY, TO PHILIP OF SPAIN

XXXIX. OF THE WEDDING OF SIR NARCISSUS LE GRAND WITH JANE THE FOOL, AND WHAT HAPPENED AT IT; AND OF THE ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN BY HIM, ON THE OCCASION, TO HIS OLD FRIENDS AT THE STONE KITCHEN

XL. OF THE VISION SEEN BY MAUGER AND SORROCOLD ON THE TOWER GREEN

XLI. OF THE UNION OF CHOLMONDELEY WITH ANGELA

XLII. THE EXECUTION OF LADY JANE GREY

Guy Fawkes

PREFACE

BOOK THE FIRST. THE PLOT

CHAPTER I. AN EXECUTION IN MANCHESTER, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER II. ORDSALL CAVE

CHAPTER III. ORDSALL HALL

CHAPTER IV. THE SEARCH

CHAPTER V. CHAT MOSS

CHAPTER VI. THE DISINTERMENT

CHAPTER VII. DOCTOR DEE

CHAPTER VIII. THE MAGIC GLASS

CHAPTER IX. THE PRISON ON SALFORD BRIDGE

CHAPTER X. THE FATE OF THE PURSUIVANT

CHAPTER XI. THE PILGRIMAGE TO ST. WINIFRED'S WELL

CHAPTER XII. THE VISION

CHAPTER XIII. THE CONSPIRATORS

CHAPTER XIV. THE PACKET

CHAPTER XV. THE ELIXIR

CHAPTER XVI. THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH AT MANCHESTER

CHAPTER XVII. THE RENCOUNTER

CHAPTER XVIII. THE EXPLANATION

CHAPTER XIX. THE DISCOVERY

CHAPTER XX. THE DEPARTURE FROM THE HALL

BOOK THE SECOND. THE DISCOVERY

CHAPTER I. THE LANDING OF THE POWDER

CHAPTER II. THE TRAITOR

CHAPTER III. THE ESCAPE PREVENTED

CHAPTER IV. THE MINE

HYMN OF THE CONSPIRATORS

CHAPTER V. THE CAPTURE OF VIVIANA

CHAPTER VI. THE CELLAR

CHAPTER VII. THE STAR-CHAMBER

CHAPTER VIII. THE JAILER'S DAUGHTER

CHAPTER IX. THE COUNTERPLOT

CHAPTER X. WHITE WEBBS

CHAPTER XI. THE MARRIAGE IN THE FOREST

CHAPTER XII. THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER

CHAPTER XIII. THE FLIGHT OF THE CONSPIRATORS

CHAPTER XIV. THE EXAMINATION

BOOK THE THIRD. THE CONSPIRATORS

CHAPTER I. HOW GUY FAWKES WAS PUT TO THE TORTURE

CHAPTER II. SHOWING THE TROUBLES OF VIVIANA

CHAPTER III. HUDDINGTON

CHAPTER IV. HOLBEACH

CHAPTER V. THE CLOSE OF THE REBELLION

CHAPTER VI. HAGLEY

CHAPTER VII. VIVIANA'S LAST NIGHT AT ORDSALL HALL

CHAPTER VIII. HENDLIP

CHAPTER IX. WHITEHALL

CHAPTER X. THE PARTING OF VIVIANA AND HUMPHREY CHETHAM

CHAPTER XI. THE SUBTERRANEAN DUNGEON

CHAPTER XII. THE TRAITOR BETRAYED

CHAPTER XIII. THE TRIAL

CHAPTER XIV. THE LAST MEETING OF FAWKES AND VIVIANA

CHAPTER XV. SAINT PAUL'S CHURCHYARD

CHAPTER XVI. OLD PALACE YARD

CHAPTER XVII. THE LAST EXECUTION

Old Saint Paul's

BOOK THE FIRST. APRIL, 1665

I. THE GROCER OF WOOD-STREET AND HIS FAMILY

II. THE COFFIN-MAKER

III. THE GAMESTER AND THE BULLY

IV. THE INTERVIEW

V. THE POMANDER-BOX

VI. THE LIBERTINE PUNISHED

VII. THE PLAGUE NURSE

VIII. THE MOSAICAL RODS

IX. THE MINIATURE

X. THE DUEL

BOOK THE SECOND. MAY, 1665

I. PROGRESS OF THE PESTILENCE

II. IN WHAT MANNER THE GROCER VICTUALLED HIS HOUSE

III. THE QUACK DOCTORS

IV. THE TWO WATCHMEN

V. THE BLIND PIPER AND HIS DAUGHTER

VI. OLD LONDON FROM OLD SAINT PAUL'S

VII. PAUL'S WALK

VIII. THE AMULET

IX. HOW LEONARD WAS CURED OF THE PLAGUE

X. THE PEST-HOUSE IN FINSBURY FIELDS

XI. HOW THE GROCER SHUT UP HIS HOUSE

BOOK THE THIRD. JUNE, 1665

I. THE IMPRISONED FAMILY

II. HOW FIRES WERE LIGHTED IN THE STREETS

III. THE DANCE OF DEATH

IV. THE PLAGUE-PIT

V. HOW SAINT PATHOS WAS USED AS A PEST-HOUSE

VI. THE DEPARTURE

VII. THE JOURNEY

VIII. ASHDOWN LODGE

IX. KINGSTON LISLE

BOOK THE FOURTH. SEPTEMBER, 1665

I. THE PLAGUE AT ITS HEIGHT

II. THE SECOND PLAGUE-PIT

III. THE HOUSE IN NICHOLAS-LANE

IV. THE TRIALS OF AMABEL

V. THE MARRIAGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

VI. THE CERTIFICATE

BOOK THE FIFTH. DECEMBER, 1665

I. THE DECLINE OF THE PLAGUE

II. THE MIDNIGHT MEETING

BOOK THE SIXTH. SEPTEMBER, 1666

I. THE FIRE-HALL

II. THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE FIRE

III. PROGRESS OF THE FIRE

IV. LEONARD'S INTERVIEW WITH THE KING

V. HOW LEONARD SAVED THE KING'S LIFE

VI. HOW THE GROCER'S HOUSE WAS BURNT

VII. THE BURNING OF SAINT PAUL'S

VIII. HOW LEONARD RESCUED THE LADY ISABELLA

IX. WHAT BEFEL CHOWLES AND JUDITH IN THE VAULTS OF SAINT FAITH'S

X. CONCLUSION

The Miser's Daughter

BOOK I. RANDULPH CREW

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XVII

CHAPTER XVIII

CHAPTER XIX

CHAPTER XX

BOOK II. TRUSSELL BEECHCROFT

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

BOOK III. ABEL BEECHCROFT

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIV

CHAPTER XV

CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XVII

CHAPTER XVIII

Windsor Castle

BOOK 1. ANNE BOLEYN

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

BOOK 2. HERNE THE HUNTER

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

BOOK 3. THE HISTORY OF THE CASTLE

1

2

3

4

5

BOOK 4. CARDINAL WOLSEY

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

BOOK 5. MABEL LYNDWOOD

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

BOOK 6. JANE SEYMOUR

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

The Lancashire Witches

INTRODUCTION. THE LAST ABBOT OF WHALLEY

CHAPTER 1. THE BEACON ON PENDLE HILL

CHAPTER 2. THE ERUPTION

CHAPTER 3. WHALLEY ABBEY

CHAPTER 4. THE MALEDICTION

CHAPTER 5. THE MIDNIGHT MASS

CHAPTER 6. TETER ET FORTIS CARCER

CHAPTER 7. THE ABBEY MILL

CHAPTER 8. THE EXECUTIONER

CHAPTER 9. WISWALL HALL

CHAPTER 10. THE HOLEHOUSES

BOOK THE FIRST. ALIZON DEVICE

CHAPTER 1. THE MAY QUEEN

CHAPTER 2. THE BLACK CAT AND THE WHITE DOVE

CHAPTER 3. THE ASSHETONS

CHAPTER 4. ALICE NUTTER

CHAPTER 5. MOTHER CHATTOX

CHAPTER 6. THE ORDEAL BY SWIMMING

CHAPTER 7. THE RUINED CONVENTUAL CHURCH

CHAPTER 8. THE REVELATION

CHAPTER 9. THE TWO PORTRAITS IN THE BANQUETING-HALL

CHAPTER 10. THE NOCTURNAL MEETING

BOOK THE SECOND. PENDLE FOREST

CHAPTER 1. FLINT

CHAPTER 2. READ HALL

CHAPTER 3. THE BOGGART’S GLEN

CHAPTER 4. THE REEVE OF THE FOREST

CHAPTER 5. BESS’S O’ TH’ BOOTH

CHAPTER 6. THE TEMPTATION

The Legend of Malkin Tower

CHAPTER 7. THE PERAMBULATION OF THE BOUNDARIES

CHAPTER 8. ROUGH LEE

CHAPTER 9. HOW ROUGH LEE WAS DEFENDED BY NICHOLAS

CHAPTER 10. ROGER NOWELL AND HIS DOUBLE

CHAPTER 11. MOTHER DEMDIKE

CHAPTER 12. THE MYSTERIES OF MALKIN TOWER

CHAPTER 13. THE TWO FAMILIARS

CHAPTER 14. HOW ROUGH LEE WAS AGAIN BESIEGED

CHAPTER 15. THE PHANTOM MONK

CHAPTER 16. ONE O’CLOCK!

