The Project Gutenberg eBook, Cardinal Pole, by William Harrison Ainsworth, Illustrated by Frederick Gilbert
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| BOOK I | ||
| PHILIP OF SPAIN. | ||
| I. | HOW A MARRIAGE WAS AGREED UPON BETWEEN MARY QUEEN OF ENGLAND, AND DON PHILIP, PRINCE OF SPAIN. | [1] |
| II. | HOW THE SPANISH FLEET ENTERED THE SOLENT SEA. | [17] |
| III. | OF THE AFFRONT OFFERED TO THE SPANIARDS BY THE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL; AND OF THE PRINCE’S ARRIVAL AT SOUTHAMPTON. | 22 |
| IV. | SOUTHAMPTON IN 1554. | [36] |
| V. | HOW THE PRINCE OF SPAIN OBTAINED A SIGHT OF SIR BEVIS OF SOUTHAMPTON AND HIS HORSE ARUNDEL, OF THE GIANT ASCAPART, THE PRINCESS JOSYAN, KING CANUTE, AND ANOTHER NOTABLE PERSONAGE. | 41 |
| VI. | WHAT PASSED BETWEEN MASTER RODOMONT BITTERN AND THE PRINCE. | [48] |
| VII. | THE DEVOTEE IN THE CHAPEL OF THE DOMUS DEI. | [53] |
| VIII. | OF THE MURTHEROUS ATTACK MADE UPON THE PRINCE IN THE COURT OF THE HOSPITAL. | [60] |
| IX. | DERRICK CARVER. | [67] |
| X. | THE MEETING AT THE GUILDHALL. | [71] |
| XI. | OF PHILIP’S PUBLIC DISEMBARKATION AT SOUTHAMPTON. | [77] |
| XII. | HOW THE PRINCE HEARD HIGH MASS IN HOLYROOD CHURCH; AND HOW HE ONCE MORE BEHELD SIR BEVIS AND HIS COMPANIONS. | [85] |
| XIII. | THE ABBESS OF SAINT MARY. | [90] |
| XIV. | FATHER ALFONSO DE CASTRO. | [98] |
| XV. | THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR. | [102] |
| XVI. | THE EXAMINATION. | [105] |
| BOOK II | ||
| THE ROYAL NUPTIALS. | ||
| I. | OLD WINCHESTER FROM SAINT CATHERINE’S HILL. | [110] |
| II. | SAINT CATHERINE’S CHAPEL. | [117] |
| III. | HOW THE PRINCE OF SPAIN RODE FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO WINCHESTER; HOW HE HEARD HIGH MASS AT THE CATHEDRAL, AND VISITED THE QUEEN PRIVATELY AT WOLVESEY CASTLE. | [124] |
| IV. | OF THE PUBLIC MEETING BETWEEN THE ROYAL PAIR. | [130] |
| V. | HOW THE ROYAL NUPTIALS WERE CELEBRATED IN WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL. | [136] |
| VI. | HOW PHILIP, WITH FOUR-AND-TWENTY NOBLE GUESTS, DINED AT ARTHUR’S ROUND TABLE IN WINCHESTER CASTLE; AND HOW THE FEAST ENDED. | [142] |
| VII. | OF PHILIP’S PUBLIC ENTRY INTO LONDON. | [147] |
| VIII. | HOWING HOW CONSTANCE TYRRELL EMBRACED THE REFORMED FAITH. | [153] |
| IX. | IN WHAT MANNER CONSTANCE FLED FROM HAMPTON COURT PALACE. | [159] |
| X. | WHERE CONSTANCE FOUND A PLACE OF REFUGE. | [164] |
| XI. | HOW CONSTANCE’S RETREAT WAS DISCOVERED. | [171] |
| BOOK III | ||
| LAMBETH PALACE. | ||
| I. | HOW CARDINAL POLE ARRIVED IN ENGLAND, AND HOW HE WAS WELCOMED BY THE KING AND QUEEN. | [180] |
| II. | OF THE RECONCILIATION OF THE REALM WITH THE SEE OF ROME. | [189] |
| III. | OF THE EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED THE RESTORATION OF THE PAPAL AUTHORITY. | [194] |
| IV. | OF THE UNCEREMONIOUS VISIT PAID BY THEIR MAJESTIES TO CARDINAL POLE AT LAMBETH PALACE. | [206] |
