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     THE PANCHRONICON




            THE
        PANCHRONICON

            BY
   HAROLD STEELE MACKAYE


          NEW YORK
   CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
            1904




COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Published, April, 1904




CONTENTS


CHAPTER                                                PAGE

       I. THE THEORY OF COPERNICUS DROOP                               1

      II. A VISIT TO THE PANCHRONICON                                 23

     III. A NOCTURNAL EVASION                                         38

      IV. A CHANGE OF PLAN                                            58

       V. DROOP'S THEORY IN PRACTICE                                  86

      VI. SHIPWRECKED ON THE SANDS OF TIME                           103

     VII. NEW TIES AND OLD RELATIONS                                 123

    VIII. HOW FRANCIS BACON CHEATED THE BAILIFFS                     157

      IX. PHOEBE AT THE PEACOCK INN                                  179

       X. HOW THE QUEEN READ HER NEWSPAPER                           208

      XI. THE FAT KNIGHT AT THE BOAR'S HEAD                          242

     XII. HOW SHAKESPEARE WROTE HIS PLAYS                            258

    XIII. HOW THE FAT KNIGHT DID HOMAGE                              277

    XIV. THE FATE OF SIR PERCEVALL'S SUIT                            297

    XV. HOW REBECCA RETURNED TO NEWINGTON                            317

    XVI. HOW SIR GUY KEPT HIS TRYST                                  324

    XVII. REBECCA'S TRUMP CARD                                       340




THE PANCHRONICON




CHAPTER I

THE THEORY OF COPERNICUS DROOP


The two sisters were together in their garden.

Rebecca Wise, turned forty and growing slightly gray at the temples, was