Produced by Al Haines. [Illustration: "’NOW LET GOD ARISE!’"] _*The Lion’s Whelp*_ _A Story of Cromwell’s Time_ _By Amelia E. Barr_ _Author of "The Bow of Orange Ribbon," "I, Thou, and the Other One," "The Maid of Maiden Lane," etc._ _With Illustrations by Lee Woodward Zeigler_ _New York Dodd, Mead & Company 1901_ _Copyright, 1901, by DODD, MEAD & COMPANY_ _All rights reserved_ THE CAXTON PRESS NEW YORK. *Contents* CHAP. I. SWAFFHAM AND DE WICK II. DOCTOR JOHN VERITY III. WOVEN OF LOVE AND GLORY IV. SO SWEET A DREAM V. SHEATHED SWORDS VI. ON THE TIDE TOP VII. TWO LOVE AFFAIRS VIII. UPON THE THRESHOLD IX. CROMWELL INTERFERES X. RUPERT AND CLUNY XI. OLIVER PROTECTOR XII. HOLD THOU MY HANDS XIII. CHANGES AT DE WICK XIV. A LITTLE FURTHER ON XV. THE FATE OF LORD CLUNY NEVILLE XVI. OLIVER THE CONQUEROR *List of Illustrations* "’Now let god arise!’" Frontispiece "When he came again it was harvest time." "Then he dropped his blade into the sheathe with a clang." "Beheld Cromwell standing upon the threshold." "The hawthorns were in flower." "Rupert stood still, and bowed gravely." "Three ominous-looking papers." "’Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and the King of Glory shall come in.’" _*BOOK I*_ _*The Hour and The Man*_ "Unknown to Cromwell as to me, Was Cromwell’s measure or degree. * * * * * He works, plots, fights, in rude affairs, With ’squires, lords, kings, his craft compares, Till late he learned, through doubt and fear, Broad England harbored not his peer." —_Emerson_. *The Lion’s Whelp* *CHAPTER I* *SWAFFHAM AND DE WICK* "Sway the tide of battle which way it will, human existence is held together by its old, and only tenure of earnest thoughts, and quiet affections."