St Nicholas [serial] . of the !U-saders in Palestine, and of the valiant deed otRichard the Lion-hearted, who is a prisoner!thought to be) somewhere in Europe; and thefitalk, too, of the great tournament at Ashby, wlall the company is going on the morrow. But no one knows the secret of the disgifedpilgrim, who at dawn next day steals out secrf S77-1 IV A N H O E. 449 -taking Gurth with him, and telling the swine-erd who he really is. He befriends the Jew, too;nd so, through his aid, procures a steed and newrmor for the battle of the was a gorgeous scene at Ashby. Princeohn, the u
St Nicholas [serial] . of the !U-saders in Palestine, and of the valiant deed otRichard the Lion-hearted, who is a prisoner!thought to be) somewhere in Europe; and thefitalk, too, of the great tournament at Ashby, wlall the company is going on the morrow. But no one knows the secret of the disgifedpilgrim, who at dawn next day steals out secrf S77-1 IV A N H O E. 449 -taking Gurth with him, and telling the swine-erd who he really is. He befriends the Jew, too;nd so, through his aid, procures a steed and newrmor for the battle of the was a gorgeous scene at Ashby. Princeohn, the usurping king (brother to Richard), was«here with his court, and Rowena beautiful as write their own names, and it was a long timebefore there was any such thing in existence as aprinted book. But yet I think the show of finefeathers and silks, and coquetry, was as great thenas it would be in any such great assemblage now. Well, in all the knightly sports of the early partof the day, Bois-Guilbert was easily chief; but. THE TOURNAMENT AT ASHBY. :i:ver; and still more beautiful was Rebecca, the:peerless daughter of the Jew, Isaac of York.*3f course there was, too, a great crowd of Saxon- mights and of Norman barons, and of people ofill degrees,—such a crowd, in short, as gathers at>ne of our great fairs or races. But rememberi hat very few of the great people, even in this gathering of Richard Cceur de Lions day, could before the day ended, a new knight made hisappearance on the field with visor down, unknownto all, and with only this device on his shield,—ayoung oak torn up by the roots, and the wordDisinherited. Everybody admired his motionsand his carriage, and everybody trembled whenhe rode bravely up to the tents of the chal-lengers and smote the shield of Bois-Guilbert with 45o IVANHOE. [Mr, the point of his lance. This meant deadly strife;while, before this time, all the combats had beenwith blunted javelins. So the knights took up position, and at a blastfrom the
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