. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. A BROKEN STRA W. origin. She says that the old Chroniclers relate how Charles the Simple, in the year 922, when he saw that he was for- saken by the chief of his barons, summoned an assembly in the Champs de Mai, at Soissons. He looked among them for friends, but found only a factious crew, whose audacity his own weakness served only to increase. Some reproached him with indolence, with his prodigalities, and for his blind trust in Haganon, his minister. Others complained loudly of his dish
. The language of flowers: or, Floral emblems of thoughts, feelings, and sentiments ... Flower language. A BROKEN STRA W. origin. She says that the old Chroniclers relate how Charles the Simple, in the year 922, when he saw that he was for- saken by the chief of his barons, summoned an assembly in the Champs de Mai, at Soissons. He looked among them for friends, but found only a factious crew, whose audacity his own weakness served only to increase. Some reproached him with indolence, with his prodigalities, and for his blind trust in Haganon, his minister. Others complained loudly of his dishonourable concessions to Raoul, the Norman chief. Surrounded by this seditious multitude, he entreated, he promised, and sought to escape them by betraying fresh weaknesses, but all in vain. When they saw him devoid of all moral courage, their insolence knew no bounds; they declared that he was no longer their king. At these words, which they uttered with every gesture of violence, and accom- panied with threats, they advanced to the foot of the throne, broke some straws which they had in their hands, cast them rudely upon the ground and withdrew, having expressed by this meaning action that they renounced their allegiance to him. This is the most ancient example of the kind known to us; but it proves that, long ago, this expressive mode of breaking treaties was in use, since the great vassals of the weak king did not consider that any words were needed in explanation; they felt sure that they would be understood, and they were so. There is a considerable space of time between the above and the comic scene in the Depit amoureux of Moli^re; yet one is the origin of the other; at least they have their 38. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tyas, Robert, 1811-1879. London, New York, G. Routledge an
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