Belt and spur : stories of the knights of the middle ages from the old chronicles . ; that is to say, that each oneshould be armed with such armour as he is wont towear in the lists, and should fight with axe andsword until one of them should be borne to theground. So the English squire came to the town of Bruges,and dismounted at the lodging that they had pre-pared for him. And Sir Jacques de Lalain, glad atheart, and desiring to do such things that he shouldbe remembered in after times for his high and vir-tuous deeds, and that all noble knights should takehim for an example, prayed leave of
Belt and spur : stories of the knights of the middle ages from the old chronicles . ; that is to say, that each oneshould be armed with such armour as he is wont towear in the lists, and should fight with axe andsword until one of them should be borne to theground. So the English squire came to the town of Bruges,and dismounted at the lodging that they had pre-pared for him. And Sir Jacques de Lalain, glad atheart, and desiring to do such things that he shouldbe remembered in after times for his high and vir-tuous deeds, and that all noble knights should takehim for an example, prayed leave of the Duke to ac-complish his arms against the English squire. Andthe Duke granted his request, and promised himselito be the judge, and assigned them a day, and causedthe lists to be prepared. When the day assigned arrived the two championsprepared to accomplish their arms, and Sir Jacquesde Lalain was the first to enter the lists. Then theDuke, nobly accompanied, mounted the seat whichhad been prepared for him, and near by were theDuchess of Cleves, the Countess of Etampes, and. KNIGHT OF THE FLEECE OF GOLD. 273 many other great ladies, and in all the galleries andat the windows of the houses round were manystrangers. Then soon after, Sir Jacques de Lalain,knowing the Duke to be come, entered the lists, ac-companied by knights and squires of the Dukescourt, and others with them, and his two uncles, theLord of Crequy and the Lord of Montigny, calledSir Simon dc Lalain. And Sir Jacques passed beforethe Dukes scat, and made his reverence to him andto the ladies who were there, and passed to hispavilion to arm himself Soon after entered theEnglish squire, who likewise passed to do his rever-ence, and then entered his pavilion, he and his men,accompanied b\ two knights whom the Duke had ap-pointed to counsel him, as had been the custom oflong time. When they were armed and read}, andordinances of the lists were made, and the guardsappointed to keep the field, the champions werevisi
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