Knight
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For me alone was Don Quixote born, and I for him; it was his to act, mine to write; we two together make but one, notwithstanding and in spite of that pretended Tordesillesque writer who has ventured or would venture with his great, coarse, ill-trimmed ostrich quill to write the achievements of my valiant knight;—no burden for his shoulders, nor subject for his frozen wit: whom, if perchance thou shouldst come to know him, thou shalt warn to leave at rest where they lie the weary mouldering bones of Don Quixote, and not to attempt to carry him off, in opposition to all the privileges of death, to Old Castile, making him rise from the grave where in reality and truth he lies stretched at full length, powerless to make any third expedition or new sally; for the two that he has already made, so much to the enjoyment and approval of everybody to whom they have become known, in this as well as in foreign countries, are quite sufficient for the purpose of turning into ridicule the whole of those made by the whole set of the knights-errant; and so doing shalt thou discharge thy Christian calling, giving good counsel to one that bears ill-will to thee.
In addition to the sword, there was a portrait representing a nobleman of the time of Henry III, dressed with the greatest elegance, and who wore the Order of the Holy Ghost; and this portrait had certain resemblances of lines with Athos, certain family likenesses which indicated that this great noble, a
knight
of the Order of the King, was his ancestor.
"A gallant
knight
cannot decline a rendezvous with a lady; but a prudent gentleman may excuse himself from not waiting on his Eminence, particularly when he has reason to believe he is not invited to make his compliments."
A dim line of ancestors, in every variety of dress, from the Elizabethan
knight
to the buck of the Regency, stared down upon us and daunted us by their silent company.
"Win it fairly," said the Prior, "and wear it as ye will; I will trust your giving true response, on your word as a
knight
and as a churchman.
Returning in less than three minutes, a warder announced"that the Prior Aymer of Jorvaulx, and the good
knight
Brian de Bois-Guilbert, commander of the valiant and venerable order of Knights Templars, with a small retinue, requested hospitality and lodging for the night, being on their way to a tournament which was to be held not far from Ashby-de-la-Zouche, on the second day from the present."
I say that, on that day, each
knight
ran three courses, and cast to the ground three antagonists.
"Genuine Saxon, by the soul of Hengist!" shouted Cedric--"And the sixth?" he continued with eagerness--"how name you the sixth?""The sixth," said the Palmer, after a pause, in which he seemed to recollect himself, "was a young
knight
of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honourable company, less to aid their enterprise than to make up their number--his name dwells not in my memory."
I will myself tell the name of the
knight
before whose lance fortune and my horse's fault occasioned my falling--it was the
Knight
of Ivanhoe; nor was there one of the six that, for his years, had more renown in arms.--Yet this will I say, and loudly--that were he in England, and durst repeat, in this week's tournament, the challenge of St John-de-Acre, I, mounted and armed as I now am, would give him every advantage of weapons, and abide the result."
Could my weak warrant add security to the inestimable pledge of this holy pilgrim, I would pledge name and fame that Ivanhoe gives this proud
knight
the meeting he desires."
Gratified pride, resentment, embarrassment, chased each other over his broad and open brow, like the shadow of clouds drifting over a harvest-field; while his attendants, on whom the name of the sixth
knight
seemed to produce an effect almost electrical, hung in suspense upon their master's looks.
But there dropt words from you last night and this morning, that, like sparks from flint, showed the metal within; and in the bosom of that Palmer's gown, is hidden a
knight'
s chain and spurs of gold.
"But, Isaac," said the Pilgrim, smiling, "dost thou know that in these sports, the arms and steed of the
knight
who is unhorsed are forfeit to his victor?
Before each pavilion was suspended the shield of the
knight
by whom it was occupied, and beside it stood his squire, quaintly disguised as a salvage or silvan man, or in some other fantastic dress, according to the taste of his master, and the character he was pleased to assume during the game.
Ralph de Vipont, a
knight
of St John of Jerusalem, who had some ancient possessions at a place called Heather, near Ashby-de-la-Zouche, occupied the fifth pavilion.
"The Saxon porker," he said, "is either asleep or minds me not--Prick him with your lance, De Bracy," speaking to a
knight
who rode near him, the leader of a band of Free Companions, or Condottieri; that is, of mercenaries belonging to no particular nation, but attached for the time to any prince by whom they were paid.
"This passes a jest, my lord," said De Bracy; "no
knight
here will lay lance in rest if such an insult is attempted."
Secondly, any
knight
proposing to combat, might, if he pleased, select a special antagonist from among the challengers, by touching his shield.
The elected Queen of Love and Beauty was then to crown the
knight
whom the Prince should adjudge to have borne himself best in this second day, with a coronet composed of thin gold plate, cut into the shape of a laurel crown.
The fifth
knight
alone maintained the honour of his party, and parted fairly with the
Knight
of St John, both splintering their lances without advantage on either side.
John's curiosity was excited by the mystery observed by the stranger; and, being already displeased with the issue of the tournament, in which the challengers whom he favoured had been successively defeated by one knight, he answered haughtily to the marshals,"By the light of Our Lady's brow, this same
knight
hath been disinherited as well of his courtesy as of his lands, since he desires to appear before us without uncovering his face.--Wot
If, as a stranger in our land, you should require the aid of other judgment to guide your own, we can only say that Alicia, the daughter of our gallant
knight
Waldemar Fitzurse, has at our court been long held the first in beauty as in place.
"I know no right of chivalry," he said, "more precious or inalienable than that of each free
knight
to choose his lady-love by his own judgment.
Their zeal on this occasion was perhaps sharpened by curiosity, since every one desired to know who the
knight
was that had gained so many laurels, yet had refused, even at the command of Prince John, to lift his visor or to name his name.
"Assuredly," said Rebecca, "you shall not repent you of requiting the good deed received of the stranger knight."
"It is the good
knight
my master's," answered Gurth, "of which, assuredly, I would not have spoken a word, had you been satisfied with working your will upon mine own property."
First let us speak of thy master; the
knight'
s matters must go before the squire's, according to the due order of chivalry.
The errant knight, his master, must needs pass us toll-free.
The knight, therefore, stretched himself for repose upon a rich couch with which the tent was provided; and the faithful Gurth, extending his hardy limbs upon a bear-skin which formed a sort of carpet to the pavilion, laid himself across the opening of the tent, so that no one could enter without awakening him.
A knight, it was announced, might use a mace or battle-axe at pleasure, but the dagger was a prohibited weapon.
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