. The story of Bayard : the good knight without fear and without reproach . d encouraged Laurencin to exerthimself to the utmost in the way of splendidsuits of clothing and armour, to do honour tohis patrons gallant nephew, for there seemed tobe no question of economy. Bayard wasmeasured and fitted with cloth of silver, velvetand satin, and then went gaily home with hisfriend, both of them thinking it an excellentjest. When the Abbe of Ainay bethought himselflater of what he had done, and sent a messengerin haste to the tailor, he found that it was toolate and that his bill would come to hundr
. The story of Bayard : the good knight without fear and without reproach . d encouraged Laurencin to exerthimself to the utmost in the way of splendidsuits of clothing and armour, to do honour tohis patrons gallant nephew, for there seemed tobe no question of economy. Bayard wasmeasured and fitted with cloth of silver, velvetand satin, and then went gaily home with hisfriend, both of them thinking it an excellentjest. When the Abbe of Ainay bethought himselflater of what he had done, and sent a messengerin haste to the tailor, he found that it was toolate and that his bill would come to hundreds ofcrowns. He was furious, and vowed that hisnephew should never have another penny fromhim ; but that did not mend matters, for thestory got about, to the intense amusement of theKing and his Court, and the rich old miser metwith no sympathy. The young men were fortunate enough to buytwo excellent horses for much less than theirvalue from a brave knight who had broken hisleg, and not being able to figure in the contestshimself, was willing to help so gallant a H ion CHAPTER VI Concerning the Pas dArmes against Messire Claude deVauldray, and how young Bayard distinguished himselfin the Tournament. THE time was drawing near for the greattournament which would be a high festival forthe town and was looked forward to with mucheagerness and excitement. The course on whichthe knights were to fight was surrounded andduly laid out with richly-painted posts. At oneside of this enclosed field, stands were put upand made very bright and gay with colouredhangings, carpets, embroidered banners andescutcheons. It was here that the royal andnoble company would sit and watch the pro-ceedings. Meantime, by permission of the King, MessireClaude de Vauldray had caused it to be publishedand declared throughout the city that he would 38 THE STORY OF BAYARD 39 hold the pass against all comers, both on footand on horseback, on the approaching Monday. A tournament was always a gorgeous and
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