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the ashes. But chivalric imagination still waves its magic wand over us. We love to link our names with the heroic times of Europe; and our armorial shields and crests confess the pleasing illusions of chivalry. The modern orders of military merit (palpable copies of some of the forms of middle-age distinctions) constitute the cheap defence of nations, and keep alive the personal nobility of knighthood. We wage our wars not with the cruelty of Romans, but with the gallantry of cavaliers; for the same principle is in influence now which of old inspired courage while it mitigated ferocity. Courtesy of manners, that elegant drapery of chivalry, still robes our social life; and liberality of sentiment distinguishes the gentleman, as in days of yore it was wont to distinguish the knight.

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INDEX.

Accolade, meaning of the, I. 53. note.

Adelais, tale of her imprisonment, rescue by an adventurous
knight, and subsequent marriage, II. 322.
Albigenses, romance of, I. 48. note.

Alcantara, order of, its principles, and its comparative rank
with other Spanish orders, I. 353.

Alfonso, story of his chivalric bearing, II. 258.

Allegories, fantastic, made on knights and their armour,

I. 108. 110.

Amys and Amylion, Romance of, I. 121.

Anglo-Saxons, state of chivalry among, I. 6. 9. 11. 383.
Antharis, a Lombard king, story of his romantic gallantry,
II. 321.

Arabian horses, their repute in chivalric times, I. 111.
Arabic, Spanish historians, account of, II. 242. note.
Archers, excellence of English, II. 12. Fine passage from
Halidon Hill expressive of, II. 13. note. An English
archer in the days of Edward III., 14. Importance of at
battles of Cressy and Poictiers, 15.

Argonautes, order of, purpose of its institution, I. 358.
Aristotle, lay of, I. 215.

Armorial bearings, historical and philosophical sketch of
the principles of, I. 86, 87. 89.

Armour, beauty of ancient, I. 65. Value of enquiries into
the minutiae of, I. 94. Uncertainty of the subject, I. 95.
Its general features, I. 99, &c. Golden armour, 102.
Array, general nature of chivalric, I. 118.

Arthur, his knightly honour, I. 132. note. Discovery of his
remains at Glastonbury, account of, I. 375. His court
the school of chivalric virtue, 376. His generosity to his
knights, 376. note. See Round Table.

Athenæus, his singular testimony to a state of chivalry, I. 6.
Auberoch, beleagured by the French, and chivalrously re-
lieved by the English, II. 31.

Audley, Sir James, interesting story of his heroic achieve-
ments and of his generosity, II. 43.

Axe, the battle, I. 67. Description of King Richard's,
68. note.

B.

Bachelor, various meanings of the word, I. 19. 45.
Bacinet, I. 91.

Baked meats, fondness of people for them in the olden time,
I. 191. and note.

Ball, the, after a tournament, I. 284.

Band, Spanish order of the, objects of the order, I. 367.
Interesting, as descriptive of the state of Spanish man-
ners, ib. Its fine chivalry to woman, I. 369.

Banneret, qualification of a knight, I. 16. His privileges,
17. See Chandos.

Bannockburn, battle of, I. 407.

Barriers, description of, I. 124. note. Singular battles at
the, I. 124. 127.

Bath, order of, ceremonies used at the ancient creation of
knights of, II. 150. 91, &c. Modern ceremonies, I. 364.
Absurdity of our heralds' dogmatic positiveness regarding
the æra of the order's foundation, II. 91. note.

Batre, Claude de, a French knight. His joust with Max-
imilian I. of Germany, II. 315.

Bauldrick, description of the, I. 73.

His valiancy, ib.

Bayard, the chivalric, his early years, II. 217. Enters the
service of the kings of France, 218.
His humanity, 219. His gallantry, ib.
ment in honour of the ladies, 220.

Holds a tourna-
His death, 222.

Beauty, knights fought to assert the superiority of their
mistress's beauty, I. 209. The practice apparently ab-
surd, but reason why it should not be too severely cen-
sured, II. 211.

Black Prince, his conduct at Limoges, I. 132. His courtesy,
II. 11. 16. His liberality, II. 45. His deportment to
Peter the Cruel, II. 185. Not a favorite with the nobility
in the English possessions in France, II. 191. His cruelty
to Du Guesclin, ib.

Blois, Charles of, his contention with Jane de Mountfort
for the duchy of Brittany, I. 239.

Blue, the colour of constancy in days of chivalry, I. 275.
note. See Stocking

Bonaparte, his generousness to a descendant of Du Guesclin,

II. 203.

Bonnelance, Sir John, his remarkable courtesy to the ladies,
I. 199.

Boucmell, John, his joust with an English squire, I. 294.
Bourbon, singular mode by which a Duke of, gained a
fortress, I. 59.

Boucicant, Marshal, his outrageous reverence for women,
I. 223. note. His joust at St. Ingelbertes, near Calais,
303, &c.

Bovines, importance of squires at the battle of, I. 47.
Break-across, to, meaning of the phrase, I. 278, 279. note.
Britomart, the perfection of chivalric heroines, I. 253.
Brittany, revered for its chivalric fame, II. 174.
Bruce, Robert, his chivalric humanity, II. 69.

Burgundy, Bastard of, his joust with Lord Scales, I. 314.
His skill in other jousts, II. 214.

court of, splendour of its tournaments, II. 213.
The most chivalric country in Europe during middle of
fifteenth century, ib. Chivalric circumstance at the court
of, II. 351.

C.

Calais, stories regarding, II. 17-21.

Calatrava, order of, its origin and history, I. 349.

Calaynos, the Moor, praised by the Spaniards, II. 234.

Carlisle, Sir Anthony Harclay, Earl of, ceremonies of his
degradation from knighthood, I. 62–64.

Carpet-knights, meaning of the term, II. 156.

Carpio, Bernardo del, account of, II. 243.

Cavalry, the principal arm of military power during the
middle ages, I. 2.

Caxton, his lamentation over the decline of chivalry, II. 99.
His exaggeration of the evil, 102.

Celts, humility of Celtic youths, I. 6.

Cervantes, curious error made by, I. 20. Censures the chi-
valric custom of making vows, 129. note. Satirises
chivalric contempt of bodily pain, 368. note. Ridicules the
vigil of arms, I. 49. note; and the pride of knights, I. 393.
note. Accuracy of his pictures, II. 297.

Cesena, noble defence of, by Marzia degl' Ubaldini, I. 249.
Chandos, Sir John, story with the Earl of Oxenford, I. 38.
History of his heroism, II. 46. Gallantry, 47. Tenacious
of his armorial bearings, ib. Exploits at Auray, 49.
Tries to dissuade the Black Prince from the Spanish war,
50. Ceremonies on his becoming a knight-banneret, ib.
His remarkable generousness, 52. His death before the
bridge of Lusac, 60, &c. General grief thereat, 63.
Character, bluntness of the old English, shown at the crea-
tion of knights of the Bath, II. 165.

Charity, a great chivalric virtue, instance of, I. 161.
Charter-house, the, founded by Sir Walter Manny, II. 42. and

note.

Charlemagne, state of chivalry in his time, I. 10. His ex-
pedition into Spain, II. 244.

Chargny, Lord of, a famous jouster, II. 298. His passage
of arms near Dijon, I. 328.