THE

TOWER OF LONDON

A HISTORICAL ROMANCE

BY

WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH
Author of "Jack Sheppard," "Guy Fawkes," "Windsor Castle," etc.

COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES

VOLUME II

MARY, THE QUEEN

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK

NEW YORK

THE CENTURY CO.

1909

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

XIII. How Magog nearly lost his supper; how his

beard was burnt; how Xit was placed in a

basket; and how he was kicked upon the ram-

parts..
277

XIV. Of the masque given by Courtenay in honor of

Queen Mary; and how Xit was swallowed by a

sea-monster..

283

XV. By whose instrumentality Queen Mary became

convinced of Courtenay's inconstancy; and

how she affianced herself to Philip of Spain.... 294

305

XVI. What befel Cicely in the Salt Tower...

XVII. Of the conspiracy formed by De Noailles ; and

how Xit delivered a letter to Elizabeth, and

visited Courtenay in the lieutenant's lodgings.. 310

XVIII. How Courtenay escaped from the Tower......... 325

XIX. How Queen Mary visited the Lions' Tower; how

Magog gave his dame a lesson; and how Xit

conquered a monkey, and was worsted by a

bear..

......

.....

331

347

XX. How Edward Underhill was burnt on Tower

Green....

XXI. How Lord Guilford Dudley and Lady Jane were

arraigned and attainted of high treason; and

how they were pardoned by Queen Mary..... 355

XXII. Of Jane's return to Sion House; and of her en-

deavors to dissuade her husband from joining

the conspiracy against Queen Mary.......

XXIII. How Xit was imprisoned in the Constable Tower;

and how he was wedded to the "Scavenger's

Daughter.".

369

375

XXIV. How Xit escaped from the Constable Tower; and

how he found Cicely....

391

XXV. Of the arrival of the imperial ambassadors; and

of the signing of the marriage-treaty between

Mary and Philip of Spain...

394