. The seven champions of Christendom; a legendary romance of chivalry . ce, and, following him, another knight,armed and mounted upon a coal-black palfrey, with hislance standing in its rest. Now the guards and all the pity-ing people knew that Sabras champion had come. Theywelcomed him with a great shout, and the roll of drumsand the blare of trumpets signaled his entrance to the lists. [80] ST. GEORGE JOUSTS FOR SABRAS LIFE When St. George saw his lady chained to the stake hewas overcome with horror, so that he nearly fell from hishorse ; but the knight rode up and made the formal chal-lenge
. The seven champions of Christendom; a legendary romance of chivalry . ce, and, following him, another knight,armed and mounted upon a coal-black palfrey, with hislance standing in its rest. Now the guards and all the pity-ing people knew that Sabras champion had come. Theywelcomed him with a great shout, and the roll of drumsand the blare of trumpets signaled his entrance to the lists. [80] ST. GEORGE JOUSTS FOR SABRAS LIFE When St. George saw his lady chained to the stake hewas overcome with horror, so that he nearly fell from hishorse ; but the knight rode up and made the formal chal-lenge in behalf of his lord, demanding the ladys libertyor a fight to the death in her defense with whoever dareddeclare her guilty of a crime. Trumpets sounded the alarm, and the two champions setspurs to their horses and ran together so fiercely that atthe first encounter they shivered their lances up to theirhands. The second encoun-ter was so furious that theBaron of Chester with hishorse fell down and rolledupon the ground. , leaping fromhis saddle, drew his. [8. ] THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM sword Ascalon, and as his opponent sprang up, falchion inhand, the champion struck him such a blow that he sankto the earth with a groan and gave up the ghost. The whole company applauded the knights victory andthe release of the injured princess, and the king himselfdelivered Sabra to her champion, who clothed her with ascarlet mantle that was handed to him by a lady in waiting,and set her upon his own steed, which he led back to thecastle, holding the bridle reins. So great was the joythroughout the city that the bells rang the whole day with-out ceasing. The citizens, in every street through whichSabra and her champion must pass, hung from their win-dows and on their walls cloths of gold and silver, and richcarpets, and laid cushions of green velvet in every clergy, in copes of silk and gold, met them in solemnprocession ; the ladies and beautiful damsels stre
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