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Stories of the Knights of the Middle Ages from the Old Chronicles oftaimuiJij-bj-i 'jit/^J REFERENCE A ?illKlllTl.S',^'^^,:!T.,JHE BRANCH LIBRARIES 3 3333 05824 5669 \J^ V/>d Q. .>>ife£ ^ /f/J BELT AND SPUR. ; Belt and Spur ^tonc0 of t!)e linigljt^ of tlje ^m\z ^ffe0 from tlje ©Id C^romcleis WitJi Sixteen Illuminations ' The heraudes left hir priking up and doun. Now ringen trompes loud and clarioun. Ther is no more to say, but est and west In gon the spares sadly in the rest In goth the sharpe spore into the side. Ther see men who can juste, and who can ride. Ther shiveren shaftes upon sheldes thicke ; He feleth thurgh the herte-spone the pricke. Up springen speres twenty foot on highte ; Out gon the swerdes as the silver brighte." Chaucer. The Knightes Tale. FOURTH THOUSAND. NEW YORK: SCRIBNER AND WELFORD MDCCCLXXXIV All Rights Reset-ved. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2007 with funding from - Microsoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/beltspurstoriesoOOseel ^'^ Of NEW yowr CONTENTS. PAGE I. Plow Duke William and his Knights Landed in England i Ti. The Battle of the Standard . , . n III. King William the Lion .... 23 //oTU the ycnmg King Henry went away to the King of France^ and how the Breton Barons rebelled against their King 23 How King William raised an army and entered North- umberla7id ....... 27 How the Earl of Leicester came into E^igland . 34 How King William of Scotla?td came again into Eng- land 3^ How King William was taken Priso7ier . .45 How the tidi7igs were brought to King Henry ^ . .49 IV. Richard Cceur de Lion .... 54 How Saladin took the Holy City, and how Ki?tg Richard set out 071 a Crusade ....-• 54 the City Messi7ta, a7id the C077ii7tg of . Of the taki7tg of of • the Pri7icess Bere7igaria . • 5° . .61 Of the co7ni7ig of Richard to Cyprtis . and the Of the 77iar7-iage of Richard a7id Bere7igaria, conquest of Cyprus ^3 . CONTENTS. PAGE Of the coming of Richard to Ac7-e^ and the taking ofthe city 67 Of the departure of the King of France, and of the march of the an?iy ...... 70 Of the battle of Arsur, and the wonderful victory of the Christians . -73 How William de Pratclles gave himselfupfor the King, and of the deeds of the Earl of Leicester . 76 Of the rebuilding of Ascalon, and the discord among the Christians . -79 How the Marquis Conrad was chosen King, and how he was slain by two young men . .82 How King Richaj'd took Darum and prepared to go up to Jerusalein . -85 How Saladin came against Joppa, and of the admir- able deeds of King Richard . -90 Hnu King Richard made peace with Saladin for three years, and setforth to return into his own land . 94 FULK FITZWaRINE 97 Ho7ii Guarin of Metz wo 71 the love of Melette of the White Tower ....... 97 How Fulk Fitz Wari?te saved the life of Sir foce de Dynan . ico How Fulk FitzWarine lost Whittiiigton . .103 How Fulk the yoimger ange?'ed Prince John, and how he, when he became king, refused Fulk justice . 1 04 How Sir Fulk and his brothers hid in the woods, and^ the Ki7ig appointed a hundred knights to take them 107 How Sir Fulk married Dame Maude de Cans, and slew a Kfiight named Sir Piers de Bruville . \ii How Sir Fulk went to the Prince of Wales . .116 CONTENTS. vii PAGE Of Sir Aiidulf de Bracy andJohn de Rampaig7ie , 119 Hozf Sir Fulk and his brothets li'ent over the sea to the King of Fratice . .122 HoTU Sir Fulk took KingJohn prisojicr in the forest of Windsor . .125 How Sir William FiisWarine was rescued . .129 How the King made peace with Sir Fulk and gave him back his lands^ and how Sir Fulk died and was buried ........ 131 VI. Prince Edward at the last Crusade . 134 VII. The Siege of Caerlaverock . .145 VI n. The Bold Deeds of the Knights of Scotland 152 IX. Sea-fights 165 X. The Black Prince at Poitiers . 171 181 XL The Jousts of St. Inghelberth . i8t Of the Enterprise of the three Knights . Of the First Day 1 80 Of the Second Day I93 Of the Third Day I95 Of the Fourth Day 197 202 XII. The Last Deeds of Sir Harry Hotspur Of Owen Glendower and the Earl Douglas . 202 Of Henry Percy and Shrewsbury Field . 209 220 XIII, King Henry the Fifth in France . 220 Of the Siege of Harfeur .226 How the King inarched through the land . Vlll CONTENTS. PAGE Of the Battle of Agiticourt 229 Of the entry of the Ki7ig into London . , , 233 XIV. The Siege of Rouen . 23S XV. Jacques de Lalain, Knight of the Fleece of Gold 26a How Sir facqties challetigcdfames Douglas . 