In the Days of the Guild

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  "HE HELD UP THE SHOE WITH GREAT DISFAVOR"--_Page 138_]

  IN THE DAYS OF THE GUILD

  BY L. LAMPREY

  WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY FLORENCE GARDINER

  AND NUMEROUS LINE DRAWINGS BY MABEL HATT

 

  NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS

  _Copyright, 1918, by_ FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

  _All rights reserved including that of translation into foreign languages._

  _Printed in the United States of America_

  _To_ MY FATHER HENRY PHELPS LAMPREY

  CONTENTS

  I PAGE _The Old Road_ 1 THE BOY WITH THE WOOLPACK 3 How Robert Edrupt journeyed with the wool-merchants to London

  II _The Biographer_ 13 BASIL THE SCRIBE 15 How an Irish monk in an English Abbey came to stand before Kings

  III _Venetian Glass_ 27 THE PICTURE IN THE WINDOW 29 How Alan of the Abbey Farms learned to make stained glass

  IV _Troubadour's Song_ 41 THE GRASSHOPPERS' LIBRARY 43 How Ranulph le Provencal ceased to be a minstrel and became 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 in Amiens

  VI _The Caged Bouverel_ 69 AT THE SIGN OF THE GOLD FINCH 71 How Guy, the goldsmith's apprentice, won the desire of his heart

  VII _Up Anchor_ 79 THE VENTURE OF NICHOLAS GAY 81 How Nicholas Gay, the merchant's son, kept faith with a stranger and served the King

  VIII _London Bells_ 93 BARBARA, THE LITTLE GOOSE-GIRL 95 How Barbara sold geese in the Chepe and what fortune she found there

  IX _Harper's Song_ 105 RICHARD'S SILVER PENNY 107 How Richard sold a web of russet and made the best of a bad bargain

  X _Perfumer's Song_ 119 MARY LAVENDER'S GARDEN 121 How Mary Lavender came to be of service to an exiled Queen

  XI _Pavement Song_ 131 SAINT CRISPIN'S DAY 133 How Crispin, the shoemaker's son, made a shoe for a little damsel, and new streets in London

  XII _Concealed Weapons_ 143 THE LOZENGES OF GIOVANNI 144 How a Milanese baker-boy and a Paduan physician kept poison 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 ancient nuisance

  XIV _London Bridge_ 173 AT BARTLEMY FAIR 175 How Barty Appleby went to the fair at Smithfield and caught a miscreant

  XV _Midsummer Day in England_ 187 EDWITHA'S LITTLE BOWL 189 How Edwitha found Roman pottery in the field of a Sussex farm

  XVI _Song of the Tapestry Weavers_ 197 LOOMS IN MINCHEN LANE 199 How Cornelys Bat, the Flemish weaver, befriended a black sheep and saved his wool

  XVII _The Wishing Carpet_ 211 THE HERBALIST'S BREW 213 How Tomaso, the physician of Padua, found a cure for a weary soul

  XVIII _The Marionettes_ 225 THE HURER'S LODGERS 229 How the poppet of Joan, the daughter of the capmaker, went to court and kept a secret

  XIX _Armorer's Song_ 241 DICKON AT THE FORGE 243 How a Sussex smith found the world come to him in the Weald

  XX _The Wander-Years_ 255 THE WINGS OF THE DRAGON 257 How Padraig made Irish wit a journeyman to Florentine genius

  XXI _St. Eloi's Blessing_ 269 GOLD OF BYZANTIUM 271 How Guy of Limoges taught the art of Byzantium to Wilfrid of Sussex

  XXII _The Watchword_ 281 COCKATRICE EGGS 283 How Tomaso the physician and Basil the scribe held the keys of Empire