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  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. A SQUIRE AND A CITIZEN 1

  II. THE ICINGLAS 7

  III. AN UNBIDDEN GUEST 10

  IV. CHRISTMAS 18

  V. THE TOWER OF LONDON 22

  VI. KING JOHN 25

  VII. A MAN OF THE FOREST 31

  VIII. THE KING AND THE BARONS 37

  IX. A BLOW IN SEASON 43

  X. WILLIAM DE COLLINGHAM 49

  XI. ANCIENT LONDON 53

  XII. THE BARONS IN LONDON 59

  XIII. EVACUATION OF THE TOWER 63

  XIV. A HEROINE IN DANGER 67

  XV. ISABEL OF ANGOULÊME 72

  XVI. TAKEN BY SURPRISE 76

  XVII. THE WINDSOR OF KING JOHN 83

  XVIII. THE DAY OF RUNNYMEDE 87

  XIX. CHAS-CHATEIL 91

  XX. OLIVER’S CAPTIVITY 96

  XXI. DE MOREVILLE’S DAUGHTER 100

  XXII. HOW THE KING BIDED HIS TIME 108

  XXIII. TURNING TO BAY 115

  XXIV. A DESPERATE EXPEDIENT 119

  XXV. THE VOWS OF THE HERON 123

  XXVI. A PAINFUL INTERVIEW 127

  XXVII. THE INVADER AND HIS DUPES 130

  XXVIII. STYR THE ANGLO-SAXON AND HIS SON 135

  XXIX. HUNTING A WILD BOAR 139

  XXX. A GRAND FEAT OF HORSEMANSHIP 143

  XXXI. PEDRO THE PAGE 149

  XXXII. THE SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGE 154

  XXXIII. WARRIORS IN DISGUISE 158

  XXXIV. A RIDE FOR LIFE 165

  XXXV. THE RUDDY LION RAMPANT 173

  XXXVI. END OF KING JOHN 176

  XXXVII. THE GREAT EARL OF PEMBROKE 179

  XXXVIII. CORONATION OF THE BOY HENRY 182

  XXXIX. A CONQUEROR IN IMAGINATION 186

  XL. A CAMP OF REFUGE 190

  XLI. OLIVER’S DREAM 197

  XLII. BURNING OF OAKMEDE 200

  XLIII. FOUND DYING 207

  XLIV. A MYSTERIOUS EXIT 210

  XLV. A FRENCH ARMAMENT 215

  XLVI. A SEA-FIGHT 218

  XLVII. THE SIEGE OF MOUNT SORREL 221

  XLVIII. LINCOLN 225

  XLIX. COLLINGHAM’S RAVENS 229

  L. THE BATTLE 233

  LI. DE MOREVILLE IN BATTLE HARNESS 237

  LII. DEFIANT TILL DEATH 242

  LIII. AFTER THE BATTLE 245

  LIV. AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT 247

  LV. SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS 252

  LVI. THE WRESTLING-MATCH 255

  LVII A MEDIÆVAL RESTAURANT 259

  LVIII. WRESTLING FOR THE RAM 263

  LIX. A STARTLING SPECTACLE 267

  LX. A DEMAGOGUE AND HIS DESPERADOES 271

  LXI. AN OFFERING TO THE WINDS 276

  RUNNYMEDE AND LINCOLN FAIR

  A STORY OF THE GREAT CHARTER