CONTENTS

The Caskodens[1]
IThe Duel[6]
IIHow Brandon Came to Court[13]
IIIThe Princess Mary[23]
IVA Lesson in Dancing[45]
VAn Honor and an Enemy[74]
VIA Rare Ride to Windsor[89]
VIILove's Fierce Sweetness[102]
VIIIThe Trouble in Billingsgate Ward[128]
IXPut Not Your Trust in Princesses[146]
XJustice, O King![169]
XILouis XII a Suitor[182]
XIIAtonement[202]
XIIIA Girl's Consent[213]
XIVIn the Siren Country[226]
XVTo Make a Man of Her[244]
XVIA Hawking Party[256]
XVIIThe Elopement[268]
XVIIITo the Tower[289]
XIXProserpina[302]
XXDown into France[320]
XXILetters from a Queen[337]

*"Cloth of gold do not despise,
Though thou be match'd with cloth of frize;
Cloth of frize, be not too bold,
Though thou be match'd with cloth of gold
."

* Inscription on a label affixed to Brandon's lance under a picture of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, at Strawberry Hill.