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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. 867
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