CHAPTER 17. HOW THE BEACON FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED

BOOK THE THIRD. HOGHTON TOWER

CHAPTER 1. DOWNHAM MANOR-HOUSE

CHAPTER 2. THE PENITENT’S RETREAT

CHAPTER 3. MIDDLETON HALL

CHAPTER 4. THE GORGE OF CLIVIGER

CHAPTER 5. THE END OF MALKIN TOWER

CHAPTER 6. HOGHTON TOWER

CHAPTER 7. THE ROYAL DECLARATION CONCERNING LAWFUL SPORTS ON THE SUNDAY

CHAPTER 8. HOW KING JAMES HUNTED THE HART AND THE WILD-BOAR IN HOGHTON PARK

CHAPTER 9. THE BANQUET

CHAPTER 10. EVENING ENTERTAINMENTS

CHAPTER 11. FATALITY

CHAPTER 12. THE LAST HOUR

CHAPTER 13. THE MASQUE OF DEATH

CHAPTER 14 “ONE GRAVE”

CHAPTER 15. LANCASTER CASTLE

Auriol

Prologue

1599. Dr. Lamb

BOOK THE FIRST. EBBA

CHAPTER 1. THE RUINED HOUSE IN THE VAUXHALL ROAD

CHAPTER 2. THE DOG-FANCIER

CHAPTER 3. THE HAND AND THE CLOAK

CHAPTER 4. THE IRON-MERCHANT’S DAUGHTER

CHAPTER 5. THE MEETING NEAR THE STATUE

CHAPTER 6. THE CHARLES THE SECOND SPANIEL

CHAPTER 7. THE HAND AGAIN!

CHAPTER 8. THE BARBER OF LONDON

CHAPTER 9. THE MOON IN THE FIRST QUARTER

CHAPTER 10. THE STATUE AT CHARING CROSS

CHAPTER 11. PREPARATIONS

CHAPTER 12. THE CHAMBER OF MYSTERY

INTERMEAN. 1800

CHAPTER 1. THE TOMB OF THE ROSICRUCIAN

CHAPTER 2. THE COMPACT

CHAPTER 3. IRRESOLUTION

CHAPTER 4. EDITH TALBOT

CHAPTER 5. THE SEVENTH NIGHT

BOOK THE SECOND. CYPRIAN ROUGEMONT

CHAPTER 1. THE CELL

CHAPTER 2. THE ENCHANTED CHAIRS

CHAPTER 3. GERARD PASTON

CHAPTER 4. THE PIT

CHAPTER 5. NEW PERPLEXITIES

CHAPTER 6. DOCTOR LAMB AGAIN

The Star Chamber

CHAPTER 1. THE THREE CRANES IN THE VINTRY

CHAPTER 2. SIR GILES MOMPESSON AND HIS PARTNER

CHAPTER 3. THE FRENCH ORDINARY

CHAPTER 4. A STAR–CHAMBER VICTIM

CHAPTER 5. JOCELYN MOUNCHENSEY

CHAPTER 6. PROVOCATION

CHAPTER 7. HOW LORD ROOS OBTAINED SIR FRANCIS MITCHELL’S SIGNATURE

CHAPTER 8. OF LUPO VULP, CAPTAIN BLUDDER, CLEMENT LANYERE, AND SIR GILES’S OTHER MYRMIDONS

CHAPTER 9. THE LETTERS–PATENT

CHAPTER 10. THE ‘PRENTICES AND THEIR LEADER

CHAPTER 11. JOHN WOLFE

CHAPTER 12. THE ARREST AND THE RESCUE

CHAPTER 13. HOW JOCELYN MOUNCHENSEY ENCOUNTERED A MASKED HORSEMAN ON STAMFORD HILL

CHAPTER 14. THE MAY–QUEEN AND THE PURITAN’S DAUGHTER

CHAPTER 15. HUGH CALVELEY

CHAPTER 16. OF THE SIGN GIVEN BY THE PURITAN TO THE ASSEMBLAGE

CHAPTER 17. A RASH PROMISE

CHAPTER 18. HOW THE PROMISE WAS CANCELLED

CHAPTER 19. THEOBALDS’ PALACE

CHAPTER 20. KING JAMES THE FIRST

CHAPTER 21. CONSEQUENCES OF THE PURITAN’S WARNING

CHAPTER 22. WIFE AND MOTHER-INLAW

CHAPTER 23. THE TRESS OF HAIR

CHAPTER 24. THE FOUNTAIN COURT

CHAPTER 25. SIR THOMAS LAKE

CHAPTER 26. THE FORGED CONFESSION

CHAPTER 27. THE PURITAN’S PRISON

CHAPTER 28. THE SECRET

CHAPTER 29. LUKE HATTON

CHAPTER 30. POISON

CHAPTER 31. COUNTER–POISON

CHAPTER 32. SHOWING THAT “OUR PLEASANT VICES ARE MADE THE WHIPS TO SCOURGE US.”

CHAPTER 33. HOW THE FORGED CONFESSION WAS PRODUCED

CHAPTER 34. A VISIT TO SIR GILES MOMPESSON’S HABITATION NEAR THE FLEET

CHAPTER 35. OF THE WAGER BETWEEN THE CONDE DE GONDOMAR AND THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM

CHAPTER 36. A CLOUD IN THE HORIZON

CHAPTER 37. WHITEHALL

CHAPTER 38. PRINCE CHARLES

CHAPTER 39. THE OLD PALACE–YARD OF WESTMINSTER

CHAPTER 40. THE TILT–YARD

CHAPTER 41. THE TILTING MATCH

CHAPTER 42. THE FELON KNIGHT

CHAPTER 43. THE PRIVATE CABINET OF SIR GILES MOMPESSON

CHAPTER 44. CLEMENT LANYERE’S STORY

CHAPTER 45. SIR JOCELYN’S RUPTURE WITH DE GONDOMAR

CHAPTER 46. DISGRACE

CHAPTER 47. HOW SIR JOCELYN’S CAUSE WAS ESPOUSED BY THE ‘PRENTICES

CHAPTER 48. A NOBLE REVENGE

CHAPTER 49. A PLACE OF REFUGE

CHAPTER 50. THE ARREST

CHAPTER 51. THE OLD FLEET PRISON

CHAPTER 52. HOW SIR JOCELYN WAS BROUGHT TO THE FLEET

CHAPTER 53. THE ABDUCTION

CHAPTER 54. THE “STONE COFFIN.”

CHAPTER 55. A SECRET FRIEND

CHAPTER 56. SHOWING HOW JUDGMENT WAS GIVEN BY KING JAMES IN THE STAR–CHAMBER, IN THE GREAT CAUSE OF THE COUNTESS OF EXETER AGAINST SIR THOMAS AND LADY LAKE

CHAPTER 57. THE TWO WARRANTS

CHAPTER 58. THE SILVER COFFER

CHAPTER 59. HOW THE MARRIAGE WAS INTERRUPTED

CHAPTER 60. ACCUSATIONS

CHAPTER 61. JUDGMENT

CONCLUDING CHAPTER. RETRIBUTION

Ovingdean Grange

BOOK I. JOHN HABERGEON

CHAPTER I. A VIEW FROM AN OLD BARROW ON THE SOUTH DOWNS

CHAPTER II. OVINGDEAN GRANGE IN THE YEAR SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE

CHAPTER III. SHOWING WHAT BEFEL CLAVERING MAUNSEL AFTER THE BATTLE OF WORCESTER

BOOK II. INCREASE MICKLEGIFT

CHAPTER I. SHOWING THAT A CHIMNEY MAY SERVE FOR OTHER PURPOSES THAN AS A PASSAGE FOR SMOKE

CHAPTER II. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN THE INDEPENDENT MINISTER AND DULCIA IN THE CHURCHYARD

CHAPTER III. SOME OF THE VEXATIONS EXPERIENCED BY A ROYALIST GENTLEMAN AT THE TIME OF THE COMMONWEALTH

BOOK III. HAWKING ON THE DOWNS

CHAPTER I. THE OSTREGER AND HIS SON

CHAPTER II. THE PROCLAMATION

CHAPTER III. THE TARTARET AND THE HERON

CHAPTER IV. CAPTAIN STELFAX

BOOK IV. THE SEARCH BY THE IRONSIDES

CHAPTER I. THE PRIORY RUINS

CHAPTER II. MOCK-BEGGAR HALL AND ITS INMATE

CHAPTER III. HOW NINIAN DELIVERED HIS MESSAGE

CHAPTER IV. IN WHAT MANNER THE CAPTAIN OF THE IRONSIDES EMPLOYED HIS TIME AT THE GRANGE

CHAPTER V. SHOWING HOW INCREASE MICKLEGIFT DID A TURN TO CLAVERING

BOOK V. FOX AND WOLF

CHAPTER I. HOW CLAVERING CAME DOWN THE CHIMNEY; AND HOW MICKELGIFT LENT HIM AID FOR THE SECOND TIME

CHAPTER II. HOW MICKELGIFT WAS IGNOMINIOUSLY EXPELLED FROM THE GRANGE

CHAPTER III. HOW THE CAPTAIN OF THE IRONSIDES TOOK POSSESSION OF THE COLONEL’S CHAMBER

CHAPTER IV. OF THE MESSAGE SENT BY MICKLEGIFT TO STELFAX; AND OF THE PLAN FOR ENSNARING THE FUGITIVES DEVISED BY THE LATTER

