THE LAST OF THE ENGLISH

By Charles Kingsley


CONTENTS

[ HEREWARD, THE LAST OF THE ENGLISH. ]

[ PRELUDE. ]

[ CHAPTER I. — HOW HEREWARD WAS OUTLAWED, AND WENT NORTH TO SEEK HIS FORTUNES. ]

[ CHAPTER II. — HOW HEREWARD SLEW THE BEAR. ]

[ CHAPTER III. — HOW HEREWARD SUCCORED A PRINCESS OF CORNWALL. ]

[ CHAPTER IV. — HOW HEREWARD TOOK SERVICE WITH RANALD, KING OF WATERFORD. ]

[ CHAPTER V. — HOW HEREWARD SUCCORED THE PRINCESS OF CORNWALL A SECOND TIME. ]

[ CHAPTER VI. — HOW HEREWARD WAS WRECKED UPON THE FLANDERS SHORE. ]

[ CHAPTER VII. — HOW HEREWARD WENT TO THE WAR AT GUISNES. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. — HOW A FAIR LADY EXERCISED THE MECHANICAL ART TO WIN HEREWARD’S LOVE. ]

[ CHAPTER IX. — HOW HEREWARD WENT TO THE WAR IN SCALDMARILAND. ]

[ CHAPTER X. — HOW HEREWARD WON THE MAGIC ARMOR. ]

[ CHAPTER XI. — HOW THE HOLLANDERS TOOK HEREWARD FOR A MAGICIAN. ]

[ CHAPTER XII. — HOW HEREWARD TURNED BERSERK. ]

[ CHAPTER XIII. — HOW HEREWARD WON MARE SWALLOW. ]

[ CHAPTER XIV. — HOW HEREWARD RODE INTO BRUGES LIKE A BEGGARMAN. ]

[ CHAPTER XV. — HOW EARL TOSTI GODWINSSON CAME TO ST. OMER. ]

[ CHAPTER XVI. — HOW HEREWARD WAS ASKED TO SLAY AN OLD COMRADE. ]

[ CHAPTER XVII. — HOW HEREWARD TOOK THE NEWS FROM STANFORD BRIGG AND HASTINGS. ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII. — HOW EARL GODWIN’S WIDOW CAME TO ST. OMER. ]

[ CHAPTER XIX. — HOW HEREWARD CLEARED BOURNE OF FRENCHMEN. ]

[ CHAPTER XX. — HOW HEREWARD WAS MADE A KNIGHT AFTER THE FASHION OF THE ENGLISH. ]

[ CHAPTER XXI. — HOW IVO TAILLEBOIS MARCHED OUT OF SPALDING TOWN. ]

[ CHAPTER XXII. — HOW HEREWARD SAILED FOE ENGLAND ONCE AND FOR ALL. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIII. — HOW HEREWARD GATHERED AN ARMY. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIV. — HOW ARCHBISHOP ALDRED DIED OF SORROW. ]

[ CHAPTER XXV. — HOW HEREWARD FOUND A WISER MAN IN ENGLAND THAN HIMSELF. ]

[ CHAPTER XXVI. — HOW HEREWARD FULFILLED HIS WORDS TO THE PRIOR OF THE GOLDEN BOROUGH. ]

[ CHAPTER XXVII. — HOW THEY HELD A GREAT MEETING IN THE HALL OF ELY ]

[ CHAPTER XXVIII. — HOW THEY FOUGHT AT ALDRETH. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIX. — HOW SIR DADE BROUGHT NEWS FROM ELY. ]

[ CHAPTER XXX. — HOW HEREWARD PLAYED THE POTTER; AND HOW HE CHEATED THE KING. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXI. — HOW THEY FOUGHT AGAIN AT ALDRETH. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXII. — HOW KING WILLIAM TOOK COUNSEL OF A CHURCHMAN. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXIII. — HOW THE MONKS OF ELY DID AFTER THEIR KIND. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXIV. — HOW HEREWARD WENT TO THE GREENWOOD. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXV. — HOW ABBOT THOROLD WAS PUT TO RANSOM. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXVI. — HOW ALFTRUDA WROTE TO HEREWARD. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXVII. — HOW HEREWARD LOST SWORD BRAIN-BITER. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. — HOW HEREWARD CAME IN TO THE KING. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXIX. — HOW TORFRIDA CONFESSED THAT SHE HAD BEEN INSPIRED BY THE DEVIL. ]

[ CHAPTER XL. — HOW HEREWARD BEGAN TO GET HIS SOUL’S PRICE. ]

[ CHAPTER XLI. — HOW EARL WALTHEOF WAS MADE A SAINT. ]

[ CHAPTER XLII. — HOW HEREWARD GOT THE BEST OF HIS SOUL’S PRICE. ]

[ CHAPTER XLIII. — HOW DEEPING FEN WAS DRAINED. ]