20. The Earl of Warwick slays a "mighty Duke." From the Beauchamp MS. 55 21. The Duke of Gloucester and Earls of Warwick and Stafford chase the Duke of Burgundy from the walls of Calais. From the Beauchamp MS. 57 22. Sallad in St. Mary's Hall, Coventry; Helm of Sir Giles Capel 59 23. English tournament helm over the tomb of John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Wimborne Minster 60 24. Helm of Sir John Gostwick, in Willington Church 61 25. The entry of Queen Isabel into Paris in 1390. From MS. of Froissart 63 26. Armet of Sir George Brooke, K.G., 8th Lord Cobham 65 27. English armet from the collection of Seymour Lucas, A.R.A. 65 28. Complete suit for fighting on foot, made for Henry VIII. 67 29. Suit made for Henry VIII. by Conrad Seusenhofer of Innsbrück, 1511-1514 71 30. Part of a suit made for Sir Christopher Hatton 79 31. Armour of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, 1566-1588 83 32. A suit of French armour, early seventeenth century 87 33. Italian suit of blued and gilded steel covered with appliqués of gold 89 34. A part of the ornament of the Italian suit (Fig. 33), drawn real size 91 35. Demi-suit of the Earl of Essex, with closed helmet, magnificently engraved and gilt 93 36. Sword, probably of James I., with basket hilt, entirely covered with raised gold damascening 95 37. The sword of John Hampden, with hilt of carved steel 97 ARMOUR IN ENGLAND I _The Britons--An Early Age of Plate-Armour_ It is the nature of islands to exhibit some peculiarities in their fauna and flora, and this insularity is no less pronounced in the manners and customs of the human beings inhabiting them. Thus even the stone implements of Britain of remote prehistoric days can readily be distinguished by the expert; and we have the authority of Sir John Evans for regarding our types of bronze celts and weapons as both peculiar and indigenous. On first taking a place in history several strange and extra-European customs were noticed in these isles by Cæsar, such as the use of chariots in war, and dyeing the skin blue with woad: British nations were, moreover, frequently ruled by queens, and some practised the rare and difficult, and very far from barbaric, art of enamelling on bronze.