CHAPTER V. HOW THE CAPTAIN OF THE IRONSIDES INSPECTED THE VILLAGE CHURCH, AND MADE ANOTHER CAPTURE

BOOK VI. THE DEVIL’S DYKE

CHAPTER I. SHOWING HOW NINIAN ESCAPED; AND HOW THE OTHER PRISONERS WERE TAKEN TO THE CHURCH TOWER

CHAPTER II. THE CHASE OF THE CAVALIER

CHAPTER III. OF THE GUESTS AT THE POYNINGS’ ARMS

CHAPTER IV. THE LEGEND OF THE DEVIL’S DYKE AS RELATED BY MASTER CISBURY OLDFIRLE, SCHOOLMASTER, OF POYNINGS

CHAPTER V. HOW STELFAX TOOK THE CAVALIER TO THE GRANGE; AND WHAT HAPPENED BY THE WAY

CHAPTER VI. BY WHAT MEANS THE PRISONERS ESCAPED FROM THE CHURCH

BOOK VII. CAPTAIN TATTERSALL OF THE SWIFTSURE

CHAPTER I. HOW SARGEANT DELVES WAS REPRIMANDED BY HIS LEADER

CHAPTER II. IN WHAT MANNER COLONEL GUNTER WAS LIBERATED

CHAPTER III. THE NIGHT RIDE TO NEWHAVEN—THE BRIG AND THE FRIGATE

CHAPTER IV. THE “STAR” AT ALFRISTON

CHAPTER V. HOW MR. BEARD AND DULCIA WERE TAKEN AS HOSTAGES FOR COLONEL MAUNSEL

CHAPTER VI. THE SHEPHERDS ON MOUNT CABURN

CHAPTER VII. WHAT HAPPENED AT THE “DOLPHIN” AT SHOREHAM

BOOK VIII. CHARLES THE SECOND AT OVINGDEAN GRANGE

CHAPTER I. THE PAPER BULLET

CHAPTER II. A ROYAL WANDERER

CHAPTER III. AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE GOVERNOR OF ARUNDEL CASTLE

CHAPTER IV. THE BLACKSMITH OF ANGMERING

CHAPTER V. THE PATRIARCH OF THE DOWNS

CHAPTER VI. WHAT HAPPENED AT THE “WHITE HORSE” AT STEYNING

CHAPTER VII. DITCHLING BEACON

CHAPTER VIII. OF THE KING’S RECEPTION AT THE GRANGE

CHAPTER IX. HOW THE KING WAS SHUT UP IN THE HIDING-PLACE

CHAPTER X. THE PURITAN’S DAUGHTER

CHAPTER XI. IN WHICH THE TABLES ARE TURNED UPON STELFAX

BOOK IX. BRIGHTELMSTONE IN 1651

CHAPTER I. A GLANCE AT BRIGHTELMSTONE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER II. THE “GEORGE” AT BRIGHTELMSTONE

CHAPTER III. INTRODUCING TWO OF CAPTAIN TATTERSALL’S CREW

CHAPTER IV. CONTAINING PARTICULARS OF THE CONFLICT ON KINGSTON HILL, AND OF THE EMBARKATION AT SHOREHAM

L’ENVOY

Cardinal Pole

BOOK I. PHILIP OF SPAIN

CHAPTER I. HOW A MARRIAGE WAS AGREED UPON BETWEEN MARY QUEEN OF ENGLAND, AND DON PHILIP, PRINCE OF SPAIN

CHAPTER II. HOW THE SPANISH FLEET ENTERED THE SOLENT SEA

CHAPTER III. OF THE AFFRONT OFFERED TO THE SPANIARDS BY THE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL; AND OF THE PRINCE’S ARRIVAL AT SOUTHAMPTON

CHAPTER IV. SOUTHAMPTON IN 1554

CHAPTER V. HOW THE PRINCE OF SPAIN OBTAINED A SIGHT OF SIR BEVIS OF SOUTHAMPTON AND HIS HORSE ARUNDEL, OF THE GIANT ASCAPART, THE PRINCESS JOSYAN, KING CANUTE, AND ANOTHER NOTABLE PERSONAGE

CHAPTER VI. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MASTER RODOMONT BITTERN AND THE PRINCE

CHAPTER VII. THE DEVOTEE IN THE CHAPEL OF THE DOMUS DEI

CHAPTER VIII. OF THE MURTHEROUS ATTACK MADE UPON THE PRINCE IN THE COURT OF THE HOSPITAL

CHAPTER IX. DERRICK CARVER

CHAPTER X. THE MEETING AT THE GUILDHALL

CHAPTER XI. OF PHILIP’S PUBLIC DISEMBARKATION AT SOUTHAMPTON

CHAPTER XII. HOW THE PRINCE HEARD HIGH MASS IN HOLYROOD CHURCH; AND HOW HE ONCE MORE BEHELD SIR BEVIS AND HIS COMPANIONS

CHAPTER XIII. THE ABBESS OF SAINT MARY

CHAPTER XIV. FATHER ALFONSO DE CASTRO

CHAPTER XV. THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR

CHAPTER XVI. THE EXAMINATION

BOOK II. THE ROYAL NUPTIALS

CHAPTER I. OLD WINCHESTER FROM SAINT CATHERINE’S HILL

CHAPTER II. SAINT CATHERINE’S CHAPEL

CHAPTER III. HOW THE PRINCE OF SPAIN RODE FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO WINCHESTER; HOW HE HEARD HIGH MASS AT THE CATHEDRAL, AND VISITED THE QUEEN PRIVATELY AT WOLVESEY CASTLE

CHAPTER IV. OF THE PUBLIC MEETING BETWEEN THE ROYAL PAIR

CHAPTER V. HOW THE ROYAL NUPTIALS WERE CELEBRATED IN WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL

CHAPTER VI. HOW PHILIP, WITH FOUR-AND-TWENTY NOBLE GUESTS, DINED AT ARTHUR’S ROUND TABLE IN WINCHESTER CASTLE; AND HOW THE FEAST ENDED

CHAPTER VII. OF PHILIP’S PUBLIC ENTRY INTO LONDON

CHAPTER VIII. SHOWING HOW CONSTANCE TYRRELL EMBRACED THE REFORMED FAITH

CHAPTER IX. IN WHAT MANNER CONSTANCE FLED FROM HAMPTON COURT PALACE

CHAPTER X. WHERE CONSTANCE FOUND A PLACE OF REFUGE

CHAPTER XI. HOW CONSTANCE’S RETREAT WAS DISCOVERED

BOOK III. LAMBETH PALACE

CHAPTER I. HOW CARDINAL POLE ARRIVED IN ENGLAND, AND HOW HE WAS WELCOMED BY THE KING AND QUEEN

CHAPTER II. OF THE RECONCILIATION OF THE REALM WITH THE SEE OF ROME

CHAPTER III. OF THE EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED THE RESTORATION OF THE PAPAL AUTHORITY

CHAPTER IV. OF THE UNCEREMONIOUS VISIT PAID BY THEIR MAJESTIES TO CARDINAL POLE AT LAMBETH PALACE

CHAPTER V. BISHOP BONNER

CHAPTER VI. HOW CONSTANCE TYRRELL WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE QUEEN IN THE LOLLARDS’ TOWER

CHAPTER VII. AN ACCUSER

CHAPTER VIII. HOW THE QUEEN CONFIDED HER GRIEFS TO THE CARDINAL

CHAPTER IX. THE FRANCISCAN

CHAPTER X. OF THE COUNSEL GIVEN TO OSBERT CLINTON BY THE CARDINAL

CHAPTER XI. HOW CONSTANCE PASSED HER TIME IN LAMBETH PALACE

CHAPTER XII. HOW THE CARDINAL VISITED DERRICK CARVER IN HIS CELL IN THE LOLLARDS’ TOWER

CHAPTER XIII. HOW DERRICK CARVER FULFILLED HIS PROMISE

BOOK IV. SMITHFIELD

CHAPTER I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD

CHAPTER II. THE HALT AT NEWGATE

CHAPTER III. SMITHFIELD IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER IV. WHAT PASSED IN SAINT BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH

