I will set down a tale as it was told to me by one who had it of his father, which latter had it of HIS father, this last having in like manner had it of HIS father—and so on, back and still back, three hundred years and more, the fathers transmitting it to the sons and so preserving it. It may be history, it may be only a legend, a tradition. It may have happened, it may not have happened: but it COULD have happened. It may be that the wise and the learned believed it in the old days; it may be that only the unlearned and the simple loved it and credited it.

I will set down a tale as it was told to me by one who had it of his father, which latter had it of HIS father, this last having in like manner had it of HIS father—and so on, back and still back, three hundred years and more, the fathers transmitting it to the sons and so preserving it. It may be history, it may be only a legend, a tradition. It may have happened, it may not have happened: but it COULD have happened. It may be that the wise and the learned believed it in the old days; it may be that only the unlearned and the simple loved it and credited it.

I will set down a tale as it was told to me by one who had it of his father, which latter had it of HIS father, this last having in like manner had it of HIS father—and so on, back and still back, three hundred years and more, the fathers transmitting it to the sons and so preserving it. It may be history, it may be only a legend, a tradition. It may have happened, it may not have happened: but it COULD have happened. It may be that the wise and the learned believed it in the old days; it may be that only the unlearned and the simple loved it and credited it.

I will set down a tale as it was told to me by one who had it of his father, which latter had it of HIS father, this last having in like manner had it of HIS father—and so on, back and still back, three hundred years and more, the fathers transmitting it to the sons and so preserving it. It may be history, it may be only a legend, a tradition. It may have happened, it may not have happened: but it COULD have happened. It may be that the wise and the learned believed it in the old days; it may be that only the unlearned and the simple loved it and credited it.

CONTENTS

VIII. [The question of the Seal.]
IX. [The river pageant.]
X. [The Prince in the toils.]
XI. [At Guildhall.]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[THE QUESTION OF THE SEAL]
["EASED HIM BACK UPON HIS PILLOWS"]
[THE RIVER PAGEANT]
["HALBERDIERS APPEARED IN THE GATEWAY"]
["TOM CANTY STEPPED INTO VIEW"]
[THE PRINCE IN THE TOILS]
["A DIM FORM SANK TO THE GROUND"]
["WHO ART THOU?"]
["INTO GOOD WIFE CANTY'S ARMS"]
["BENT HEEDFULLY AND WARILY OVER HIM"]
["THE PRINCE SPRANG UP"]
["HURRIED HIM ALONG THE DARK WAY"]
["HE WASTE NO TIME"]
[AT GUILDHALL]
["A RICH CANOPY OF STATE"]
["BEGAN TO LAY ABOUT HIM"]
["LONG LIVE THE KING!"]