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Southey, Robert, 1774-1843. / Southey's Common-place book. Second series. Special collections
2d. ed. (1850)

Middle Ages, etc.,   pp. [unnumbered]-367


Page 367


JACQUELINE-PERCIVAL.
nommez; et estoit ceste coustume establye,
que au jour que le Roy court tenoit ja nul
a table ne se seoit; mais sur chappes et sur
manteaulx mengeoient sans nappes, ne sans
aulchun linge; et pour ceste cause on cong-
noissoit lequel fust le meilleur ou le pire.
Celluy qui chevallier Mamelot estoit, fust
qui son seigneur rescoux navoit en aulchun
lieu de mort, ou de prison; ou quil navoit
son corps en adventure mis, tant quil eust
en armes conquis chevallier que fust re-
nomme en forest, en que, ou en plainne, ou
eust une pucelle recousse, chambriere, dame
ou damoiselle, ou de honte delivree dont
elle fust blasmee a tort, devant la majeste
du roy Arthus; ou eust en luy tant de
vertu quil eust telle prouesse faict par la-
quelle il deust estre mis au nombre des
preux Chevalliers qui en la Court devant
le Roy estoient assis, et mis en piys et re-
nommee."-f. 166.
[Horrid Barbarity.]
1423. JACQUELINE, Countess of Henault,
sent Floris of Kishock with men to surprise
the town of Schoonhourn, the which he
effected happily through the assistance of
some townsmen well affected to the said
lady: but he could not recover the castle
without a siege of six weeks, at the end
whereof he forcerl them to yield to have
their goods and lives saved: only Albert
Begllirick, one of the captains, was reserved
to be at the Countess's discretion: who,
notwithstanding, had leave given him to go
and visit his friends, having past his word
and oath to return to prison within a month,
the which having performed according to
his promise, he was in the night buried
alive under one of the platforms of the
castle."-Hfistory of the Netherlands, p.
137.
[Thle Damoselle and Alardin du Lac.]
A DAMSEL who falls in love with Alar-
din du Lac at first sight, seeing him from a
window tells him of a tournament which is
about to be held. "Alardin fust lors fort
joyeulx quant par la pucelle entend que si
vaillans et preux se deuvent a la jouste
trouver, et de la joye quil en eust faisoit
son cheval pour saillir si hault quil sembloit
qui vollast: ce que tant pleust a la pucelle
que le cueur au ventre luy dance; tant est
ja la pucelle de lamour du chevallier esprinse
quelle ne svait tenir maniere, tantost pas-
list, tantost tressue, et souvent luy mue la
coulleur, regardant le beau chevallier auquel
elle a donne son cueur et octroye par bonne
amour; et pour secretement faire ceste chose
asscavoir a Alardin pas singe, luy donna
la manche de sa cotte que nous appellons
mancherons, de quoy il feist ung confanon
ou banerolle a salance."-PIEacIvAL, ff. 83.
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