  CHAPTER III. THE GUERDON OF GOOD SERVICE. CHAPTER V. THE SERF'S QUARTER. CHAPTER VI. THE SAXON'S CONSTANCY. CHAPTER VII. THE SLAVE GIRL'S SELF-DEVOTION. CHAPTER VIII. GUENDOLEN'S BOWER. CHAPTER X. THE LADY AND THE SLAVE. CHAPTER XX. THE LADY AND HER LOVER. CHAPTER XXV. THE FALSE CHARGE AND THE TRUE. CHAPTER XXVI. WAGER OF BATTLE. CHAPTER XXVII. THE BRIDAL DAY.
BY HENRY W. HERBERT, AUTHOR OF "HENRY VIII AND HIS SIX WIVES," "THE CAPTAINS OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN REPUBLICS," "THE ROMAN TRAITOR," "MARMADUKE WYVIL," "OLIVER CROMWELL," ETC. ETC. ETC. NEW YORK: Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by STEREOTYPED BY PRINTED BY TO ISRAEL DE WOLF ANDREWS, ESQ., OF EASTPORT, MAINE, THIS HISTORICAL ROMANCE, "Wager of Battle," Descriptive of the manners, customs and institutions of our mutual ancestry, Saxon and Norman, at the period of their fusion into the great race, speaking the English tongue, by whatever name, in distant and widely severed isles and continents, it is destined to be known, and illustrative of the nature of Saxon serfdom in the twelfth century of our era, is dedicated, as a slight token of great esteem, of gratitude for many good offices, and of friendship, which, he hopes and wishes, will stand all tests of time and change, unaltered, By his sincere friend and servant, HENRY WM. HERBERT. The Cedars, July 20, 1855. |
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