CHAPTER V. THE PROTO-MARTYR OF THE PROTESTANT CHURCH

BOOK V. THE INSURRECTION

CHAPTER I. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN OSBERT AND CONSTANCE IN THE SACRISTY

CHAPTER II. HOW FATHER ALFONSO INTERPOSED IN CONSTANCE’S BEHALF

CHAPTER III. HOW OSBERT WAS INDUCED TO JOIN A CONSPIRACY

CHAPTER IV. WHAT PHILIP HEARD WHILE CONCEALED BEHIND THE ARRAS

CHAPTER V. HOW THE QUEEN CONSULTED WITH THE CARDINAL

CHAPTER VI. OF THE MIDNIGHT MEETING IN THE CRYPT BENEATH THE CHAPTER-HOUSE

CHAPTER VII. IN WHAT MANNER THE OUTBREAK COMMENCED

CHAPTER VIII. HOW THE INSURGENTS PROCEEDED TO LAMBETH PALACE

BOOK VI. THE LEWES MARTYR

CHAPTER I. OF THE PARTING BETWEEN DERRICK CARVER AND CONSTANCE

CHAPTER II. HOW DERRICK CARVER WAS TAKEN TO LEWES

CHAPTER III. HOW DERRICK CARVER WAS PLACED IN A VAULT BENEATH THE STAR INN AT LEWES

CHAPTER IV. THE PROCESSION TO THE CALVARY

CHAPTER V. HOW CAPTAIN BRAND SOUGHT TO CAPTURE THE CONSPIRATORS

CHAPTER VI. THE MARTYRDOM OF DERRICK CARVER

BOOK VII. THE TREASURE-CHESTS

CHAPTER I. THE LOVES OF OG AND LILIAS

CHAPTER II. OF THE MEETING BETWEEN OG AND LILIAS ON TOWER-GREEN

CHAPTER III. BY WHOM THE WEDDING BREAKFAST WAS INTERRUPTED

CHAPTER IV. HOW THE TREASURE-CHESTS WERE CARRIED TO TRAITORS’ GATE

CHAPTER V. SHOWING WHO WAS CONCEALED IN THE JEWEL HOUSE

CHAPTER VI. HOW THE PLOT WAS DISCOVERED BY XIT, AND DISCLOSED BY HIM TO MAGOG

CHAPTER VII. HOW THE CONSPIRATORS WENT IN AT TRAITORS’ GATE BUT CAME NOT OUT AGAIN

BOOK VIII. CONSTANCE TYRRELL

CHAPTER I. OF THE IMPORTANT DISPATCH RECEIVED FROM THE EMPEROR BY PHILIP

CHAPTER II. HOW SIR HENRY BEDINGFELD CAME FOR OSBERT’S DEATH-WARRANT; AND WHAT HE OBTAINED

CHAPTER III. TWO LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED

The Constable de Bourbon

BOOK I. THE AFFRONT

I. FONTAINEBLEAU

II. FRANÇOIS I

III. LOUISE DE SAVOIE

IV. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN THE KING AND BOURBON

V. THE DAME DE BEAUJEU

BOOK II. THE FLIGHT

I. THE SECRET TREATY

II. HOW SAINT-VALLIER REMONSTRATED WITH THE CONSTABLE

III. SHOWING HOW THE PLOT PROGRESSED

IV. THE COMTE DE MAULEVRIER

V. WHAT PASSED IN THE SICK MAN'S CHAMBER

VI. DIANE DE POITIERS

VII. PEROT DE WARTHY

VIII. HOW BOURBON QUITTED THE CHATEAU DE MOULINS

IX. CHANTELLE

X. HOW THE BISHOP OF AUTUN AND THE COMTE DE SAINT-VALLIER WERE ARRESTED

XI. MARCELLINE D'HERMENT

XII. THE CHATEAU DE LALLIÈRES

XIII. THE MOUNTAIN HOSTELRY

XIV. THE MILL AT SAINT-SIMPHORIEN

XV. VIENNE

XVI. THE ROCK. IN THE RHONE

XVII. THE INN AT SAINT-ANDRE

XVIII. SAINT-CLAUDE

XIX. IN WHAT MANNER BOURBON ENTERED BESANÇON

BOOK III. THE CHEVALIER BAYARD

I. HOW THE COMTE DE SAINT-VALLIER'S PARDON WAS OBTAINED

II. HOW BOURBON WAS APPOINTED TO THE COMMAND OP THE IMPERIAL ARMY

III. THE TWO ARMIES IN THE MILANESE

IV. HOW THE DUKE DE BOURBON ENTERED MILAN

V. THE CONTESSA DI CHIERI

VI. HOW BOURBON ASSUMED THE COMMAND OF THE IMPERIAL ARMY

VII. HOW BONNIVET RESOLVED TO RETREAT FROM NOVARA

VIII. IN WHICH BAYARD RELATES HIS DREAM TO DE LORGES

IX. THE RETREAT OF ROMAGNANO

BOOK IV. THE SIEGE OF MARSEILLES

I. MONCALIERI

II. THE CASTLE OF MONACO

III. HOW BOURBON WAS PROCLAIMED COMTE DE PROVENCE

IV. SHOWING HOW MARSEILLES WAS FORTIFIED

V. IN WHAT MANNER POMPERANT ENTERED MARSEILLES

VI. “THE BASILISK.”

VII. THE AMAZONS

VIII. SHOWING HOW THE BISHOP'S PALACE AND THE CHURCH OF SAINT CANNAT WERE DEMOLISHED

IX. LES TRANCHERS DES DAMES

X. HOW POMPERANT FURNISHED A SAFE-CONDUCT TO THE DEPUTIES TO THE KING

XI. HOW TOULON WAS BESIEGED AND TAKEN BY THE MARQUIS DEL VASTO

XII. AVIGNON

XIII. HOW POMPERANT WAS ORDERED FOR, EXECUTION

XVI. THE MINE

XV. HOW THE SIEGE OF MARSEILLES WAS RAISED

BOOK V. THE BATTLE OF PAVIA

I. HOW FRANÇOIS I. SET OUT FOR ITALY, AND HOW HE ENTERED MILAN

II. BONNIVET'S LAST INTERVIEW WITH THE COMTESSA DI CHIERI

IV. OF THE STRATAGEM PRACTISED BY ANTONIO DE LEYVA

V. GEORGE VON FRUNDSBERG

VI. HOW FRANÇOIS I. REFUSED TO RAISE THE SIEGE OF PAVIA

VII. IN WHAT MANNER POMERRANT PROCURED A SUPPLY OP POWDER FOR THE GOVERNOR OF PAVIA

VIII. HOW MARCELLINE D'HERMENT CAME TO PAVIA TO SOLICIT HER BROTHER'S PARDON PROM THE KING

IX. HOW PESCARA CAUSED A BREACH TO BE MADE IN THE WALLS OF THE PARK OF MIRABELLO

X. THE BATTLE

XI. HOW BONNIVET WAS SLAIN BY BOURBON

XII. HOW THE KING SURRENDERED TO THE VICEROY OF NAPLES

BOOK VI. CHARLES V

I. HOW FRANÇOIS I. WAS TAKEN TO MADRID, AND CONFINED IN A MOORISH CASTLE

II. HOW THE TREATY OF MADRID WAS SIGNED

BOOK VII. THE SACK OF ROME

I. HOW VON FRUNDSBERG ONCE MORE ENTERED ITALY WITH HIS LANZ-KNECHTS

II. HOW BOURBON COMMENCED HIS MARCH TO HOME

III. HOW BOURBON REACHED THE APENNINES

IV. THE PRINCE OF ORANGE

V. HOW LANNOY VAINLY ATTEMPTED TO ARREST BOURBON'S MARCH

VI. VON FRUNDSBERG'S LAST CAROUSE

VIII. HOW BOURBON AND HIS BANDS ARRIVED BEFORE ROME

VIII. BENVENUTO CELLINI

IX. THE FIRST SHOT FROM THE WALLS

X. IN SAINT PETER'S

Boscobel

PREFACE

BOOK I. THE BATTLE OF WORCESTER

CHAPTER I. HOW CHARLES THE SECOND ARRIVED BEFORE WORCESTER, AND CAPTURED A FORT, WHICH HE NAMED “FORT ROYAL”

CHAPTER II. SHOWING HOW THE MAYOR OF WORCESTER AND THE SHERIFF WERE TAKEN TO UPTON-ON-SEVERN, AND HOW THEY GOT BACK AGAIN

CHAPTER III. HOW CHARLES MADE HIS TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO WORCESTER; AND HOW HE WAS PROCLAIMED BY THE MAYOR AND SHERIFF OF THAT LOYAL CITY

CHAPTER IV. HOW CHARLES WAS LODGED IN THE EPISCOPAL PALACE; AND HOW DOCTOR CROSBY PREAOHED BEFORE HIS MAJESTY IN THE CATHEDRAL

CHAPTER V. HOW CHARLES RODE TO MADRESFIELD COURT; AND HOW MISTRESS JANE LANE AND HER BROTHER, WITH SIR CLEMENT FISHER, WERE PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY

CHAPTER VI. HOW CHARLES ASCENDED THE WORCESTERSHIRE BEACON; AND OF THE AMBUSCADE PREPARED FOR HIM AS HE CAME DOWN

CHAPTER VII. HOW COLONEL LEGGE BROUGHT IMPORTANT NEWS TO THE KING, AND HOW HIS MAJESTY PAID A VISIT TO SEVERN END

CHAPTER VIII. OF THE COUNSEL GIVEN BY COLONEL LESLEY TO THE KING

CHAPTER IX. OF THE GRAND MUSTER AT PITCHCROFT

CHAPTER X. THE BIVOUAC ON THE PLAIN

CHAPTER XI. COLONEL ROSCARROCK RELATES HOW THE EARL OF DERBY WAS ROUTED AT WIGAN

CHAPTER XII. HOW URSO GIVES WAS WEDDED TO MARY RUSHOUT

CHAPTER XIII. SHOWING HOW THE KING HAD FORTIFIED THE CITY

CHAPTER XIV. BY WHAT MEANS GENERAL LAMBERT GAINED THE PASS AT UPTON BRIDGE

CHAPTER XV. HOW CROMWELL RECONNOITRED THE CITY FROM RED HILL

CHAPTER XVI. IN WHICH MASSEY PROPOSES A NIGHT ATTACK ON THE ENEMY

CHAPTER XVII. HOW THE SUBURBS OF THE CITY WERE BURNT

CHAPTER XVIII. HOW URSO GIVES HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH THE LORD GENERAL IN THE STABLE OF SPETOHLEY MANOR-HOUSE

