FACING PAGE I. Armour for the “Stechzeug,” XV-XVI cent. Germanische Museum, Nuremberg 4 II. Armour of the fifteenth century exemplified by the effigy of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, S. Mary’s Church, Warwick, cast by Bartholomew Lambspring and Will Austin, _circ._ 1454, from Blore’s _Monumental Remains_. S. George, by Andrea Mantegna, 1431-1506, Accademia, Venice. Armour of Roberto di Sanseverino, by Antonio da Missaglia, _circ._ 1480; Waffensammlung, Vienna, No. 3 8 III. A Contrast. Armour of Count Sigismond of Tirol, 1427-1496; Waffensammlung, Vienna, No. 41. Armour of Louis XIV, by Garbagnus, 1668; Musée d’Artillerie, Paris, G, 125 12 IV. Armourers at work, Brit. Mus., Roy. MS. 16, G, v, fol. II. Wood-carving of Duke William of Aquitaine, XV cent., S. William’s Church, Strasburg. Venus and Vulcan, XIII cent., Königl. Bib., Berlin, Codex MS. Germ., fol. 282, p. 79 16 V. Anvils in the British Museum (Burges Bequest) and in the possession of Mme. Bellon, Avignon 20 VI. The Workshop of Conrad Seusenhofer, from the _Weisz Künig_, by Hans Burgmair, 1525 24 VII. Armour of Kurfürst Moritz, by Matthäus Frauenpreis, 1548. Königl. Hist. Museum, Dresden, G, 39 28 VIII. Armour of Henry VIII for fighting on foot in the lists. Tower of London, II, 28 32 IX. Italian brassard (front and back), cuisse, 1470; Ethnological Museum, Athens. Inside of leg-armour of suit shown on Plate VIII 36 X. Helmets of Henry VIII; Tower of London. (1, 2) Made by one of the Missaglia family; II, 29. (3, 4) Made by Conrad Seusenhofer, 1514. (5) Bevor for the latter; II, 5. The last three numbers form part of the suit shown on Plate XII 40 XI. Brigandine (inside and outside), XV cent.; Musée d’Artillerie, Paris, G, 204, 205. Breast-plate of a brigandine, 1470; Ethnological Museum, Athens. Right cuisse of suit for fighting on foot in the lists, early XVI cent.; Musée d’Artillerie, Paris, G, 178 44 XII. “Engraved Suit,” by Conrad Seusenhofer, presented to Henry VIII by the Emperor Maximilian I, 1514. Tower of London, II, 5 48 XIII. Helmet of Sir Henry Lee, by Jacobe Topf, 1530-1597. Tower of London, IV, 29 52 XIV. Armour of King Sebastian of Portugal, by Anton Peffenhauser, 1525-1603. Pageant armour of Charles V, by Bartolomeo Campi, 1546. Real Armeria, Madrid, A, 290, 188 56 XV. Alegoria del Tacto, by Jan Breughel. Prado, Madrid 60