



Produced by Al Haines









[Frontispiece: The great ledger-book--which I now saw turned to an
engine of our salvation.  Chapter XIV]





IDONIA:

A ROMANCE OF OLD LONDON


BY

ARTHUR F. WALLIS




ILLUSTRATED BY

CHARLES E. BROCK




BOSTON

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

1914




_Copyright, 1913_,

By LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.


_All rights reserved_




THE COLONIAL PRESS

C. H. SIMONDS & CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.




AUTHOR'S NOTE

The irregular pile of buildings known as Petty Wales, of which
considerable mention is made in this book, formerly stood at the
northeast corner of Thames Street.  The chronicler, Stow, writes of
"some large buildings of stone, the ruins whereof do yet remain, but
the first builders and owners of them are worn out of memory.  Some are
of opinion... that this great stone building was sometime the lodging
appointed for the princes of Wales when they repaired to this city, and
that therefore the street, in that part, is called Petty Wales;" and he
further adds: "The merchants of Burdeaux were licensed to build at the
Vintry, strongly with stone, as may yet be seen, and seemeth old though
oft repaired; much more cause have these buildings in Petty Wales...
to seem old, which, for many years, to wit, since the galleys left
their course of landing there, hath fallen to ruin."  It appears to
have been let out for many uses, some disreputable; and a certain
Mother Mampudding (of whom one would like to know more) kept a part of
the house for victualling.




CONTENTS

     I.  IN WHICH I LEARN FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE AN UNCLE
    II.  IN WHICH PTOLEMY PHILPOT COMMENCES HIS STUDY OF THE LATIN
           TONGUE
   III.  HOW A BROTHER, HAVING OFFENDED, WAS FORGIVEN
    IV.  IN WHICH I SAY FAREWELL THRICE
     V.  PRINCIPALLY TELLS HOW SIR MATTHEW JUKE WAS CAST AWAY UPON THE
           HEBRIDES
    VI.  HOW THE OLD SCHOLAR AND I CAME TO LONDON
   VII.  IN WHICH I CONCEIVE A DISLIKE OF AN EARL'S SERVANT AND AN
           AFFECTION FOR A MAN OF LAW
  VIII.  A CHAPTER OF CHEATS
    IX.  TELLS HOW I CHANGED MY LODGING AND LOST MY MARE
     X.  HOW I SAW AN ENEMY AT THE WINDOW
    XI.  IS SUFFICIENT IN THAT IT TELLS OF IDONIA
   XII.  HOW MR. JORDAN COULD NOT RUN COUNTER TO THE COURSE OF NATURE
  XIII.  PETTY WALES
   XIV.  HOW IDONIA TAUGHT ME AND A CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD HOW TO KEEP
           BOOKS
    XV.  IN WHICH I BEGIN TO EARN MY LIVING
   XVI.  THE SIEGE OF PETTY WALES
  XVII.  HOW I FOUND AN OLD FRIEND IN A STRANGE PLACE, AND HOW PTOLEMY
           RENEWED HIS STUDY OF THE LATIN TONGUE
 XVIII.  IN WHICH I RECEIVE A COMMISSION AND SUFFER A CHECK
   XIX.  IN WHICH I COME TO GRIPS WITH MR. MALPAS
    XX.  THE ADVENTURE OF THE CHINESE JAR
   XXI.  THE "FAIR HAVEN" OF WAPPING
  XXII.  HOW MY UNCLE BOTOLPH LOST HIS LUCK
 XXIII.  THE VOYAGE OF THE _SARACEN'S HEAD_
  XXIV.  THE TEMPLE BENEATH THE WATERS
   XXV.  IN WHICH THE SHIPS OF WAR GO BY AND THE TALE ENDS




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


THE GREAT LEDGER-BOOK--WHICH I NOW SAW
  TURNED TO AN ENGINE OF OUR SALVATION... _Frontispiece_

THE ARGUMENT BETWEEN MR. SKEGS AND PTOLEMY

MR. JORDAN REGARDED ME VERY MOURNFULLY