"Why I move this matere is moste for the pore, For in her lyknesse owre lord ofte hath ben y-knowe." _The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman._ B. PASSUS XI. Contents PROLOGUE PAGE I. _The Lark and the Cuckoo_ 3 II. _The Hills_ 11 III. _Kingdoms Not of This World_ 17 PART I. The Malcontents I. _The Miracle_ 27 II. _The Rose of Love_ 31 III. _They That Mourn_ 39 IV. _A Vow_ 46 V. _A Disciple_ 48 VI. _Food for Thought_ 61 VII. _A Progress to Westminster_ 65 VIII. _An Embassage_ 75 IX. _The King's Secret_ 80 X. _Plot and Counterplot_ 94 XI. _Midsummer Eve_ 107 XII. _Sanctuary_ 114 XIII. _The Man o' Words_ 121 PART II. The Pilgrimage I. _In the Cloisters_ 131 II. _In Malvern Chase_ 137 III. _By a Burn's Side_ 147 IV. _A Boon_ 156 V. _The Adventure in Devon_ 164 VI. _The Adventure in Cheshire_ 180 VII. _The Adventure in Yorkshire_ 196 VIII. _The Believers_ 217 IX. _The Adventure in Kent_ 228 X. _The Poets Sing to Richard_ 242 PART III. The Rising I. _The Beginning_ 265 II. _Blackheath_ 271 III. _In the City_ 280 IV. _In the Tower_ 286 V. _Mile End_ 296 VI. _Free Men_ 307 VII. _Reaction_ 315 VIII. _The Friday Night_ 319 IX. _Smithfield_ 324 X. _The Old Fetters_ 338 XI. _The Prisoner_ 349 XII. _Y-Robed in Russet_ 358 EPILOGUE 369 PROLOGUE "'I am Ymagynatyf,' quod he, 'idel was I nevere.'" _The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman._ B. PASSUS XII. I The Lark and the Cuckoo