. Page, esquire, and knight : a book of chivalry . itution from our ancestors,Hath been derivd down to us, and receivdIn a succession, for the noblest wayOf breeding up our youth in letters, arms,Fair mien, discourses, civil exercises,And all the blazon of a gentleman. Chivalry ceased to be of practical value only whenthe conditions of civilization called for men of peacerather than of war, and the perfect knight was re-placed by the perfect gentleman. M. F. L. Cambridge, Massachusetts CONTENTS PageTALES OF KING ARTHURS COURT (5th and 6th centuries) THE DRAWING OF THE SWORD .... 5 THE FOUNDING
. Page, esquire, and knight : a book of chivalry . itution from our ancestors,Hath been derivd down to us, and receivdIn a succession, for the noblest wayOf breeding up our youth in letters, arms,Fair mien, discourses, civil exercises,And all the blazon of a gentleman. Chivalry ceased to be of practical value only whenthe conditions of civilization called for men of peacerather than of war, and the perfect knight was re-placed by the perfect gentleman. M. F. L. Cambridge, Massachusetts CONTENTS PageTALES OF KING ARTHURS COURT (5th and 6th centuries) THE DRAWING OF THE SWORD .... 5 THE FOUNDING OF THE ROUND TABLE . .. I 5 PERCEVAL 21 SJR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT . 46 THE PASSING OF ARTHUR 75 TALES OF CHARLEMAGNE AND HIS PEERS (9thcentury) ROLAND, A KNIGHT OF FRANCE .... 79 THE BATTLE OF RONCEVAL . . . IO3 GODFREY, A KNIGHT OF THE CRUSADES (11th century) 125 THE ORDER OF ST. GEORGE (2d and 14th centuries) 144 CHEVALIER BAYARD (15th and 16th centuries) . .155 SONGS OF CHIVALRY A STEED ! A STEED ! IOI THE TROUBADOUR 143 NOTES 179. Whither go those valiant knights,The glory and the pride of France 7 It is to defend our hearthstonesThat their hand takes up the lance.
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