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In the Days of the Guild By: Louise Lamprey (1869-1951) |
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IN THE DAYS
OF THE GUILD BY
L. LAMPREY WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY
FLORENCE GARDINER AND NUMEROUS LINE DRAWINGS BY
MABEL HATT [Illustration] 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 Provençal 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
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