Knights and Their DaysRedfield, 1856 - 479 pages |
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Page 147 - Majesty sitting under his state in the banqueting house, the chirurgeons cause the sick to be brought, or led, up to the throne, where they kneeling, the King strokes their faces, or cheeks with both his hands at once, at which instant a chaplain in his formalities says, " He put his hands upon them, and he healed them.
Page 47 - The ladies' hearts began to melt, Subdued by blows their lovers felt. So Spanish heroes, with their lances, At once wound bulls
Page 251 - I must have wanton poets, pleasant wits, Musicians, that with touching of a string May draw the pliant king which way I please: Music and poetry is his delight; Therefore I'll have Italian masks by night, Sweet speeches, comedies, and pleasing shows...
Page 259 - This no doubt proceeded not simply of any present necessity, but much by reason of the old humour of those countries, where the memory of King Richard was so strong, that it lay like lees in the bottom of men's hearts, and if the vessel was but stirred it would come up...
Page 20 - In 67 months she was tapped 66 times : Had taken away 240 gallons of water, Without ever repining at her case, Or ever fearing the operation.
Page 251 - The countess left him to order dinner to be made ready, and the tables set, and the hall ornamented and set out, likewise to welcome the knights and lords who accompanied the king. When she had given all the orders to her servants she thought needful, she returned with a cheerful countenance to King Edward, and said — " ' Dear sir, what are you musing on ? Such meditating is not proper for you, saving your grace ! You ought rather to be in high spirits, having freed England from her enemy without...
Page 253 - Her voice more silver every word than other, Her wit more fluent. What a strange discourse Unfolded she of David, and his Scots ! Even thus, quoth she, he spake...
Page 253 - Caesar from his Roman grave, To hear war beautified by her discourse. Wisdom is foolishness, but in her tongue, Beauty a slander, but in her fair face : There is no summer, but in her cheerful looks, Nor frosty winter, but in her disdain.
Page 87 - Their tilts, justs, tournaments for ladies; their combats with gyants, monsters, and dragons their adventures in foreign nations ; their enchantments in the Holy Land ; their knighthoods, prowess, and chivalry, in Europe, Africa, and Asia ; with their victories against the enemies of Christ : also the true manner and places of their deaths, being seven tragedies, and how they came to be called the Seven Saints of Christendom.
Page 87 - The odious stranger, disguising every circumstance of time and place, assumed the mask of a martyr, a saint, and a Christian hero; and the infamous George of Cappadocia has been transformed into the renowned St. George of England, the patron of arms, of chivalry, and of the garter.