Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . fencounter. We shall meet again, I trust, said the Templar,casting a resentful glance at his antagonist; andwhere there are none to separate us. If we do not, said the Disinherited Knight,*the fault shall not be mine. On foot or horseback,with spear, with axe, or with sword, I am alikeready to encounter thee. More and angrier words would have beenexchanged, but the marshals, crossing their lancesbetween them, compelled them to separate. TheDisinherited Knight returned to his fi
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . fencounter. We shall meet again, I trust, said the Templar,casting a resentful glance at his antagonist; andwhere there are none to separate us. If we do not, said the Disinherited Knight,*the fault shall not be mine. On foot or horseback,with spear, with axe, or with sword, I am alikeready to encounter thee. More and angrier words would have beenexchanged, but the marshals, crossing their lancesbetween them, compelled them to separate. TheDisinherited Knight returned to his first station,and Bois-Guilbert to his tent, where he remainedfor the rest of the day in an agony of despair. Without alighting from his horse, the conquerorcalled for a bowl of wine, and opening the beaver,or lower part of his helmet, announced that hequaffed it, To all true English hearts, and to the The Tournament 59 confusion of foreign tyrants. He then commandedhis trumpet to sound a defiance to the challengers,and desired a herald to announce to them that heshould make no election, but was willing to encoun-. DISINHERITED KNIGHT UNHORSES BRIAN ter them in the order in which they pleased toadvance against him. The gigantic Front-de-Bceuf, armed in sablearmor, was the first who took the field. He boreon a white shield a black bulls head,^ half defacedby the numerous encounters which he had under-gone, and bearing the arrogant motto, Cave, Ad-suvi.^ Over this champion the Disinherited Knight obtained a slight but decisive advantage. Both 8. Froni-de-Boenf means bulls head. 9. Cave, Adsum is a Latin expression meaning Beware, I am here. 60 The Tournament knights broke their lances fairly, but Front-de-Boeuf, who lost a stirrup in the encounter, wasadjudged to have the disadvantage. In the strangers third encounter, with Sir PhilipJMalvoisin, he was equally successful; striking thatbaron so forcibly on the casque that the laces of thehelmet broke, and JNIalvoisin, only saved fro
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