CHAPTER XIX. THE CAMISADE

CHAPTER XX. HOW URSO GIVES WAS ARRESTED

CHAPTER XXI. SHOWING HOW DAME GIVES BECAME A WIDOW

CHAPTER XXII. HOW THE EARL OF DERBY ARRIVED AT WORCESTER

CHAPTER XXIII. IN WHAT MANNER JANE LANE WAS CAPTURED, AND BROUGHT BEFORE CROMWELL

CHAPTER XXIV. WHAT CHARLES BEHELD FROM THE SUMMIT OF THE CATHEDRAL TOWER

CHAPTER XXV. HOW CROMWELL CONSTRUCTED A BRIDGE OF BOATS ACROSS THE SEVERN

CHAPTER XXVI. HOW CROMWELL THREW A FLYING BRIDGE OVER THE TEME

CHAPTER XVII. THE FIGHT OF POWICK BRIDGE

CHAPTER XXVIII. HOW THE BATTERY ON PERRY WOOD WAS TAKEN BY THE KING

CHAPTER XXIX. HOW THE BATTLE OF WORCESTER WAS LOST BY THE KING

CHAPTER XXX. HOW THE ENEMY ENTERED THE CITY, AND HOW THE KING QUITTED IT

CHAPTER XXXI. THE LAST STAND MADE BY THE ROYALISTS

CHAPTER XXXII. THE CONSULTATION AT BARBOURNE BRIDGE, AND THE KING’S FLIGHT

BOOK II. WHITE LADIES

CHAPTER I. HOW CROMWELL VISITED THE DYING DUKE OF HAMILTON AT THE COMMANDERY; AND WHAT PASSED BETWEEN THEM

CHAPTER II. HOW THE FUGITIVE KING AND HIS COMPANIONS RODE FROM BARBOURNE BRIDGE TO WHITE LADIES

CHAPTER III. THE PENDERELS

CHAPTER IV. HOW CHARLES WAS DISGUISED AS A WOODMAN

CHAPTER V. HOW CHARLES WAS CONCEALED IN SPRING COPPICE, AND HOW IT RAINED THERE, AND NOWHERE ELSE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

CHAPTER VI. HOW CHARLES SUPPED AT HOBBAL GRANGE, AND WHOM HE MET THERE

CHAPTER VII. HOW CHARLES AND TRUSTY DICK WERE FRIGHTENED BY THE MILLER OF EVELITH

CHAPTER VIII. HOW THE KING WAS RECEIVED BY MR. FRANCIS WOOLFE AT MADELEY COURT

BOOK III. THE ROYAL OAK

CHAPTER I. SHOWING HOW THE HUNTING-LODGE WAS BUILT BY THE LORD OF CHILLINGTON, AND HOW IT ACQUIRED ITS NAME

CHAPTER II. HOW TRUSTY DICK BETHOUGHT HIM OF THE OAK

CHAPTER III. HOW THE KING AND CARELESS TOOK REFUGE IN THE OAK

CHAPTER IV. HOW CARELESS CAPTURED AN OWL IN THE OAK

CHAPTER V. HOW THEY BREAKFASTED IN THE OAK

CHAPTER VI. HOW COLONEL JAMES HALTED BENEATH THE OAK

CHAPTER VII. HOW THEY PLAYED AT DICE IN THE OAK

CHAPTER VIII. HOW THEY HAD A VISITOR IN THE OAK, AND IN WHAT MANNER THEY TREATED HIM

CHAPTER IX. HOW CHARLES SLEPT IN THE SECRET CLOSET; AND HOW CARELESS SLEPT IN A PRIEST’S HOLE IN THE GARRET

CHAPTER X. IN WHICH THE KING PROVES HIMSELF A GOOD COOK

CHAPTER XI. WHAT BROUGHT FATHER HUDDLESTONE TO BOSCOBEL

BOOK IV. MOSELEY OLD HALL

CHAPTER I. CHILLINGTON HOUSE

CHAPTER II. HOW THE KING WAS WELL-NIGH CAPTURED BY MADMANNAH

CHAPTER III. HOW THE KING RODE THE MILLER’S HORSE; AND HOW HE WAS ESCORTED DURING HIS RIDE

CHAPTER IV. WHERE THE KING FOUND JASPER

CHAPTER V. BY WHAT DEVICE THE KING ESCAPED BEING CAPTURED BY COLONEL ASHENHURST

CHAPTER VI. HOW THE KING BADE FAREWELL TO THE PENDERELS; AND HOW HIS MAJESTY WAS RECEIVED BY MR. THOMAS WHITGREAVE OF MOSELEY OLD HALL

CHAPTER VII. HOW THE KING WAS PRESENTED TO MRS. WHITGREAVE

CHAPTER VIII. HOW TWO SPIES CAME BY NIGHT TO MOSELEY OLD HALL

BOOK V. JANE LANE

CHAPTER I. BY WHOM THE TWO SPIES WERE PUT TO FLIGHT

CHAPTER II. HOW THE KING ARRIVED AT BENTLEY HOUSE

CHAPTER III. HOW WILL JONES FOUND A FRIEND IN THE STABLE

CHAPTER IV. HOW WILL JONES BREAKFASTED WITH THE MEN-SERVANTS IN THE BUTTERY

CHAPTER V. HOW THEY SET OUT ON THE JOURNEY

CHAPTER VI. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN WILL JONES AND THE BLACKSMITH

CHAPTER VII. HOW THEY WERE RECEIVED AT PACKINGTON HALL

CHAPTER VIII. HOW THEY WERE STOPPED BY THE TROOPERS AT WOOTTON WAWEN

CHAPTER IX. HOW THEY ARRIVED AT LONG MARSTON

CHAPTER X. HOW CHARLES INCURRED THE COOK’S DISPLEASURE

BOOK VI. ABBOTS LEIGH

CHAPTER I. HOW THE TWO GROOMS CHANGED HORSES AT STOKE-ON-THE-WOLD

CHAPTER II. HOW CHARLES TOOK SHELTER DURING A STORM IN RATS ABBEY BARN; AND HOW HE DELIVERED CARELESS AND DAME GIVES FROM THE TROOPERS

CHAPTER III. WHAT PASSED IN THE BARBER’S SHOP AT CIRENCESTER

CHAPTER IV. BRISTOL IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER V. HOW CHARLES FOUND A FAITHFUL ADHERENT AT ABBOTS LEIGH

CHAPTER VI. CARELESS BRINGS THE KING GOOD NEWS

CHAPTER VII. THE TAVERN-KEEPER AND THE SKIPPER

CHAPTER VIII. ST. AUGUSTINE’S GREEN

CHAPTER IX. THE GORGE OF THE AVON

BOOK VII. TRENT

CHAPTER I. OF THE VENGEANCE TAKEN BY CARELESS ON THE TROOPERS

CHAPTER II. HOW JANE LANE AGREED TO ATTEND THE KING TO TRENT

CHAPTER III. COLONEL FRANCIS WYNDHAM, OF TRENT

CHAPTER IV. JULIANA CONINGSBY

CHAPTER V. HOW CHARLES ARRIVED AT FLEET

CHAPTER VI. OF THE PARTING BETWEEN THE KING AND JANE LANE

CHAPTER VII. OF THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE KING AND SIR JOHN STRANGWAYS IN MELBURY PARK

CHAPTER VIII. HOW THE KING HEARD THE PARTICULARS OF HIS OWN DEATH AND BURIAL

CHAPTER IX. CAPTAIN ELLESDON, OF LYME REGIS

CHAPTER X. STEPHEN LIMBRY OF CHARMOUTH, SHIPMASTER

CHAPTER XI. OF THE ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY HARRY PETERS WITH DAME SWAN

CHAPTER XII. HOW THE KING PLAYED AT HIDE-AND-SEEK AT TRENT

CHAPTER XIII. HOW CHARLES SET OUT FOR CHARMOUTH

CHAPTER XIV. HOW THE KING AND JULIANA WERE RECEIVED BY DAME SWAN

CHAPTER XV. THE WATCHERS BY THE SEA

CHAPTER XVI. HOW THE GREY MARE PROVED THE BETTER HORSE

CHAPTER XVII. THE REVEREND BARTHOLOMEW WESLEY

CHAPTER XVIII. HOW THE KING FLED FROM BRIDPORT HARBOUR

CHAPTER XIX. BROAD WINDSOR

CHAPTER XX. COLONEL ROBIN PHILIPS, OF MONTACUTE HOUSE

CHAPTER XXI. HOW THE KING LEFT TRENT

CHAPTER XXII. HOW THEY DINED AT THE GEORGE AT MERE; AND HOW THE HOST RELATED HIS DREAM

CHAPTER XXIII. HEALE HOUSE

CHAPTER XXIV. HOW CHARLES ENCOUNTERED DESBOROUGH ON SALISBURY PLAIN

CHAPTER XXV. THE PARTING AT STONEHENGE

The Good Old Times (The Manchester Rebels of the Fatal '45)

PREFACE

BOOK I. ATHERTON LEGH

CHAPTER I. HOW THE INFANT HEIR WAS STOLEN

CHAPTER II. MANCHESTER IN 1745

CHAPTER III. INTRODUCES DR. DEACON, DR. BYROM, AND COLONEL TOWNLEY

CHAPTER IV. SIR RICHARD RAWCLIFFE

CHAPTER V. INTRODUCES OUR HERO

CHAPTER VI. ADVICE

CHAPTER VII. RENCOUNTER NEAR THE OLD TOWN CROSS

CHAPTER VIII. BEPPY BYROM

CHAPTER IX. THE TWO CURATES OF ST. ANN'S

CHAPTER X. CONSTANCE RAWCLIFFE

CHAPTER XI. THE BOROUGHREEVE OF MANCHESTER

CHAPTER XII. THE RESCUE

CHAPTER XIII. CONSTANCE MAKES A DISCOVERY

CHAPTER XIV. ST. ANN'S SQUARE

CHAPTER XV. HOW SALFORD HOUSE WAS SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION

