THE FIRST OF THE ENGLISH
A NOVEL
BY ARCHIBALD CLAVERING GUNTER AUTHOR OF ‘MR. BARNES OF NEW YORK’
LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, Limited Broadway, Ludgate Hill MANCHESTER AND NEW YORK 1895
CONTENTS.
BOOK I. A STRANGE TRIP TO ANTWERP.
PAGE Chapter I.—The Flood in the Schelde, 5 ,, II.—The Lady of the Barge, 16 ,, III.—The Six Drunkards of Brussels, 35 ,, IV.—The Patriot Painter, 48 ,, V.—“The Lion’s Jaws Gape for Me!” 59 ,, VI.—The Drinking Bout at the Painted Inn, 70 ,, VII.—Love—By a Coup de Main, 85 ,, VIII.—“The Ungainable!—But I’ll Gain Her!” 101
BOOK II. TWIXT LOVE AND WAR.
Chapter IX.—“No Provisions, no Water, but Plenty of Powder!” 112 ,, X.—The Secret of the Statue, 123 ,, XI.—Major Guido Amati has a Spree, 131 ,, XII.—“Get Your Daughter Out of Antwerp,” 143 ,, XIII.—“Good Heavens! What an Introduction!” 155 ,, XIV.—The Providence of God, 165 ,, XV.—The Battle on Skates, 175 ,, XVI.—The Berserker Oath, 185 ,, XVII.—Advanced Womanhood in 1573, 194
BOOK III. THE DUKE’S UNLUCKY PENNY.
Chapter XVIII.—“Is it a Dream?” 205 ,, XIX.—The Daughter’s Dower, 220 ,, XX.—“Papa’s Coming! I’ll—I’ll Do It,” 228 ,, XXI.—“My Lord of Alva,” 235 ,, XXII.—“Oho! The Fox at Last!” 249 ,, XXIII.—“It is an Affair of State,” 258
THE FIRST OF THE ENGLISH.