CONTENTS
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PREFACEv
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSxi
CHAPTER I
ENGLAND IN EMBRYO1
CHAPTER II
BOYHOOD AND YOUTH12
CHAPTER III
THE KING’S SQUIRE25
CHAPTER IV
THE AMBASSADOR36
CHAPTER V
THE MAN OF BUSINESS51
CHAPTER VI
LAST DAYS64
CHAPTER VII
LONDON CUSTOM-HOUSE76
CHAPTER VIII
ALDGATE TOWER93
CHAPTER IX
TOWN AND COUNTRY104
CHAPTER X
THE LAWS OF LONDON119
CHAPTER XI
“CANTERBURY TALES”—THE DRAMATIS PERSONÆ137
CHAPTER XII
“CANTERBURY TALES”—FIRST AND SECOND DAYS151
CHAPTER XIII
“CANTERBURY TALES”—THIRD AND FOURTH DAYS160
CHAPTER XIV
KING AND QUEEN173
CHAPTER XV
KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES188
CHAPTER XVI
HUSBANDS AT THE CHURCH DOOR202
CHAPTER XVII
THE GAY SCIENCE217
CHAPTER XVIII
THE GREAT WAR232
CHAPTER XIX
THE BURDEN OF THE WAR245
CHAPTER XX
THE POOR257
CHAPTER XXI
MERRY ENGLAND272
CHAPTER XXII
THE KING’S PEACE282
CHAPTER XXIII
PRIESTS AND PEOPLE294
CHAPTER XXIV
CONCLUSION304
INDEX317