CHAPTER XVI. TOM SYDDALL

CHAPTER XVII. HOW TOM SYDDALL WAS CARRIED HOME IN TRIUMPH

CHAPTER XVIII. THE MEETING IN THE GARDEN

CHAPTER XIX. MRS. BUTLER

CHAPTER XX. THE JACOBITE MEETING IN TOM SYDDALL'S BACK ROOM

CHAPTER XXI. BEN BIRCH, THE BELLMAN OF MANCHESTER

BOOK II. PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD IN MANCHESTER

CHAPTER I. HOW MANCHESTER WAS TAKEN BY A SERGEANT, A DRUMMER, AND A SCOTTISH LASSIE

CHAPTER II. THE PROCLAMATION AT THE CROSS

CHAPTER III. FATHER JEROME

CHAPTER IV. GENERAL SIR JOHN MACDONALD

CHAPTER V. HELEN CARNEGIE'S STORY

CHAPTER VI. CAPTAIN LINDSAY

CHAPTER VII. A RESIDENCE IS CHOSEN FOR THE PRINCE

CHAPTER VIII. INTERVIEW BETWEEN SECRETARY MURRAY AND THE MAGISTRATES

CHAPTER IX. ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST DIVISION OF THE HIGHLAND ARMY. LORD GEORGE MURRAY

CHAPTER X. THE DUKE OF PERTH

CHAPTER XI. ARRIVAL OF THE SECOND DIVISION

CHAPTER XII. THE YOUNG CHEVALIER

CHAPTER XIII. THE PRINCE'S INTERVIEW WITH MRS. BUTLER AND THE TWO DAMSELS

CHAPTER XIV. THE PRINCE'S MARCH TO HEAD-QUARTERS

CHAPTER XV. THE PRINCE'S LEVEE

CHAPTER XVI. THE ILLUMINATIONS

CHAPTER XVII. A QUARREL AT SUPPER

CHAPTER XVIII. CAPTAIN WEIR

CHAPTER XIX. CAPTAIN WEIR IS INTERROGATED BY THE PRINCE

CHAPTER XX. THE DUEL

CHAPTER XXI. CASTLE FIELD

CHAPTER XXII. FATHER JEROME COUNSELS SIR RICHARD

CHAPTER XXIII. THE PRINCE ATTENDS SERVICE AT THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH

CHAPTER XXIV. THE PRINCE INSPECTS THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT

CHAPTER XXV. AN UNSATISFACTORY EXPLANATION

CHAPTER XXVI. THE RIDE TO RAWCLIFFE HALL

CHAPTER XXVII. RAWCLIFFE HALL

CHAPTER XXVIII. A STARTLING DISCLOSURE

CHAPTER XXIX. THE MYSTERIOUS CHAMBER

CHAPTER XXX. A TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE

CHAPTER XXXI. SIR RICHARD RAWCLIFFE'S CONFESSION

CHAPTER XXXII. ATHERTON'S DECISION IS MADE

BOOK III. THE MARCH TO DERBY, AND THE RETREAT

CHAPTER I. AN OLD JACOBITE DAME

CHAPTER II. ATHERTON'S GIFT TO CONSTANCE

CHAPTER III. A RETREAT RESOLVED UPON

CHAPTER IV. HOW THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT WAS WELCOMED ON ITS RETURN

CHAPTER V. A FRESH SUBSIDY DEMANDED

CHAPTER VI. A FALSE MESSAGE BROUGHT TO HELEN

CHAPTER VII. A COURT-MARTIAL

CHAPTER VIII. HELEN PLEADS IN VAIN

CHAPTER IX. TOGETHER TO THE LAST

CHAPTER X. MR. JAMES BAYLEY

CHAPTER XI. THE VISION

CHAPTER XII. THE RETREAT FROM MANCHESTER TO CARLISLE

BOOK IV. CARLISLE

CHAPTER I. COLONEL TOWNLEY APPOINTED COMMANDANT OF THE CARLISLE GARRISON

CHAPTER II. ATHERTON TAKEN PRISONER

CHAPTER III. THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND

CHAPTER IV. SURRENDER OF CARLISLE TO THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND

