Boscobel; or, the royal oak: A tale of the year 1651Ainsworth, William Harrison
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Boscobel; or, the royal oak: A tale of the year 1651
Ainsworth, William Harrison
Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Fiction
CHAPTER XIX.
THE CAMISADE 76
CHAPTER XX.
HOW URSO GIVES WAS ARRESTED 79
CHAPTER XXI.
SHOWING HOW DAME GIVES BECAME A WIDOW 87
CHAPTER XXII.
HOW THE EARL OF DERBY ARRIVED AT WORCESTER 91
CHAPTER XXIII.
IN WHAT MANNER JANE LANE WAS CAPTURED, AND BROUGHT BEFORE
CROMWELL 97
CHAPTER XXIV.
WHAT CHARLES BEHELD FROM THE SUMMIT OF THE CATHEDRAL TOWER 100
CHAPTER XXV.
HOW CROMWELL CONSTRUCTED A BRIDGE OF BOATS ACROSS THE SEVERN 106
CHAPTER XXVI.
HOW CROMWELL THREW A FLYING BRIDGE OVER THE TEME 108
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE FIGHT OF POWICK BRIDGE 110
CHAPTER XXVIII.
HOW THE BATTERY ON PERRY WOOD WAS TAKEN BY THE KING 113
CHAPTER XXIX.
HOW THE BATTLE OF WORCESTER WAS LOST BY THE KING 117
CHAPTER XXX.
HOW THE ENEMY ENTERED THE CITY, AND HOW THE KING QUITTED IT 119
CHAPTER XXXI.
THE LAST STAND MADE BY THE ROYALISTS 123
CHAPTER XXXII.
THE CONSULTATION AT BARBOURNE BRIDGE, AND THE KING'S FLIGHT 125
BOOK II.
WHITE LADIES.
CHAPTER I.
HOW CROMWELL VISITED THE DYING DUKE OF HAMILTON AT THE COMMANDERY;
AND WHAT PASSED BETWEEN THEM 128
CHAPTER II.
HOW THE FUGITIVE KING AND HIS COMPANIONS RODE FROM BARBOURNE
BRIDGE TO WHITE LADIES 133
CHAPTER III.
THE PENDERELS 137
CHAPTER IV.
HOW CHARLES WAS DISGUISED AS A WOODMAN 142
CHAPTER V.
HOW CHARLES WAS CONCEALED IN SPRING COPPICE, AND HOW IT RAINED
THERE, AND NOWHERE ELSE IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 147
CHAPTER VI.
HOW CHARLES SUPPED AT HOBBAL GRANGE, AND WHOM HE MET THERE 150
CHAPTER VII.
HOW CHARLES AND TRUSTY DICK WERE FRIGHTENED BY THE MILLER OF
EVELITH 155
CHAPTER VIII.
HOW THE KING WAS RECEIVED BY MR. FRANCIS WOOLFE AT MADELEY
COURT 156
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 163
CHAPTER II.
HOW TRUSTY DICK BETHOUGHT HIM OF THE OAK 167
CHAPTER III.
HOW THE KING AND CARELESS TOOK REFUGE IN THE OAK 172
CHAPTER IV.
HOW CARELESS CAPTURED AN OWL IN THE OAK 174
CHAPTER V.
HOW THEY BREAKFASTED IN THE OAK 176
CHAPTER VI.
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