The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1845-04-26
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THE LADY OF TERRlDES.
A TALE.


In the year of grace 443, queen Ma
nv ofAnjou followed her ruyalhusband.
Charles VII, to Beziers. The dauphin,
her son, carried her on the Group Of
his own milk-whitc stead, and they pas.
sed along beneath canopy embrold-
cred with the quartered arms ofFrance
and Anjou, bnrne by the capitoIs. The
queen was attired in a sky y-blue velvet
robe, lined and faced with ermiue; her
head covered with a Golf Of white
cause, raised at the two ends, and for
ming sort Of crescent above her In
teIlectual brow. The capItols We're
clad in their long flowing robes and
dalmatias, having on either shoulder
three red stripes, to mark their official
rank, aud a hood, which fell down be-
hind even to the waist This entry,
with all It's minute particulars, is detail
ed, just as | have above described, in
the manuscript annals of the city Of
Beziers. Behind the queen and capi-
tolls again came too horsemen,mounted
on noble beasts. They were both
dressed in ,unics, folded gracefully over
the breast confined by belt at the
waist, then flowing loose and unconfin-
ed to the knee, and enriched with a
broad gold border. Their head gear
was u species Of turban, with strip
Of the same material falling from the
top, thM protected the back Of the head
from sun or shower, but descended no
lower ihan the nape OF the neck. The
FIRST of the two was Guy de Bastides.
lie was man Of about lhirty-fve years
ut the most; a brave and skllful leader;
never.wanting at his post in the bloody
wars between France and England; (;
and one who had ever maintained n
foremost rank in the defenders Of the
throne, not more by his trusty sword
than spotless fidelity. He now follow
edthe steps Of queen Mary of Anjou,
paying scant heed or attention to the
gay and gorgeous spectacle which on
all sides lay beneath his gaze. flebad
already seen The burgesses, whom the
Queen received in the village Of Braque.
vile, do homage to her majesty. which
consisted in loyalty presenting some
fifty mares Of virgin silver. The cav
acade had also passed through the forte
St. Cyprian, where the capitols took
care to have in readiness a missal, a
cross, and the canon of the mass, in
order that both queen and dauphin
lnight make oath, before setting foot
in Beziers, to maintain the city invio-
late, in oil It's rights and privileges; but
neither the splendor of the jewels and
the rich dresses which the burgesses'
wives and daughters, crowded together
on all sides, profusely displayed,nor the
frequent pretty faces Of their black
eyed Wearers, nor the cries Of exuber-
ant loyalty and Joy which the people
necessarily poured forth as. the process
sion advanced not one, nor altogether
Of these subjects Of interest had power
to dispel the anxious expression Of
Guys handsome countenance, or eface
from his usually smooth ana unruffied
brow the deep iurrow that now so pain
fully contracted it. Only at rare inter-
walls he would raise his flashing eyes to
the broad ramparts he was about to
pass, like one who knows, but never
reckoned on seeng them more ut would
seem as though his vision, piercing thro'
their material thickness, saw some dis
tant recollection rise, and shape itself