Civilization, Medieval; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1066-1485
'... caused to sytte down and in large wyse to gape' 24
'... thrust a leaden bodkin into the head of that image' 29
'Diabolus ligatus' 38
'A wonderful sight' 44
'An impromptu entertainment by three minstrels' 48
Pilgrims 53
'St. Piran' 59
'... crossed to England' 64
'Henry's badge' 69
A 'herauld' 70
'The young Edward III.' 76
Crowns ancient and modern 78
'Dymoke of Scrivelsby' 82
'The tiger and the mirror' 87
'... got his arms round a branch' 94
'The broken bough fell on the head of a man standing down below' 95
'... cast her into a cauldron' 102
'... called secretly at the chamber dore' 110
'... gyrd abowte his bodye in iij places with towells and gyrdylls' 113
'... led through the middle of the city' 123
'... failed to identify the geese' 132
'... ducking him in a horse-pond' 141
'... with drawn swords stood in the doorway' 145
'He incontinently fled' 148
'... compellyd them for to devour the same writte' 154
'... thrust him out of the church' 156
'latten "Agnus Dei"' 162
'... playing innumerable pranks' 166
'When a lion looks at you it becomes a leopard' 170
'The unfortunate "fowle" was "hurten so sore"' 173
'... constructed a pantomime dragon on the pattern of the real
article' 179
'Hakeney' 184
'... showed him his injuries' 188
'... fully armed with swords and bucklers' 191
I
WISE MEN--AND OTHERS
THE ALCHEMISTS
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