BOOK V. JEMMY DAWSON

CHAPTER I. THE ESCAPE AT WIGAN

CHAPTER II. THE MEETING AT WARRINGTON

CHAPTER III. ATHERTON TAKES REFUGE AT RAWCLIFFE HALL

CHAPTER IV. AN ENEMY IN THE HOUSE

CHAPTER V. A POINT OF FAITH

CHAPTER VI. A LETTER FROM BEPPY BYROM

CHAPTER VII. ATHERTON QUESTIONS THE PRIEST

CHAPTER VIII. THE SEARCH

CHAPTER IX. WHO WAS FOUND IN THE DISMANTLED ROOMS

CHAPTER X. A SUCCESSFUL STRATAGEM

CHAPTER XI. ATHERTON MEETS WITH DR. DEACON AT ROSTHERN

CHAPTER XII. A SAD COMMUNICATION IS MADE TO DR. DEACON

CHAPTER XIII. A JOURNEY TO LONDON PROPOSED

CHAPTER XIV. JEMMY DAWSON'S LETTER

CHAPTER XV. THE PARTING BETWEEN MONICA AND HER MOTHER

CHAPTER XVI. THE JOURNEY

BOOK VI. KENNINGTON COMMON

CHAPTER I. MONICA VISITS JEMMY IN NEWGATE

CHAPTER II. COLONEL CONWAY

CHAPTER III. CUMBERLAND HOUSE

CHAPTER IV. THE TRIAL OF THE MANCHESTER REBELS

CHAPTER V. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE EXECUTIONS

CHAPTER VI. THE FATAL DAY

CHAPTER VII. FIVE YEARS LATER

Preston Fight

BOOK THE FIRST. THE EARL OF DERWENTWATER

I. DILSTON CASTLE

II. THE CHEVALIER DE SAINT GEORGE

III. NICHOLAS RIBBLETON

IV. THE LITTLE CHAPEL

V. ANNA WEBB AND DOROTHY FORSTER

VI. LADY WEBB

VII. THE PROPOSAL

VIII. COLONEL OXBURGH AND HIS COMPANIONS

IX. CONFESSION

X. A BANQUET

XI. A MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE IN THE CHAPEL

XII. A LETTER FROM THE EARL OF MAR

XIII. THE BETROTHAL

XIV. THE SPY

XV. A GENERAL DEPARTURE

BOOK THE SECOND. BAMBOROUGH CASTLE

I. THE HIGH SHERIFF

II. PURSUIT

III. LORD WIDDRINGTON

IV. DUNSTANBOROUGH CASTLE

V. HOW THE PRINCE WAS LODGED IN THE OLD FORTRESS

VI. ANNA'S ADVENTURE IN THE CAVERN

VII. AN ALARM

VIII. HOW THE SHERIFF AND HIS TROOP WERE CARED FOR

IX. THE PRINCE'S PARTING INJUNCTIONS TO LORD DERWENTWATER AND ANNA

X. THE ESCAPE

BOOK THE THIRD. THE INSURRECTION IN SCOTLAND

I. THE HUNTING IN BRAEMAR

II. BRIGADIER MACKINTOSH OF BORLUM

III. HOW THE STANDARD WAS SET UP, AND KING JAMES PROCLAIMED AT CASTLETOWN

BOOK THE FOURTH. THE RISING IN NORTHUMBERLAND

I. DILSTON REVISITED

II. A WARRANT ISSUED FOR THE EARL'S ARREST

III. THE WOODCUTTER'S HUT

IV. THE MAIDEN'S WALK

V. HOW CHARLES RADCLYFFE PROVOKED SIR WILLIAM LORRAINE

VI. HOW CHARLES RADCLYFFE JOINED THE EARL AT THE HUT

VII. HOW THE MAGISTRATES AND THE MILITIAMEN WERE FORCED TO QUIT THE CASTLE

VIII. HOW THE EARL TOOK LEAVE OF THE COUNTESS

IX. MAD-JACK HALL OF OTTERBURN

X. THE RACE ON SIMONSIDE

XI. WANNY CRAGS

XII. WARKWORTH CASTLE

XIII. ORGANISATION OF THE FORCE

XIV. THE EARL'S BRIEF VISIT TO DILSTON

XV. HOW THE EARL WAS RESCUED BY NATHAN THE WOODCUTTER

BOOK THE FIFTH. THE MARCH FROM HEXHAM TO LONGTOWN

I. THE JUNCTION WITH THE SOUTH COUNTRY SCOTS

II. MACKINTOSH'S ACHIEVEMENTS

III. SUNDAY AT KELSO

IV. A COUNCIL OF WAR

V. FURTHER DISSENSIONS

VI. THE HIGHLANDERS REFUSE TO CROSS THE BORDER

VII. LORD WIDDRINGTON RETURNS FROM LANCASHIRE

BOOK THE SIXTH. THE MARCH FROM PENRITH TO PRESTON

I. THE ROUT ON PENRITH FELL

II. MADAM BELLINGHAM

III. HORNBY CASTLE

IV. SIR HENRY HOGHTON AND THE QUAKER

V. HOW THE PRISONERS IN LANCASTER CASTLE WERE RELEASED

VI. LANCASHIRE WITCHES

BOOK THE SEVENTH. THE ATTACK

I. PROUD PRESTON

II. HOW KING JAMES WAS PROCLAIMED FOR THE LAST TIME

III. THE COUNTESS AND DOROTHY ARRIVE AT PRESTON

IV. MRS. SCARISBRICK

V. IMPORTANT RECRUITS

VI. THE BALL AT THE TOWN-HALL

VII. RALPH FAIRBROTHER

VIII. APATHY OF GENERAL FORSTER

IX. PARSON WOODS OF CHOWBENT

X. GENERAL WILLS ARRIVES AT PRESTON

BOOK THE EIGHTH. THE DEFENCE

I. THE BARRICADES

II. WHAT THE COUNTESS AND DOROTHY BEHELD FROM THE SUMMIT OF THE MANSION

III. THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE ASSAULT

IV. ALTERCATION BETWEEN FORSTER AND MACKINTOSH

V. HOW THE TWO LARGE HOUSES IN CHURCH-STREET WERE TAKEN BY THE ASSAILANTS

VI. HOUSES BURNT BY THE ASSAILANTS

VII. THE WINDMILL BARRICADE

VIII. HOW THE TWO LARGE HOUSES WERE ILLUMINATED

IX. THE FORD

X. BY WHOM THE COUNTESS AND DOROTHY WERE LIBERATED

XI. AN UNLUCKY SHOT

BOOK THE NINTH

I. HOW A PARTY OF DRAGOONS WAS ROUTED BY CAPTAIN GORDON

II. MEETING OF CARPENTER AND WILLS

III. GENERAL FORSTER WISHES TO CAPITULATE

IV. COLONEL OXBURGH PROPOSES TERMS OF SURRENDER TO WILLS

V. CAPTAIN DALZIEL HAS A CONFERENCE WITH WILLS

VI. HOW FORSTER LEARNT THAT HE HAD BEEN BETRAYED

VII. COLONEL COTTON

VIII. HOSTAGES REQUIRED

IX. IN WHAT MANNER THE HOSTAGES WERE RECEIVED BY GENERAL WILLS

X. BRIGADIER MACKINTOSH DISSUADES THE EARL OF WINTOUN FROM SALLYING FORTH

XI. THE TERMS OF THE TREATY ARE ACCEPTED

XII. THE INSURGENT OFFICERS DELIVER UP THEIR SWORDS

XIII. HOW BRIGADIER MACKINTOSH PARTED WITH HIS CLAYMORE

XIV. THE TWO GENERALS ENTER THE TOWN

XV. THE TOWN IS PLUNDERED BY THE SOLDIERY

XVI. CAPTAIN SHAFTOE IS SHOT

BOOK THE TENTH. THE DUNGEON

I. THE CHIEF INSURGENT PRISONERS ARE TAKEN TO LONDON

II. THE EARL OF DERWENTWATER IS IMPRISONED IN THE DEVEREUX TOWER

III. THE EARL OF NITHSDALE'S ESCAPE

IV. THE EARL OF WINTOUN'S ESCAPE

V. GENERAL FORSTER'S ESCAPE FROM NEWGATE

VI. BRIGADIER MACKINTOSH'S ESCAPE

BOOK THE ELEVENTH. THE SCAFFOLD

I. THE LAST PARTING BETWEEN THE EARL OF DERWENT-WATER AND THE COUNTESS

II. HOW LORD WIDDRINGTON TOOK A LAST LEAVE OF THE EARL OF DERWENTWATER

III. HOW THE EARL OF DERWENTWATER WAS BEHEADED

IV. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CHAPEL AT DAGENHAM PARK

V. THE JOURNEY TO DILSTON

VI. THE INTERMENT

The Leaguer of Lathom

BOOK I. THE SIEGE OF MANCHESTER

CHAPTER I. A PRESAGE OF ILL

CHAPTER II. LORD STRANGE

CHAPTER III. THE DYING EARL

CHAPTER IV. PRINCE RUPERT

CHAPTER V. CHARLES THE FIRST

CHAPTER VI. COLONEL ROSWORM

CHAPTER VII. GERTRUDE ROSWORM

CHAPTER VIII. ALPORT LODGE

CHAPTER IX. A VIEW OF OLD MANCHESTER FROM THE TOWER OF THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH

CHAPTER X. WARDEN HEYRICK AND MR. BOURNE

CHAPTER XI. THE ASSAULT

CHAPTER XII. CAPTAIN CRANAGE

CHAPTER XIII. ROSWORM PROPOSES TO BURN ALPORT LODGE

CHAPTER XIV. THE NOCTURNAL THANKSGIVING

CHAPTER XV. THE SORTIE

CHAPTER XVI. THE BURNING OF ALPORT LODGE

CHAPTER XVII. WHITHER GERTRUDE WAS TAKEN

CHAPTER XVIII. THE EARL OF DERBY HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH ROSWORM

CHAPTER XIX. HOW ROSWORM GOT THE EARL OUT OF THE TOWN

CHAPTER XX. HOW THE SIEGE WAS RAISED BY COMMAND OF THE KING

BOOK II. CHARLOTTE DE LA TRÉMOILLE, COUNTESS OF DERBY

CHAPTER I. LATHOM HOUSE

CHAPTER II. QUEEN HENRIETTA MARIA

CHAPTER III. WHAT THE QUEEN BEHELD FROM THE EAGLE TOWER

CHAPTER IV. HOW GERTRUDE ROSWORM ARRIVED AT LATHOM HOUSE

CHAPTER V. HOW GERTRUDE PERSONATED THE QUEEN

BOOK III. THE STORMING OF LANCASTER

CHAPTER I. HOGHTON TOWER

CHAPTER II. THE SPANISH MAN-OF-WAR

CHAPTER III. ENGRACIA

CHAPTER IV. HOW DON FORTUNIO AND HIS DAUGHTER WERE RECEIVED BY THE COUNTESS OF DERBY

CHAPTER V. LOVE AND JEALOUSY

CHAPTER VI. HOW THE MAYOR OF LANCASTER WAS SUMMONED BY THE EARL OF DERBY TO SURRENDER THE TOWER

CHAPTER VII. HOW LANCASTER WAS TAKEN BY THE EARL

CHAPTER VIII. HOW PRESTON SURRENDERED TO THE EARL OF DERBY

CHAPTER IX. HOW FRANK STANDISH BROUGHT NEWS OF THE SURRENDER OF PRESTON

CHAPTER X. HOW HOGHTON TOWER WAS BLOWN UP

CHAPTER XI. HOW LORD GORING BROUGHT A DESPATCH FROM THE KING TO THE EARL OF DERBY

BOOK IV. THE SURRENDER OF WARRINGTON

CHAPTER I. THE COUNTESS PROPOSES TO WRITE TO PRINCE RUPERT

CHAPTER II. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN STANDISH AND GERTRUDE

CHAPTER III. HOW GERTRUDE ACCOMPANIED STANDISH

CHAPTER IV. HOW GERTRUDE FOUND HER FATHER AT WIGAN

CHAPTER V. HOW GERTRUDE WARNED THE EARL THAT WARRINGTON WAS IN DANGER

CHAPTER VI. HOW WARRINGTON WAS ASSAULTED BY COLONEL ASSHETON AND COLONEL HOLLAND

CHAPTER VII. HOW STANDISH RETURNED FROM HIS MISSION

CHAPTER VIII. HOW THE EARL TOOK HIS DEPARTURE FOR THE ISLE OF MAN

BOOK V. THE BELEAGUERED MANSION

CHAPTER I. OF THE GARRISON AT LATHOM HOUSE

CHAPTER II. HOW CAPTAIN MARKLAND BROUGHT A LETTER FROM SIR THOMAS FAIRFAX TO THE COUNTESS

CHAPTER III. HOW CAPTAIN MARKLAND BROUGHT A SECOND LETTER FROM SIR THOMAS FAIRFAX, AND IN WHAT MANNER THE COUNTESS REPLIED TO IT

CHAPTER IV. HOW SIR THOMAS FAIRFAX CAME TO LATHOM HOUSE, AND WHAT PASSED BETWEEN HIM AND THE COUNTESS

CHAPTER V. HOW A STAND IN THE PARK WAS DESTROYED BY RIGBY, AND A MILL BURNT

CHAPTER VI. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE RUINS OF BURSCOUGH PRIORY

CHAPTER VII. OF THE MESSAGE BROUGHT BY COLONEL MORGAN TO THE COUNTESS

CHAPTER VIII. HOW THE INTRENCHMENTS WERE MADE

CHAPTER IX. OF THE SORTIE MADE BY CAPTAINS CHISENHALE AND STANDISH

CHAPTER X. OF THE IMPORTANT PRISONER BROUGHT IN BY STANDISH

CHAPTER XI. HOW THE COUNTESS RECEIVED A VISIT FROM SEVERAL ROYALIST GENTLEMEN

CHAPTER XII. HOW ROSWORM WAS TAKEN BY STANDISH TO THE GUARD-ROOM IN THE GATE-HOUSE

CHAPTER XIII. IN WHAT MANNER A LETTER WAS SENT TO COLONEL ROSWORM

CHAPTER XIV. A TRAITOR PUNISHED

CHAPTER XV. HOW A LETTER SENT BY THE EARL OF DERBY TO FAIRFAX WAS BROUGHT BY CAPTAIN ASHHURST TO THE COUNTESS

CHAPTER XVI. HOW TWO PIECES OF ORDNANCE WERE SEIZED BY STANDISH

CHAPTER XVII. OF THE PREPARATIONS MADE FOR A GRAND SORTIE

CHAPTER XVIII. OF THE DARING DEEDS DONE BY THE CAVALIERS IN THE SORTIE; AND HOW THE NEW FORT WAS TAKEN BY STANDISH

CHAPTER XIX. HOW A COUNCIL OF WAR WAS HELD BY THE BESIEGERS; AND HOW A DAY OF FASTING AND PRAYER WAS APPOINTED BY FAIRFAX

