Reception of Monk in the City of London 157 Interior of the Painted Chamber, Westminster (looking East) 161 Landing of Charles II. at Dover 164 Cecil, Second Lord Baltimore 169 Cheapside and the Cross in 1660 172 The "Globe" Theatre, Southwark (with the "Rose" Theatre in the Distance), in 1613 173 Hawthornden in 1773 177 Scene at the Funeral of Chillingworth 181 William Harvey 184 Reduced Facsimile of Front Page of No. 26 of "A Perfect Diurnall" 185 Shopkeeper and Apprentice in the Time of Charles I. 189 Great Seal of Charles II. 193 Charles II. 197 Arrest of Argyll 200 Shilling of Charles II. 205 Halfpenny (with Figure of Britannia) of Charles II. 205 Crown of Charles II. 205 Five-Guinea Piece of Charles II. 205 Sir Harry Vane taking Leave of his Wife and Friends 209 The Great Plague: Scene in the Streets of London 213 Thumbscrew 214 The Great Plague: The Maniac pronouncing the Doom of London 217 Pie Corner, Smithfield, where the Great Fire reached its Limits 220 George Monk, Duke of Albemarle 221 Tilbury Fort 225 Samuel Pepys 229 The Assault on Sir John Coventry 232 Anthony Ashley Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury 237 View in the Hague: The Gevangenpoort in which Cornelius and John De Witt were imprisoned (1672) 241 Sir William Temple 245 Titus Oates before the Privy Council 249 Thomas Osborne, first Duke of Leeds 253 Hôtel de Ville, Paris, in the Eighteenth Century 257 Assassination of Archbishop Sharp 260 The Duke of Monmouth 265 Arrival of Charles at Oxford 268 Escape of Argyll 273 The Rye House 277 Trial of Lord William Russell 281