In Doublet and Hose: A Story for Girls

by Lucy Foster Madison

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“METHINKS THE MAID WILL SERVE OUR PURPOSE WELL”

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Contents

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	A Question of Skill	[7]
II	The Soldier Guest	[17]
III	The Page’s Dress	[27]
IV	Anthony Babington	[37]
V	On the Road to Stafford	[48]
VI	A Glimpse of Mary	[56]
VII	Francis to the Front	[66]
VIII	The Delivery of the Letters	[75]
IX	The Coming of Elizabeth	[90]
X	The Queen Takes Offense	[101]
XI	At the Queen’s Command	[111]
XII	The Favor of Princes	[121]
XIII	A Familiar Face and a Challenge	[137]
XIV	A Strange Duel	[149]
XV	The Strange Weakness of Francis Stafford	[160]
XVI	What Came of an Offer of Friendship	[171]
XVII	What Francis Overheard	[182]
XVIII	An Adventure 4	[192]
XIX	A Shelter from the Storm	[203]
XX	Francis Finds a Helper	[213]
XXI	An Unlooked for Reception	[223]
XXII	As It Fell Out	[229]
XXIII	In the Tower of London	[238]
XXIV	A Friend in Need	[250]
XXV	A Great Sorrow Befalls Francis	[260]
XXVI	A Fellow Prisoner	[272]
XXVII	The Escape	[284]
XXVIII	The Three Volunteers	[297]
XXIX	A Britomarte of the Armada	[304]
XXX	Pardon And Happiness	[321]

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