PROLOGUE 1
I. THE STRANGER AT THE GATES 4
II. HARBY 16
III. MY LORD THE LADY 26
IV. THE LEAGUER OF HARBY 33
V. A MONSTROUS REGIMENT 40
VI. HOW WILL ALL END? 49
VII. MISTRESS AND MAN 56
VIII. THE ENVOY 62
IX. HOW THE SIEGE WAS RAISED 73
X. PRISONER OF WAR 82
XI. AT BAY 90
XII. A USE FOR A PRISONER 99
XIII. A GILDED CAGE 110
XIV. A PASSAGE AT ARMS 120
XV. MY LADY'S PLEASAUNCE 129
XVI. A PURITAN APPRAISED 138
XVII. SET A KNAVE TO CATCH A KNAVE 149
XVIII. SERVING THE KING 156
XIX. SIR BLAISE PAYS HIS RESPECTS 165
XX. SIR BLAISE PAYS HIS PENALTY 180
XXI. A PUZZLING PURITAN 188
XXII. MASTER PAUL AND MASTER PETER 203
XXIII. A DAY PASSES 212
XXIV. A HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE 223
XXV. ROMEO AND JULIET 235
XXVI. RESURRECTION 249
XXVII. THE KING'S IMAGE 256
XXVIII. LOVER AND LOVER 266
XXIX. THE KING MAKES A FRIEND 273
XXX. RUFUS PROPOSES 281
XXXI. HALFMAN DISPOSES 286
EPILOGUE 296