| I | PAGE |
| The Old Road | [1] |
| The Boy with the Woolpack | [3] |
| How Robert Edrupt journeyed with the wool-merchantsto London |
| II |
| The Biographer | [13] |
| Basil the Scribe | [15] |
| How an Irish monk in an English Abbey came to standbefore Kings |
| III |
| Venetian Glass | [27] |
| The Picture in the Window | [29] |
| How Alan of the Abbey Farms learned to make stainedglass |
| IV |
| Troubadour’s Song | [41] |
| The Grasshoppers’ Library | [43] |
| How Ranulph le Provençal ceased to be a minstrel andbecame a troubadour |
| V |
| The Wood-Carver’s Vision | [55] |
| The Box that Quentin Carved | [57] |
| How Quentin of Peronne learned his trade when a boy inAmiens |
| VI |
| The Caged Bouverel | [69] |
| At the Sign of the Gold Finch | [71] |
| How Guy, the goldsmith’s apprentice, won the desire of hisheart |
| VII |
| Up Anchor | [79] |
| The Venture of Nicholas Gay | [81] |
| How Nicholas Gay, the merchant’s son, kept faith with astranger and served the King |
| VIII |
| London Bells | [93] |
| Barbara, the Little Goose-girl | [95] |
| How Barbara sold geese in the Chepe and what fortuneshe found there |
| IX |
| Harper’s Song | [105] |
| Richard’s Silver Penny | [107] |
| How Richard sold a web of russet and made the best of abad bargain |
| X |
| Perfumer’s Song | [119] |
| Mary Lavender’s Garden | [121] |
| How Mary Lavender came to be of service to an exiledQueen |
| XI |
| Pavement Song | [131] |
| Saint Crispin’s Day | [133] |
| How Crispin, the shoemaker’s son, made a shoe for a littledamsel, and new streets in London |
| XII |
| Concealed Weapons | [143] |
| The Lozenges of Giovanni | [145] |
| How a Milanese baker-boy and a Paduan physician keptpoison out of the King’s dish |
| XIII |
| A Song of Birds and Beasts | [157] |
| A Dyke in the Danelaw | [159] |
| How David le Saumond changed the course of an ancientnuisance |
| XIV |
| London Bridge | [171] |
| At Bartlemy Fair | [173] |
| How Barty Appleby went to the fair at Smithfield andcaught a miscreant |
| XV |
| Midsummer Day in England | [185] |
| Edwitha’s Little Bowl | [187] |
| How Edwitha found Roman pottery in the field of aSussex farm |
| XVI |
| Song of the Tapestry Weavers | [195] |
| Looms in Minchen Lane | [197] |
| How Cornelys Bat, the Flemish weaver, befriended a blacksheep and saved his wool |
| XVII |
| The Wishing Carpet | [209] |
| The Herbalist’s Brew | [211] |
| How Tomaso, the physician of Padua, found a cure for aweary soul |
| XVIII |
| The Marionettes | [225] |
| The Hurer’s Lodgers | [227] |
| How the poppet of Joan, the daughter of the capmaker,went to court and kept a secret |
| XIX |
| Armorer’s Song | [239] |
| Dickon at the Forge | [241] |
| How a Sussex smith found the world come to him in theWeald |
| XX |
| The Wander-Years | [253] |
| The Wings of the Dragon | [255] |
| How Padraig made Irish wit a journeyman to Florentinegenius |
| XXI |
| St. Eloi’s Blessing | [267] |
| Gold of Byzantium | [269] |
| How Guy of Limoges taught the art of Byzantium toWilfrid of Sussex |
| XXII |
| The Watchword | [279] |
| Cockatrice Eggs | [281] |
| How Tomaso the physician and Basil the scribe held thekeys of Empire |