V. Grand-guard, used for tilting, belonging to the suit of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, with the gilding restored. In the Tower of London 58 VI. Profile of the helmet belonging to the French suit (Fig. 32). In the Guard-chamber of Windsor Castle 76 VII. Ornament on the tapul of the breastplate belonging to the half-suit of the Earl of Essex (Fig. 35), with the original gilding slightly restored. In the Guard-chamber of Windsor Castle 90 VIII. The sword of Charles I. when Prince of Wales, 1616. The hilt entirely covered with raised gold damascened work on blue steel matrix, except the grip of silver wire work. Preserved in Windsor Castle 96 _ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT_ 1. Hauberk, or byrnie, of chain-mail, of the fourth or fifth century, found at Vimose 11 2. Norman knights in mail hauberks and conical helmets 13 3. A complete suit of mail, with coif and mufflers; A thirteenth-century suit, with reinforcing plates 17 4. Mail coif, flat-topped, with leather thong 19 5. Mail coif, round-topped, with jewelled fillet 19 6. Mail coif, conical top, with coronet and mantelet 19 7. Helmet of bronze and iron, from County Down 21 8. Illustration of the development of plate-armour 23 9. The sleeping guards, from the Easter Sepulchre in Lincoln Cathedral 25 10. Melée. From MS. of the fourteenth century 29 11. The helm and crest of the Black Prince, with his shield, from his monument in Canterbury Cathedral 31 12. The helm of Richard Pembridge, K.G., from Hereford Cathedral 32 13. Bassinet from the tomb of Sir John de Melsa, Aldborough Church, Holderness 32 14. A bassinet transformed into a sallad in the fifteenth century 33 15. A ridged bassinet with banded camail; Combed and jewelled bassinet 35 16. Effigy of the Black Prince on his tomb in Canterbury Cathedral 37 17. Gauntlet from the effigy of Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmoreland, in Staindrop Church, Durham; Gauntlet from the effigy of Sir Thomas Cawne, Ightham Church, Kent 41 18. Helm from the tomb of Henry V. in Westminster Abbey 48 19. Effigy of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, on his tomb in St. Mary's Church, Warwick 53