The story of the middle ages; an elementary history for sixth and seventh grades . the sport for men. AVhat are your falcons to my hounds and harriers? The education of onewith^hfunds S^o-^ ])oar-liound, I can tell you, requires as much care as all your falcons; and Avhenyou are done the dog loves you, and that is more tlianyou can say for your hawks. And the chase itself isfar more exciting. The hounds are uncoupled, and setyelping upon the scent, and away we dash after them,plunging through the woods, leaping glades andstreams in our haste. At last we reach the spot wherethe game has turned
The story of the middle ages; an elementary history for sixth and seventh grades . the sport for men. AVhat are your falcons to my hounds and harriers? The education of onewith^hfunds S^o-^ ])oar-liound, I can tell you, requires as much care as all your falcons; and Avhenyou are done the dog loves you, and that is more tlianyou can say for your hawks. And the chase itself isfar more exciting. The hounds are uncoupled, and setyelping upon the scent, and away we dash after them,plunging through the woods, leaping glades andstreams in our haste. At last we reach the spot wherethe game has turned at bay, and find an enormousboar, defending himself stoutly and fiercely against the LIFE OF THE CASTLE 1G9 hounds. Right and leit he rolls the dogs. With hisback bristling with rage, he charges straight for thehuntsmen. Look out, now; for his sharp tusks cutlike a knife! But the huntsmen are skilled, and thedogs play well their part. Before the beast can reachman or horse, he is pierced by a dozen spears, and isnailed to the ground, dead! Isnt this a nobler sportthan hawking?. ARMING TITK KXinriT So, we may be sure, most of tiie knights and squireswill agree. But the ladies, and many of the squiresand knights, will still love best the sport of falconry. In this way the squire spends his days until hereaches the age of twenty or twenty-one. He has nowproved both his courage and his skill, and at last hislord says that he has earned his spurs. So the squire is to be made a knight: and tliis is the 170 TEE STORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES occasion for great festivities. lu company with othersquires who are candidates for knighthood, he must go through a careful preparation. First comes2?knShood!^^^^6 ^^th, which is the mark of purification. Then he puts on garments of red, white,and black. The red means the blood he is willing toshed in defence of the Church and of the oppressed;
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