PART I

THE CAUSE

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE SUMMONS 3

II. THREE YEARS LATER 13

III. MR. PYM AND AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE 23

IV. THE QUEEN'S POLICY 31

V. THE FALL OF THE GREAT MINISTER 42

VI. THE KING FAILS 51

VII. AUTUMN, 1641 61

VIII. THE NEWS FROM IRELAND 70

IX. MR. PYM AND THE KING 79

X. LORD FALKLAND'S ADVICE 90

XI. THE FIVE MEMBERS 99

XII. NOTTINGHAM 107