260- Of the Lists of Stirling 264 Of an English Squire who came to Bruges to fight with Sir facqties . , .271 xvL Of the coming of Queen Margaret OF AnjOU 117 xviL The Act of Arms between the Lord Scales and the Bastard of Bur- gundy 284 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. A GRANT OF LANDS FROM THE KING . Frontispiece THE NORMAN KNIGHTS LANDING IN ENGL.^ND. 8 PITCHING THE CAMP 32 RICHARD C(EUR DE LION IN BATTLE . 56 RICHARD CCEUR DE LION AND THE EMPEROI OF CYPRUS 62 RIDINCi TO THE TOURNAMENT . 98 WILLIAM FITZWARINE WOUNDED 128 SEA-FIGHT 168 HOW PEACE WAS PROCLAIMED . 180 THE JOUSTS OF ST. INGHELBERTH 186 THE BATTLE OF SHREWSBURY . 214 SAYING MASS . 230 THE SIEGE OF ROUEN . 242 THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY 272 TILTING WITH THE SPEAR 282 LORD SCALES AND THE BASTARD OF BURGUNDY 256 ; PREFACE, The following stories of battles and tournaments have been drawn from the pages of the old chroni- cles, and are told as the chronicler tells them sometimes in an abridged and condensed form, but as far as possible, in the spirit and style of the original. The story of Coeur de Lion's Crusade is taken from the ' Itinerary of Richard the First,' by Geoffrey Vinsauf The deeds of the Scottish Knights in the icign of Edward the Third are related by Jean Le Bel, the chronicler whose work was so largely borrowed by Froissart. The Jousts of St. Inghel- bcrth are described by Froissart himself It is Henry the Fifth's chaplain who tells of his sove- reign's achievements in France ; and Chastelain, the Burgundian chronicler, who gives us the story of the tournaments at Stirling and at Bruges, in which Sir Jacques de Lalain bore a part. Several of the other stories are taken from rhym- ing chronicles or historical poems. The account of XU PREFACE. the preparations for the conquest of England is drawn from the poem of the Norman, Robert Wace, whose father was an eye-witness of the events ; and the story of WilHam the Lion from Fantosme's ' Chro- nicle of Henry the Second.' The Battle of Poitiers is told as Chandos Herald relates it in his rhyming * Life of the Black Prince;' and the Siege of Rouen is from the old English poem by John Page. The romance of Fulk FitzWarine, if less strictly history than the other tales, seems to have been founded on fact, and being probably nearly contemporary, gives at least a picture of the times. The illustrations are mainly adapted from illumi- nated manuscripts in the British Museum. E. L. S. BELT AND SPUR. CHAPTER I. HOW DUKE WILLIAxM AND HIS KNIGHTS LANDED IN ENGLAND. Now Duke William was in his park at Rouen, and in his hands he held a bow ready strung, for he was going hunting, and many knights and squires with him. And behold, there came to the gate a mes- senger from England ; and he went straight to the Duke and drew him aside, and told him secretly how King Edward's life had come to an end, and Harold had been made king in his stead. And when the Duke had heard the tidings, and understood all that was come to pass, those that looked upon him perceived that he was greatly enraged, for he forsook the chase, and went in silence, speaking no word to any man, clasping and unclasping his cloak, neither dared any in man speak to him ; but he crossed over the Seine a boat, and went to his hall, and sat down on a his with his mantle, and bench ; and he covered face leant down his head, and there he abode, turning B 2 NO IV DUKE WILLIAM AND HIS KNIGHTS about restlessly for one hour after another in gloomy thought. And none dared speak a word to him, but they spake to one another, saying, * What ails the Duke ? Why bears he such a mien ?' Then there came in his seneschal riding from the park, and he went through the hall humming a song, and passed by the Duke ; and there came many to him, asking him wherefore the Duke did so. And he answered them, ' You will hear the tidings soon, but be not in haste, for it is sure to leak out in time.' Then the Duke raised himself, and the seneschal came to him and said, * Why conceal your tidings, sire, for if we know it not now, we shall hear it soon, and you will gain nothing by hiding it, nor lose by telling it ; and though you may take great pains to hide it, all the town knows it ? For they go about the city, little and great, saying that King Edward has passed away, and Harold is become kins:, and has received the kingdom.' ' That is it that troubles me,' said the Duke.
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