| V. | BISHOP BONNER. | [212] |
| VI. | HOW CONSTANCE TYRRELL WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE QUEEN IN THE LOLLARDS’ TOWER. | [218] |
| VII. | AN ACCUSER. | [223] |
| VIII. | HOW THE QUEEN CONFIDED HER GRIEFS TO THE CARDINAL. | [229] |
| IX. | THE FRANCISCAN. | [234] |
| X. | OF THE COUNSEL GIVEN TO OSBERT CLINTON BY THE CARDINAL. | [239] |
| XI. | HOW CONSTANCE PASSED HER TIME IN LAMBETH PALACE. | [243] |
| XII. | HOW THE CARDINAL VISITED DERRICK CARVER IN HIS CELL IN THE LOLLARDS’ TOWER. | [247] |
| XIII. | HOW DERRICK CARVER FULFILLED HIS PROMISE. | [255] |
| BOOK IV | ||
| SMITHFIELD. | ||
| I. | HOW A SOLEMN PROCESSION WAS FORMED AT SAINT PAUL’S, AND SET FORTH TOWARDS SMITHFIELD. | [260] |
| II. | THE HALT AT NEWGATE. | [265] |
| III. | SMITHFIELD IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. | [268] |
| IV. | WHAT PASSED IN SAINT BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH. | [272] |
| V. | THE PROTO-MARTYR OF THE PROTESTANT CHURCH. | [278] |
| BOOK V | ||
| THE INSURRECTION. | ||
| I. | WHAT PASSED BETWEEN OSBERT AND CONSTANCE IN THE SACRISTY. | [283] |
| II. | HOW FATHER ALFONSO INTERPOSED IN CONSTANCE’S BEHALF. | [287] |
| III. | HOW OSBERT WAS INDUCED TO JOIN A CONSPIRACY. | [292] |
| IV. | WHAT PHILIP HEARD WHILE CONCEALED BEHIND THE ARRAS. | [294] |
| V. | HOW THE QUEEN CONSULTED WITH THE CARDINAL. | [304] |
| VI. | OF THE MIDNIGHT MEETING IN THE CRYPT BENEATH THE CHAPTER-HOUSE. | [308] |
| VII. | IN WHAT MANNER THE OUTBREAK COMMENCED. | [316] |
| VIII. | HOW THE INSURGENTS PROCEEDED TO LAMBETH PALACE. | [322] |
| BOOK VI | ||
| THE LEWES MARTYR. | ||
| I. | OF THE PARTING BETWEEN DERRICK CARVER AND CONSTANCE. | [329] |
| II. | HOW DERRICK CARVER WAS TAKEN TO LEWES. | [334] |
| III. | HOW DERRICK CARVER WAS PLACED IN A VAULT BENEATH THE STAR INN AT LEWES. | [339] |
| IV. | THE PROCESSION TO THE CALVARY. | [347] |
| V. | HOW CAPTAIN BRAND SOUGHT TO CAPTURE THE CONSPIRATORS. | [352] |
| VI. | THE MARTYRDOM OF DERRICK CARVER. | [357] |
| BOOK VII | ||
| THE TREASURE-CHESTS. | ||
| I. | THE LOVES OF OG AND LILIAS. | [361] |
| II. | OF THE MEETING BETWEEN OG AND LILIAS ON TOWER-GREEN. | [368] |
| III. | BY WHOM THE WEDDING BREAKFAST WAS INTERRUPTED. | [373] |
| IV. | HOW THE TREASURE-CHESTS WERE CARRIED TO TRAITORS’ GATE. | [377] |
| V. | SHOWING WHO WAS CONCEALED IN THE JEWEL HOUSE. | [382] |
| VI. | HOW THE PLOT WAS DISCOVERED BY XIT, AND DISCLOSED BY HIM TO MAGOG. | [385] |
| VII. | HOW THE CONSPIRATORS WENT IN AT TRAITORS’ GATE BUT CAME NOT OUT AGAIN. | [389] |
| BOOK VIII | ||
| CONSTANCE TYRRELL. | ||
| I. | OF THE IMPORTANT DISPATCH RECEIVED FROM THE EMPEROR BY PHILIP. | [398] |
| II. | HOW SIR HENRY BEDINGFELD CAME FOR OSBERT’S DEATH-WARRANT; AND WHAT HE OBTAINED. | [406] |
| III. | TWO LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. | [412] |
