1. Life and literary activity of Charles Kingsley. Historical fiction genre in Literature

Chapter 12. How Bideford Bridge Dined at Annery House

Words to look up: omphalos, cynosure (if you missed it in Chapter 5), sentient
Copywork: Whereon Don Guzman broke out jubilant, like nightingale on bough, with story, and jest, and repartee; and became forthwith the soul of the whole company, and the most charming of all cavaliers. And poor Rose knew that she was the cause of his sudden change of mood, and blamed herself for what she had done, and shuddered and blushed at her own delight, and longed that the feast was over, that she might hurry home and hide herself alone with sweet fancies about a love the reality of which she felt she dared not face.
Narrations: What was the purpose of Don Guzman's story? What effect did it have on the various listeners?

Chapter 13. How the Golden Hind Came Home Again

Words to look up: farthingale. "Cast a nativity" means read a horoscope.
"Armadas" is used here in the plural; an armada, generally, means a fleet of warships. It has already been mentioned several times in the book, but always in reference to The Great Armada of 1588.
Copywork: "Gold, gold, nothing but gold in every mouth--there it is! Ah! I mind when Plymouth was a quiet little God-fearing place as God could smile upon: but ever since my John, and Sir Francis, and poor Mr. Oxenham found out the way to the Indies, it's been a sad place. Not a sailor's wife but is crying 'Give, give,' like the daughters of the horse-leech; and every woman must drive her husband out across seas to bring her home money to squander on hoods and farthingales, and go mincing with outstretched necks and wanton eyes; and they will soon learn to do worse than that, for the sake of gain."
Narration and Discussion: How does Adrian Gilbert plan to make England rich and great? Why is Mrs. Hawkins not impressed? Why does she later name her son's ship Repentance?

Chapter 14. How Salvation Yeo Slew the King of the Gubbings

Words to look up: Grobian, bivouac, Agnus Dei (the object, referred to here as "one of those Popish Agnuses"). Gubbings (also written gubbins): as Kingsley explains, it means the scraps of fish, but it can also refer to people.
Copywork: Amyas was very angry. He wanted but little more to make him catch Eustace by the shoulders, shake the life out of him, and deliver him into the tender guardianship of Yeo; but he knew that to take him at all was to bring certain death on him, and disgrace on the family; and remembering Frank's conduct on that memorable night at Clovelly, he kept himself down.
"Take me," said Eustace, "if you will, sir. You, who complain of us that we keep no faith with heretics, will perhaps recollect that you asked me into this room as your guest, and that in your good faith I trusted when I entered it."
The argument was a worthless one in law; for Eustace had been a prisoner before he was a guest, and Amyas was guilty of something very like misprision of treason in not handing him over to the nearest justice. However, all he did was, to go to the door, open it, and bowing to his cousin, bid him walk out and go to the devil, since he seemed to have set his mind on ending his days in the company of that personage.
Whereon Eustace vanished.
Narration and Discussion: Amyas says, "If she has found holiness, it matters little to me where she has found it, Master Eustace, but that is the very point that I should be glad to know for certain." What does he mean?
Why does the local justice refuse to do more about the incident with the "Gubbings" than to take down Yeo's statement?
What does Rose's father ask Amyas to do? Why does Amyas hesitate to say yes?