 Britain had arrived at such a pitch of grandeur, that in abundance of riches, luxury of ornaments, and politeness of inhabitants, it far surpassed all other kingdoms. The knights in it that were famous for feats of chivalry, wore their clothes and arms...  Six Old English Chronicles - Page 243edited by - 1848 - 512 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Geoffrey (of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph) - 1842 - 332 pages
...were famous for feats of chivalry, wore their clothes and arms all of the same colour and fashion : and the women also no less celebrated for their wit,...chastity, and the love of the women a spur to the soldiers' bravery. CHAPTER XIV. AFTER A VARIETY OF SPORTS AT THE CORONATION, ARTHUR AMPLY REWARDS HIS... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1848 - 552 pages
...were famous for feats of chivalry, wore their clothes and arms all of the same colour and fashion : and the women also no less celebrated for their wit,...of the women a spur to the soldier's bravery. CHAP. XIV.—After a variety iif sports at I he coronation, Arthur amply rewards his servants. As soon as... | |
 | George Ayliffe Poole - 1848 - 478 pages
...were famous for feats of chivalry, wore their clothes and arms all of the same colour and fashion; and the women also no less celebrated for their wit,...chastity, and the love of the women a spur to the soldiers' bravery. " As soon as the banquets were over, they went into the fields without the city,... | |
 | 1849 - 478 pages
...were famous for Feats of Chivalry, wore their Clothes and Arms all of the same colour and Fashion. And the Women also no less celebrated for their Wit, wore all the same Kind of Apparel." — Thompson's Translation. In the Procession to Canterbury, Chaucer relates, that "An HABHRDASHEH,... | |
 | Mabinogion - 1849 - 486 pages
...were famous for Feats of Chivalry, wore their Clothes and Arms all of the same colour and Fashion. And the Women also no less celebrated for their Wit, wore all the same Kind of Apparel."— Thompson's Translation. In the 1'зш г .- H'H to Canterbury, Chaucer relates, that "An HABERDASHRR,... | |
 | Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange - 1865 - 342 pages
...read, " that were famous for feats of chivalry wore their clothes and arms all of the same fashion ; and the women also, no less celebrated for their wit,...love of the women a spur to the soldier's bravery."* These delightful festivities are scarcely concluded when a summons arrives from Lucius Tiberius, the... | |
 | 1865 - 386 pages
...famous for feajs of rhivalry, wore thoir clotln 1 » and дгшя all of the same colour and fashion. The women, also, no less celebrated for their wit, wore all the same kind of ap|virel, aud esteemed none worthy of their love hut »uch л» had piren proofs of their valour in... | |
 | John Allen Giles - 1872 - 554 pages
...clothes and arms all of the same colour and fashion: AD 519.] FESTIVITIES AT ARTHUR* S CORONATION. 245 and the women also no less celebrated for their wit,...of the women a spur to the soldier's bravery. CHAP. XIV.—After a variety of sports at the coronation, Arthur amply rewards his servants. As soon as the... | |
 | Harriet Waters Preston - 1876 - 298 pages
...it, that were famous for chivalry, wore their clothes and arms all of the same color and fashion ; and the women also, no less celebrated for their wit, wore all the same kind of apparel, and counted none worthy of their love but such as had given proof of their valor in three successive battles.... | |
 | Harriet Waters Preston - 1876 - 302 pages
...their love but such as had given proof of their valor in three successive battles. Thus was the valor of the men an encouragement for the women's chastity, and the love of the women a spur to soldiers' bravery." And this is the sum of what the monk of Monmouth contributes to the epic of Arthur,... | |
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