The book of British ballads . ngry dragons prey: But as she did there weeping lye, Behold St. George came riding by. Dr. Percy, in his Introduction to the ballad, says, the equestrian figure wornby the Knights of the Garter, has been understood to bean emblem of the christian warrior, in his spiritual armour,vanquishing the old serpent. Independent of the figureof St. George and the Dragon, appended to the collarof the Order of the Garter, is the badge, worn on ordinaryoccasions by the knights, called The George, and whichwas constantly worn in former times by the companionsof the order. It wa
The book of British ballads . ngry dragons prey: But as she did there weeping lye, Behold St. George came riding by. Dr. Percy, in his Introduction to the ballad, says, the equestrian figure wornby the Knights of the Garter, has been understood to bean emblem of the christian warrior, in his spiritual armour,vanquishing the old serpent. Independent of the figureof St. George and the Dragon, appended to the collarof the Order of the Garter, is the badge, worn on ordinaryoccasions by the knights, called The George, and whichwas constantly worn in former times by the companionsof the order. It was the figure of the Saint, on horse-back, spearing the dragon, and was hung round the neckby a blue ribbon. There is an engraving, by Hollar, ofthe George worn by Charles I., and which that mo-narch gave to Bishop Juxon, on the scaffold, at hisexecution: it was made to open by a spring, like alocket, and contained a portrait of the Queen HenriettaMaria. Our engraving is a copy from the representationof this interesting
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