, 1859-10-19
Dtes8 &.Trihtttt
THE CHALLENGE or uanLErr.
FnE E1 erE F1ExAxoscA Historical Eoyea ,r us.,7,
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s!de oi the saddle, together with the llncc
word and pouiard which every knight carried
On his person, completed their arms. The
Italians were famous in the use Of the mace
and axe. In ornamenting themselves they fol.
lowed their own pleasure or caprice; the bel.
NETS were generally decked will cluster Of
Ilumes surmounied by tall feather from the
tail Of 4 peacock. Some, instead Of. silk, had
Jagged lists Of silk, called in French I4m1rt-
quins.' Some wore ,cloaks and some shoulder
belts, and those who had atmor Of fine work
manship and rich, left it uncovered. Even the
horses had on their heads plumes or other orn-
aueKts;T and the reins were sometimes Of q
spans width, made with festoons and with
guudy colors; the cost and the materials Of
The reins alone were often Of great value.' On
The Shields besides the knights .own coat.of-
a1ms the Italians bore NOTICES bedttlng the
occasion, IS, for instance, that Of Fiesamosca-
Quid possi& pateat SALEM nune N1la vir7us. 90
At last tie herald advanced to the centre Of
tie camp, and loudly proclaimed that Zone
should darc By word, cry or action to favor OF
interfere with either party; then US he re-
:sained the judges stand, the trumpet gaye the
first sound-then tile second you might
have heard the tapping Of iy's wing =. :.
then The third; and the knights simultaneously
e)ackening the rcins, bending over the horse's
necks, setting spurs to their tanks SO violent.
IL rs to lift them from The ground, started out
against their opponents, bounding thrst then
yallnp;ng ut tull speed; one bind shouting
" 5Iirn Ialia," and the other a Tire ID
Ffdaee,'-the yell re-echoing from the sea. !;
The space between tue two parties was
about four hundred feet. The dust began to
rise slowly, it increased, it becama more Dense
and covered them ere they met; and thus en-.
rclopcd as it in cloud, they dashed asainst ono
another, their horses clashing viii. each others
fronts, the knights shivering their lances
against the shields and c,1irasses Of their nd.
ycrsarics, with shock not unlike that Of a
huge mass Of rocks, which falling down dc:
ellvity meets no obstacle at f1rst but oil Of q
sudden strikes upon forest Of trees, breaks its
war through them, and tearE, uproots, destroys
everything in its way, The spectators could
not witness the first onset; in that confused
aud dusty mass Of men and horses, they could
scarcely distinguish the flash Of the arms re-
tlecting the SUD, and the p]urnagc torn by the
fury Of tie sword, fylcg about in the tumult,
md waited away By the breath Of the wind
The clash Of arms re-echocd from the valley
around. Diego Garcia, admiring those brave
and manly deeds and mad with disappoint-
ment for not being in the melee himself str1lck
the thigh with his fist; and this WAS the only
movement to he noticed among the astonished
and silent spectators.
Tie warriors remained thus mixed up for 9
few seconds, when narrower streak Of glare,
now and then reflected from their midst and
tla-l.ing through the dust showed pretty clear
IL tIlat the warriors were engaged with swords
hat of fhnf inn Art h1,n
mering, resembled the noise Of men working
on score Of anvils. Like an artificial fire
yelled in part by smoke, that mass was glitter
ing and quiycring with sparkling lighti-st
rapid were the movements according rs i
swayed one side or the other, opened or closed
or wheeled around in complicated eyolutions.
The Anxiety to find out to whom belonged
the honor Of victory had become so intense
that it seemed almost out Of the question fo
the people to contain themselves any longer
Already a swelling whisper could be heard, bu
it was speedily suppressed by signs from th
her:lds, as well as by tho sight OF hors
rushing madly cut Of the melee. and so thlckl..
covered with dust AZ to hide the color Of th
saddle entirely running over the field in iia!
eal1op, he dragged the torn bride between hl
! loofs, and trarnplinS on it, now with one foo
and then with the other, he checked hlmse]
miserably, giving violent jerks to his head
right and left, in continual danger Of falling
A stream Of dark blood g.lsl,ed from larg
wound over lis shoulder, and trailed ~ Ell
| sang,,iucd track On the ground: aud after
/ few bounds he fell on his knees exhausted an
rolled over On the dust. Every one recognize
him rs belonging to the French party.
Tie champions in the meantime had lorme
into pairs and fought With swords; thus arrane
| ed by tyos, tlsev struck and pa1ricd with grea
address, necessarily wheeled around to tak
their aim, and thereby moro room was given
the struggle which at first had BEN so close
and the dust, dispellcd by; the wind, hid th
combatauts no more. Then every one saw tlls
tho unhorsed knight was Martellin dc Lambt1
The Frenc!lnan, uuluckaly Tor him, had pee
singled out by Faufuila, who witt, his fury E
mad, and yet so skilful and SO SURG in his ain
hit the knight on tho visor, holding the lant
TO the bars so as to push him backward Il
whole length Of it. aod sent hun to 'ee1 no
soft the geound was ana as ne nj !lie ns.s's <
y blow shouted WIN Ia VOICE ..a' aloW'sa Nv =.
.ns .,s. ao.se st;na oI NV +, Nnt,c ,sho bv thr,,
from Fieramosca had lost one stlf7ap, he CO o
tinued IN the same tone !hc money "m
be enough =. the money ISM enough
When the crowd nad occo1ne tn.n1aeu, ~ 81
to the vanqu'sned frenenmAn aaon ,sn ~ ~
prisoner y, oat inc sanqussleo n'au ~ ~
On his feet ana hls ohly tePis "as .',,. ~ !.
"lneu sSi ~ ~ a.: - ,,.;.,, 1r
hero Of Lodi 10 hft us SWORD "'1n .tR "
hands and bestow oio" ".n ~ IN ue.1s'l an
Of his Toe, was out lne No1x u ~. y mI'e n'M =
Lambns was alfeaoy sl.as'ereu ~ ~ 49,, ,:a., :,
could hardly Keep on h.s 'ee1; "nu .,'a raAna y
laid another blow On MN, ano uno.ae'' -
another, every t'ne yeAlhg LIE iaonSs
not enough -. not enough =, anu
effort Of the blow made hiul ustor 'ile "o
with that sort Of appog1a'u'a w!aca . W. 81 y
issuing from the lungs o. = "ooaeaae. ?" - !.
ing his axe and loae'ng y On eoo "ooa ''s
chorping.
That champion conla nese, again it?a'u
ii standing under those blo"s lalo OIL nun ;,
so much power; lie fell upon tho GROUND
most senseless, but he would not ask quar-
so Fanfllla becoming enraged, gave Inc last
just as the Frenchman cndeavotea 10 res.
his knee, and LAID nun nas on u'o slo"st"
C ing :.*'', ~''-.
- "Wil that dot" :, !,
Bayard seeing that the SOLDIER woula =
},eeu Killed TO no purpose, dispatched king
arms, who crossed his mace betwixt the
combatants, and loudly exclaimed: " Mart
H. de Lamb7fs prssanaier." Some Of the puFs
ID ants ran to help him up, and. supported
,hcm he was led to Signor Prosperos
: sence.
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