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BOOK I

PHILIP OF SPAIN.

I. HOW A MARRIAGE WAS AGREED UPON BETWEEN MARY QUEEN OF ENGLAND, AND DON PHILIP, PRINCE OF SPAIN. 1

II. HOW THE SPANISH FLEET ENTERED THE SOLENT SEA. 17

III. OF THE AFFRONT OFFERED TO THE SPANIARDS BY THE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL; AND OF THE PRINCE’S ARRIVAL AT SOUTHAMPTON. 22

IV. SOUTHAMPTON IN 1554. 36

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. 41

VI. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MASTER RODOMONT BITTERN AND THE PRINCE. 48

VII. THE DEVOTEE IN THE CHAPEL OF THE DOMUS DEI. 53

VIII. OF THE MURTHEROUS ATTACK MADE UPON THE PRINCE IN THE COURT OF THE HOSPITAL. 60

IX. DERRICK CARVER. 67

X. THE MEETING AT THE GUILDHALL. 71

XI. OF PHILIP’S PUBLIC DISEMBARKATION AT SOUTHAMPTON. 77

XII. HOW THE PRINCE HEARD HIGH MASS IN HOLYROOD CHURCH; AND HOW HE ONCE MORE BEHELD SIR BEVIS AND HIS COMPANIONS. 85

XIII. THE ABBESS OF SAINT MARY. 90

XIV. FATHER ALFONSO DE CASTRO. 98

XV. THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR. 102

XVI. THE EXAMINATION. 105

BOOK II

THE ROYAL NUPTIALS.

I. OLD WINCHESTER FROM SAINT CATHERINE’S HILL. 110

II. SAINT CATHERINE’S CHAPEL. 117

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. 124

IV. OF THE PUBLIC MEETING BETWEEN THE ROYAL PAIR. 130

V. HOW THE ROYAL NUPTIALS WERE CELEBRATED IN WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL. 136

VI. HOW PHILIP, WITH FOUR-AND-TWENTY NOBLE GUESTS, DINED AT ARTHUR’S ROUND TABLE IN WINCHESTER CASTLE; AND HOW THE FEAST ENDED. 142

VII. OF PHILIP’S PUBLIC ENTRY INTO LONDON. 147

VIII. HOWING HOW CONSTANCE TYRRELL EMBRACED THE REFORMED FAITH. 153

IX. IN WHAT MANNER CONSTANCE FLED FROM HAMPTON COURT PALACE. 159

X. WHERE CONSTANCE FOUND A PLACE OF REFUGE. 164

XI. HOW CONSTANCE’S RETREAT WAS DISCOVERED. 171

BOOK III

LAMBETH PALACE.

I. HOW CARDINAL POLE ARRIVED IN ENGLAND, AND HOW HE WAS WELCOMED BY THE KING AND QUEEN. 180

II. OF THE RECONCILIATION OF THE REALM WITH THE SEE OF ROME. 189

III. OF THE EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED THE RESTORATION OF THE PAPAL AUTHORITY. 194

IV. OF THE UNCEREMONIOUS VISIT PAID BY THEIR MAJESTIES TO CARDINAL POLE AT LAMBETH PALACE. 206

V. BISHOP BONNER. 212

VI. HOW CONSTANCE TYRRELL WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE QUEEN IN THE LOLLARDS’ TOWER. 218

VII. AN ACCUSER. 223

VIII. HOW THE QUEEN CONFIDED HER GRIEFS TO THE CARDINAL. 229

IX. THE FRANCISCAN. 234

X. OF THE COUNSEL GIVEN TO OSBERT CLINTON BY THE CARDINAL. 239

XI. HOW CONSTANCE PASSED HER TIME IN LAMBETH PALACE. 243

XII. HOW THE CARDINAL VISITED DERRICK CARVER IN HIS CELL IN THE LOLLARDS’ TOWER. 247

XIII. HOW DERRICK CARVER FULFILLED HIS PROMISE. 255

BOOK IV

SMITHFIELD.

I. HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD. 260

II. THE HALT AT NEWGATE. 265

III. SMITHFIELD IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 268

IV. WHAT PASSED IN SAINT BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH. 272

V. THE PROTO-MARTYR OF THE PROTESTANT CHURCH. 278

BOOK V

THE INSURRECTION.

I. WHAT PASSED BETWEEN OSBERT AND CONSTANCE IN THE SACRISTY. 283

II. HOW FATHER ALFONSO INTERPOSED IN CONSTANCE’S BEHALF. 287

III. HOW OSBERT WAS INDUCED TO JOIN A CONSPIRACY. 292

IV. WHAT PHILIP HEARD WHILE CONCEALED BEHIND THE ARRAS. 294

V. HOW THE QUEEN CONSULTED WITH THE CARDINAL. 304

VI. OF THE MIDNIGHT MEETING IN THE CRYPT BENEATH THE CHAPTER-HOUSE. 308

VII. IN WHAT MANNER THE OUTBREAK COMMENCED. 316

VIII. HOW THE INSURGENTS PROCEEDED TO LAMBETH PALACE. 322

BOOK VI

THE LEWES MARTYR.

I. OF THE PARTING BETWEEN DERRICK CARVER AND CONSTANCE. 329

II. HOW DERRICK CARVER WAS TAKEN TO LEWES. 334

III. HOW DERRICK CARVER WAS PLACED IN A VAULT BENEATH THE STAR INN AT LEWES. 339

IV. THE PROCESSION TO THE CALVARY. 347

V. HOW CAPTAIN BRAND SOUGHT TO CAPTURE THE CONSPIRATORS. 352

VI. THE MARTYRDOM OF DERRICK CARVER. 357

BOOK VII

THE TREASURE-CHESTS.

I. THE LOVES OF OG AND LILIAS. 361

II. OF THE MEETING BETWEEN OG AND LILIAS ON TOWER-GREEN. 368

III. BY WHOM THE WEDDING BREAKFAST WAS INTERRUPTED. 373

IV. HOW THE TREASURE-CHESTS WERE CARRIED TO TRAITORS’ GATE. 377

V. SHOWING WHO WAS CONCEALED IN THE JEWEL HOUSE. 382

VI. HOW THE PLOT WAS DISCOVERED BY XIT, AND DISCLOSED BY HIM TO MAGOG. 385

VII. HOW THE CONSPIRATORS WENT IN AT TRAITORS’ GATE BUT CAME NOT OUT AGAIN. 389

BOOK VIII

CONSTANCE TYRRELL.

I. OF THE IMPORTANT DISPATCH RECEIVED FROM THE EMPEROR BY PHILIP. 398

II. HOW SIR HENRY BEDINGFELD CAME FOR OSBERT’S DEATH-WARRANT; AND WHAT HE OBTAINED. 406

III. TWO LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. 412

Osbert Clinton defeats his Royal opponent.

P. 188.

Cardinal Pole

OR THE

DAYS OF PHILIP AND MARY

AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE

BY

WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY FREDERICK GILBERT.

LONDON

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS

BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL

NEW YORK: 416 BROOME STREET

1880

BY W. HARRISON AINSWORTH.

Uniform with this Volume.

THE TOWER OF LONDON. THE MISER’S DAUGHTER.

WINDSOR CASTLE. JACK SHEPPARD.

ROOKWOOD. BOSCOBEL; Or, The Royal Oak.

THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES. OVINGDEAN GRANGE; A Tale of the South Downs.

GUY FAWKES. THE SPENDTHRIFT; a Tale.

SAINT JAMES’S; Or, the Court of Queen Anne. THE STAR CHAMBER.

OLD SAINT PAUL’S; A Tale of the Plague and the Fire. PRESTON FIGHT; Or, the Insurrection of 1715.

CRICHTON. THE MANCHESTER REBELS; Or, the Fatal ’45.

THE FLITCH OF BACON; Or, the Custom of Dunmow. THE CONSTABLE OF THE TOWER.

MERVYN CLITHEROE. THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON.

INSCRIBED

TO

My Friend

EDWARD WATKIN EDWARDS, Esq.

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