“The Ladies’ Bower” 249 Whittington’s House in Swithin’s Passage, Moor Lane 250 Builders at Work 252 Retinue of the Earl of Warwick 260 House Servant and Porter, Early Fourteenth Century 261 Earl Rivers presenting his Book to Edward IV. 262 Knights preparing for a Passage of Arms 265 Queen Isabella and her Ladies out Riding 269 Making Tapestry 271 Honi Soit qui mal y Pense _Facing_ 274 Westminster Hall 276 Parting of St. Thomas and the Two Kings 277 Beggar Importuning Noble Lady 285 Banquet in London. Temp. Edward IV. _Facing_ 296 A Banquet 301 A Hunting Party 311 Types of Chaucer’s Characters 313 A Banquet 315 King and Jester 316 Types of Chaucer’s Characters 317 Tournament of the Earl of Warwick 321 Coronation of Henry IV. _Facing_ 322 English Knights Travelling 323 A Tournament in London 325 John Lydgate presenting his “Life of St. Edmund” to Henry VI. 328 Page from Pleshy Bible 331 Lydgate at Work 335 The Doctor of Physic 336 An Operation 337 Surgeon Operating on the Skull 337 An Alchemist’s Laboratory 338 The _Couvre-feu_ 341 Prisoner being Sentenced and taken to Execution 349 The Tun, Cornhill 355 The Scold’s Bridle in Walton-on-Thames Church 356 A Beggar 363 A Hand-to-Hand Fight 367 PART I MEDIÆVAL SOVEREIGNS CHAPTER I HENRY II