Jacqueline of Holland: A Historical Tale, 第 2 巻

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Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831 - 358 ページ

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3 ページ - My very dear and redoubted lord and father, in the most humble of manners in this world, I recommend myself to your kind favour. May it please you to know, my very redoubted lord and father, that I address myself to...
7 ページ - I ought sooner have sent Sir Louis de Montfort to you ; for he cannot longer remain here, although he attended me when all the rest deserted me ; and he will tell you more particularly all that has happened than I can do in a letter. I entreat, therefore, that you will be a kind lord to him, and send me your good pleasure and commands, which I will most heartily obey. This is known to the blessed Son of God, whom I pray to grant you a long and happy life, and that I may have the great joy of seeing...
151 ページ - English knight performing the following deeds of arms : — First, to enter the lists on foot, each armed in the manner he shall please, having a dagger and sword attached to any part of his body, and a battle-axe, with the handle of such length as I shall fix on. The combat to be as follows : ten strokes with the battle-axe, without intermission ; and when these strokes shall have been given, and the judge shall cry out, ' Ho !' ten cuts with the sword to be given without intermission or change...
151 ページ - ... length as the challenger shall fix on. The combat to be as follows : ten strokes of the battleaxe, without intermission ; and when these strokes shall have been given, and the judge shall cry out ' Ho ! ' ten cuts with the sword to be given without intermission or change of armour. When the judge shall cry out ' Ho !' we will resort to our daggers, and give ten stabs with them.
156 ページ - He was wont to keep the nobles of his court under such good government, that, to add to their honour, after having undertaken any deeds of arms, they could not absent themselves from the country where such enterprise was to be performed, until it was perfectly accomplished.
230 ページ - ... enemies, the hope of his friends, the raiser up of the discomfited, standard of Mohammed, lord of all the world. ' To the kings of Germany, of France, and of England, and to all other kings, dukes and counts, and generally to all on whom our courtesy may condescend, greeting, and love in our grace. . • ' Whereas it is very commendable for all who please to relinquish error, through wisdom,— we send to you that you may not delay coming to us to...
153 ページ - ... in Guienne, he received a challenge, couched in all the nice terms and circumlocutions of chivalry, from the Count of Chalons, to meet him lance to lance in a tournament. This fashion was then at its height, and knights and nobles of high renown and princes royal were accustomed to defy each other in the name of God, of the blessed Virgin Mary, and of their respective saints and mistresses, and to invite one another out of love and reverence, to joustings and tiltings, which often terminated...
151 ページ - The combat to be as follows : ten strokes of the battleaxe, without intermission ; and when these strokes shall have been given, and the judge shall cry out ' Ho ! ' ten cuts with the sword to be given without intermission or change of armour. When the judge shall cry out ' Ho !' we will resort to our daggers, and give ten stabs with them. Should either party lose or drop his weapon, the other may continue the use of the one in his hand until the judge shall cry out 'Ho!

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