Within its wall of rock The flower of the brave Have perished with a constancy unshaken. From the dungeon to the block, From the scaffold to the grave, Is a journey many gallant hearts have taken. And the wicked flames may hiss Round the heroes who have fought For conscience and for home in all its beauty, But the grim old fortalice Takes little heed of aught That comes not in the measure of its duty. “The screw may twist and the rack may turn, And men may bleed and men may burn, On London town and all its hoard It keeps its solemn watch and ward!” SIR WILLIAM GILBERT. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE 1. The White Tower (Keep), with the Lanthorn Tower in the Foreground, from the Tower Bridge _Frontispiece_ 2. The Byward and Bell Towers, with the King’s House on the right, looking from the Traitor’s Gate 8 3. Top of the Portcullis in Bloody Tower 24 4. Portion of the Armoury, White Tower 40 5. Panorama of the Tower and Greenwich in 1543, by Anthony van den Wyngaerde 48 and 49 6. The Council Chamber in the King’s House 56 7. Gateway of Bloody Tower with entrance to Jewel House (Wakefield Tower) 80 8. Middle Tower (West Front) 90 9. The Traitor’s Gate, from within 98 10. The Bloody Tower and Jewel House (Wakefield Tower), looking East 104 11. Interior of St. John’s Chapel in the White Tower, looking East 112 12. The King’s House from Tower Green 120 13. Principal Room, for State Prisoners, in the Beauchamp Tower 128 14. Chaplain’s House, and Entrance to Church of St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower Green 132 15. Part of a Bastion of Old London Wall, with Clock Tower of the White Tower 136 16. East End of St. John’s Chapel in the White Tower, from Broad Arrow Tower 146 17. The Tower from the Tower Bridge, looking West 150 18. The Tower from Tower Hill 156 19. The Block, Axe, and Executioner’s Mask 166 20. A True and Exact Draught of the Tower Liberties, surveyed in the year 1597 by Gulielmus Haiward and J. Gascoyne 172 and 173