The First of the English: A Novel

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THE FIRST OF THE ENGLISH
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By ARCHIBALD C. GUNTER.
Uniform with this Volume.
MR. POTTER OF TEXAS.
THAT FRENCHMAN!
MISS NOBODY OF NOWHERE.
MR. BARNES OF NEW YORK.
MISS DIVIDENDS.
BARON MONTEZ OF PANAMA AND PARIS.
A PRINCESS OF PARIS.
THE KING’S STOCKBROKER.
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Original Title Page.
The First of the English
A NOVEL
BY
ARCHIBALD CLAVERING GUNTER
AUTHOR OF ‘MR. BARNES OF NEW YORK’
COPYRIGHT
LONDON
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, LƗƽƗǵŧŠ
BǡLjĵŠ΅ĵΏ, LǼŠƄĵǵŧ HƗƯƯ
MANCHESTER AND NEW YORK
1895
(All rights reserved.)

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CONTENTS.

BOOK I.

A STRANGE TRIP TO ANTWERP.

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CƒĵǙǵŧǡ I.—The Flood in the Schelde,        5

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II.—The Lady of the Barge,        16

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III.—The Six Drunkards of Brussels,        35

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IV.—The Patriot Painter,        48

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V.—“The Lion’s Jaws Gape for Me!”        59

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VI.—The Drinking Bout at the Painted Inn,        70

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VII.—Love—By a Coup de Main,        85

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VIII.—“The Ungainable!—But I’ll Gain Her!”        101

BOOK II.

TWIXT LOVE AND WAR.

CƒĵǙǵŧǡ IX.—“No Provisions, no Water, but Plenty of Powder!”

112

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X.—The Secret of the Statue,        123

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XI.—Major Guido Amati has a Spree,        131
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XII.—“Get Your Daughter Out of Antwerp,”        143
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XIII.—“Good Heavens! What an Introduction!”        155
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XIV.—The Providence of God,        165
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XV.—The Battle on Skates,        175
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XVI.—The Berserker Oath,        185
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XVII.—Advanced Womanhood in 1573,        194
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BOOK III.
THE DUKE’S UNLUCKY PENNY.
CƒĵǙǵŧǡ XVIII.—“Is it a Dream?”        205
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XIX.—The Daughter’s Dower,        220
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XX.—“Papa’s Coming! I’ll—I’ll Do It,”        228
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XXI.—“My Lord of Alva,”        235
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XXII.—“Oho! The Fox at Last!”        249
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XXIII.—“It is an Affair of State,”        258
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FIRST OF THE ENGLISH.
BOOK I.
A STRANGE TRIP TO ANTWERP.

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