. Page, esquire, and knight : a book of chivalry . oment of THE ACCOLADE 93 danger. But Roland, his nephew, could nolonger abide this error. He threw off hishelmet and unfastened that of Ogier, and allthe young esquires that stood with them didlikewise. No chronicler has ever been able to picturethe astonishment and joy of the great emperoras he looked upon these youthful on the battle field he had the soldierslay a rude altar, whereon were placed twoshining swords. The archbishop blessed theweapons, and the emperor bade Ogier andRoland kneel before him. With his famoussword, Jo
. Page, esquire, and knight : a book of chivalry . oment of THE ACCOLADE 93 danger. But Roland, his nephew, could nolonger abide this error. He threw off hishelmet and unfastened that of Ogier, and allthe young esquires that stood with them didlikewise. No chronicler has ever been able to picturethe astonishment and joy of the great emperoras he looked upon these youthful on the battle field he had the soldierslay a rude altar, whereon were placed twoshining swords. The archbishop blessed theweapons, and the emperor bade Ogier andRoland kneel before him. With his famoussword, Joyeuse, Charlemagne dealt them eachthe accolade, which is to say, three blows onthe shoulder. The king he lifted his famous blade,A blow on the shoulder of each he laid,And by that little action a knight he is made,Baptized into glorious Bear thou this blow, said the king to the knight,1 But never bear blow again :For thy sword is to keep thine honor white,And thine honor must keep thy good sword bright,And both must be free from So the twain are there dubbed knight,Courteous and brave and of great might.
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