. Thackerayana;. despatched to bid the champions welcome, andthe prince ordered the gates to be flung open for the reception of THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO. 27 the stranger knight and his retinue. In a few minutes the caval-cade arrived. First came two harbingers with wands. Next aherald, followed by two pages and two trumpets. Then a hundredfoot-guards. These were attended by as many horse. After themfifty foot-men clothed in scarlet and black, the colours of theknight. Then a led horse. Two heralds on each side of a gentle-man on horseback bearing a banner with the arms of Vicenza andOtranto quart
. Thackerayana;. despatched to bid the champions welcome, andthe prince ordered the gates to be flung open for the reception of THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO. 27 the stranger knight and his retinue. In a few minutes the caval-cade arrived. First came two harbingers with wands. Next aherald, followed by two pages and two trumpets. Then a hundredfoot-guards. These were attended by as many horse. After themfifty foot-men clothed in scarlet and black, the colours of theknight. Then a led horse. Two heralds on each side of a gentle-man on horseback bearing a banner with the arms of Vicenza andOtranto quarterly—a circumstance that much offended Manfred,but he stifled his resentment. Two more pages. The knightsconfessor telling his beads. Fifty more foot-men clad as knights habited in complete armour, their beavers down,comrades to the principal knight. The squires of the two knights,carrying their shields and devices. The knights own squire. Ahundred gentlemen bearing an enormous sword, and seeming to. faint under the weight of it. The knight himself on a chestnut steed,in complete armour, his lance in the rest, his face entirely concealedby his vizor, which was surmounted by a large plume of scarlet andblack feathers. Fifty foot-guards, with drums and trumpets,closed the procession. Manfred invited the train to enter the greathall of his castle. He proposed to the stranger to disarm, but theknight shook his head in token of refusal. Rest here/ said Man-fred ; I will but give orders for the accommodation of your train,and return to you. The three knights bowed as accepting hiscourtesy. Manfred directed the strangers retinue to be conductedto an adjacent hospital, founded by the Princess Hippolita for thereception of pilgrims. As they made the circuit of the court, thegigantic sword burst from the supporters, and falling to the groundopposite the helmet, remained immovable. 28 THACKERA YANA.
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