CHAPTER XX. HOW A CANNON-SHOT FIRED BY THE BESIEGERS BURST INTO THE COUNTESS’S CHAMBER

CHAPTER XXI. OF THE EXPERIMENTS MADE BY THE BESIEGERS WITH THE GREAT MORTAR

CHAPTER XXII. HOW A SUMMONS WAS SENT BY RIGBY TO THE COUNTESS TO YIELD UP THE CASTLE AND SUE FOR MERCY TO THE PARLIAMENT; AND OF THE ANSWER SHE RETURNED

CHAPTER XXIII. SHOWING HOW THE GREAT MORTAR WAS CAPTURED BY STANDISH AND CHISENHALE

CHAPTER XXIV. HOW COLONEL HOLLAND PROMISED TO BRING REINFORCEMENTS FROM MANCHESTER

CHAPTER XXV. OF ASAPH THE AVENGER, AND THE TERRIBLE CRIME HE COMMITTED

CHAPTER XXVI. OF GERTRUDE’S LAST PARTING WITH STANDISH

CHAPTER XXVII. HOW THE SOLDIERS OF THE GARRISON LOOKED THEIR LAST ON THEIR FAVOURITE

CHAPTER XXVIII. HOW A LETTER WAS BROUGHT TO THE COUNTESS FROM HER HUSBAND

CHAPTER XXIX. HOW STANDISH ENCOUNTERED ROSWORM

CHAPTER XXX. HOW STANDISH FOUND ENGRACIA AT KNOWSLEY

CHAPTER XXXI. HOW THE JEWELS WERE SOLD TO SIMON OPHIR, THE LIVERPOOL JEW

BOOK VI. PRINCE RUPERT

CHAPTER I. OF THE ROYALIST FORCE UNDER PRINCE RUPERT

CHAPTER II. HOW STANDISH RETURNED TO LATHOM HOUSE, BUT STAYED TO SUP AT KNOWSLEY ON THE WAY THITHER

CHAPTER III. HOW STOCKPORT BRIDGE WAS DEFENDED BY COLONELS DUCKENFIELD AND MAINWARING, AND HOW IT WAS TAKEN BY PRINCE RUPERT AND THE EARL OF DERBY

CHAPTER IV. OF THE BRIEF VISIT PAID BY PRINCE RUPERT TO THE COUNTESS

BOOK VII. THE STORMING OF BOLTON

CHAPTER I. HOW BOLTON WAS ASSAULTED; AND HOW THE ATTACK WAS REPULSED

CHAPTER II. HOW STEPHEN MARSH OFFERED TO TAKE TWO HUNDRED MUSKETEERS INTO THE TOWN

CHAPTER III. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN COLONEL RIGBY AND ROSWORM

CHAPTER IV. HOW ENGRACIA AND HER FATHER ESCAPED BY THE SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGE

CHAPTER V. THE SECOND ASSAULT, AND THE MASSACRE

CHAPTER VI. HOW STANDISH MET ROSWORM FOR THE LAST TIME

CHAPTER VII. HOW THE COLOURS TAKEN AT BOLTON WERE PRESENTED TO THE COUNTESS

CHAPTER VIII. AGAIN ON THE EAGLE TOWER

CHAPTER IX. HOW PRINCE RUPERT VISITED LATHOM HOUSE

CHAPTER X. HOW A BANQUET WAS GIVEN IN THE GREAT HALL, AND A BONFIRE LIGHTED IN THE COURT-YARD

CHAPTER XI. OF THE MARRIAGE THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE CHAPEL

CHAPTER XII. THE SIEGE OF LIVERPOOL

CHAPTER XIII. DEATH OF STANDISH

BOOK VIII. SEVEN YEARS LATER

CHAPTER I. THE EARL OF DERBY’S LAST JOURNEY

CHAPTER II. THE HEADSMAN

CHAPTER III. A TUMULT

CHAPTER IV. THE BLOCK

CHAPTER V. MARTYRDOM

Chetwynd Calverley

INTRODUCTION. THE YOUNG STEPMOTHER

I. OUSELCROFT

II. TERESA

III. MR. CALVERLEY

IV. FATHER AND SON

V. THE OLD BUTLER

VI. SELF-EXAMINATION

VII. TERRIBLE SUSPICIONS

VIII. DEATH OF MR. CALVERLEY

BOOK THE FIRST. MILDRED

I. SUITORS

II. SIR BRIDGNORTH CHARLTON

III. INQUIRIES

IV. PORTRAITS

V. THE POCKET-BOOK

VI. BRACKLEY HEATH

VII. CAPTAIN DANVERS

VIII. BRACKLEY HALL

IX. LADY BARFLEUR

X. THE GALLERY

XI. WHAT PASSED IN THE GARDEN

XII. BRACKLEY MERE

XIII. PURSUIT OF THE GIPSIES

XIV. THE BLOODHOUND

XV. THE DEERHOUNDS

BOOK THE SECOND. THE HEIRESS OF BRACKLEY HALL

I. THE LAST OF THE OLD CHESHIRE SQUIRES

II. A CONSULTATION

III. CHETWYND'S LETTER

IV. HOW THE DIREFUL NEWS WAS RECEIVED BY MRS. CALVERLEY; AND HOW SIR BRIDGNORTH VOLUNTEERED TO MAKE INQUIRIES AS TO ITS TRUTH

BOOK THE THIRD. WALTER LIDDEL

I. ON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE

II. THE HOUSE IN SPENCER'S KENTS

III. INTRODUCES MR. TANKARD, MR. LAEKINS, AND MR. PLEDGER DAPP

IV. SIGEBERT SMART

V. ROMNEY

VI. ROSE HARTLEY

VII. TOM TANKARD

VIII. AS A FOOTMAN

IX. IN WHICH MISS CLOTILDE TRIPP AND MISS FLORA SICKLE-MORE MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE

X. SUPPER

BOOK THE FOURTH. PROBATION

I. THE FIRST STEP

II. THE SECOND ORDEAL

III. THE RETURN TO OUSELCROFT

IV. WHICH OF THE TWO?

V. HOW CAPTAIN DANVERS WAS THROWN OVER BY BOTH LADIES

VI. MRS. CALVERLEY RENDERS CHETWYND AN IMPORTANT SERVICE

VII. HOW CHETWYND AND EMMELINE PLIGHTED THEIR FAITH IN THE OLD CHAPEL

VIII. THE HAUNTED BOOM

IX. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN CAPTAIN DANVERS AND MRS. CALVERLEY IN THE GARDEN

X. AN INVITATION TO TOWN

BOOK THE FIFTH. LADY THICKNESSE

I. IN WHICH CHETWYND LEARNS HOW A QUARREL HAS TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN ROSE AND HARRY NETTERVILLE

II. HARRY NETTERVILLE'S JEALOUS RAGE

III. LORD COURLAND

IV. A VIEW OF THE RING ROAD

V. LORD COURLAND CONTINUES UNDECIDED

VI. LADY THICKNESSE HAS A CONFERENCE WITH SCROPE

VII. THE VISIT TO MRS. HARTLEY'S

VIII. HOW HARRY NETTERVILLE FOUND ROMNEY

IX. CAPTAIN DANVERS ARRIVES IN BELGRAVE SQUARE

X. MRS. CALVERLEY MAKES AN IMPORTANT CONQUEST

XI. LADY THICKNESSE CONSULTS SIR BRIDGNORTH

XII. ANOTHER EXPLANATION

XIII. A SOIREE DANSANTE

XIV. AN UNPLEASANT INQUIRY

XV. EVIDENCE IN CHETWYND'S FAVOUR

XVI. LORD COURLAND PROPOSES TO MRS. CALVERLEY

BOOK THE SIXTH. THE CLAUSE IN MR. CALVERLEY'S WILL

I. OLD NOBBIS QUESTIONS LAURA

II. THE CABINET

III. HOW THE WILL WAS FOUND

IV. A LETTER PROM LORD COURLAND

V. SHOWING WHAT MRS. CALVERLEY'S DRESSING-BOX CONTAINED

VI. POISON IN THE CUP

VII. PANGS OP REMORSE

VIII. HARRY NETTERVILLE AND TOM TANKARD APPEAR AT OUSELCROFT

IX. THE ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION

X. HOW MILDRED RECOVERED

XI. MORE LETTERS

XII. LORD COURLAND ARRIVES AT OUSELCROFT

XIII. A DANCE ON THE LAWN

XIV. HOW MRS. CALVERLEY PASSED THE NIGHT

XV. HOW DOCTOR SPENCER WAS SENT FOR

XVI. CHETWYND MAKES COMMUNICATION TO SIR BRIDGNORTH

XVII. DOCTOR SPENCER

XVIII. DOCTOR SPENCER HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH CHETWYND

XIX. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN LORD COURLAND AND MR. CARTERET

XX. THE PARTING BETWEEN TERESA AND LORD COURLAND

XXI. HOW MRS. CALVERLEY MADE HER WILL

XXII. CHETWYND IS SUMMONED TO HIS SISTER'S ROOM, AND IS SENT BY HER TO TERESA.—THEIR INTERVIEW

XXIII. SIR BRIDGNORTH PROPOSES TO LADY THICKNESSE, AND IS ACCEPTED

XXIV. THE RACE BETWEEN ZEPHYRUS AND TOM TANKARD

XXV. CAPTAIN DANVERS BRINGS DISTRESSING NEWS

XXVI. TERESA'S CONFESSION

XXVII. A MONTH LATER

XXVIII. ALL IS SETTLED

XXIX. CONCLUSION

Short Stories

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The Old London Merchant

A Night's Adventure in Rome

CHAPTER 1. SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE

CHAPTER 2. THE MARCHESA

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