The weekly union record., 1864-05-21


come alive from this battle, as Ne hope 70 come
from other battles, then | Wi. ak With you
before | return 70 MY home Of some things
OF ny oWn aE4irs.'
"Iteu. lu-a;ag toward the Kings. ste said
to them: Kings rest in COED health. 90
bence to that place where voa shall see ne with
very different d-ess from this which Dow wear.
hoping thai In tfa, Sid the King Ama6is. Who
trusts IN fck,e fortune that be may never be
conquered by any knight, however valiant. nor
by any beast however terrible, may there be
conquered b woman
Then taking tie two elder Kings BY the
hard, she permitted them to help her mount
upon her stra1 - SEED
At this poiut the novel assumes taue Of
high virtue uirt,ts. mannishDess. pgeiudice OF
the more brutal sex en- the suhject Of woman's
rights. 10 especial oi woman's rights to fight in
the field with gold armor, lance 10 rest. and
casque closed We viii show the reader. as
she follows u. how careful she must be if. in
any island of he sol hich has been slipped bv
unknown by the last five centuries. she ever
happen to ueel cavsl er Of he true school
Of cbivafv.
EsPaadan himself would rot IN any way
salute the Qaeen C4Iada as she left him. Nor
was this Gapperhead p eiudiee Of color; for
that prejudice vas not yet known
He made 20 reply her, both beeanse be
locked at her as something strange, however
beautiful she appeared to him, and because be
saw her come thus 10 arms, 50 different fIom the
style in which woman should have come. For
be considered it as very dishonorable that she
should attempt anything so different from what
the word ci Cod commanded her. that the
woman should be in suhjeclion 10 the man but
rather should prefer to be the ruler of all men.
not by her courtesy, but by force of arms and
above all, becA he hated to place bimSelf in
relations with her. because she was one Of the
infdeIs whom he moraily despisel ard had
taken vow to destroy"
The romance then goes into an account Of the
preparations for tie contest on both sides
After all tie prelimiuaries were arranged
"they separated f5r little, and rode together
furiousiy in ful. career. The Sultan struck
EspanGan in the shield with 50 hard blow
that part of the lance passed through il for
as much as an ell, 50 that all who sa il thought
that it had passed through the body. But it
was not so, but tie lance passed under the arm
next the body, and went out on the other side
without touching Lin. Bat E>plandian, who
knew iha Lis mlchlyed lady was looking on
LeouorEa the daughter Of the Emperor Of
Constantinoplel, so struck the Sultan's shield
that the iroa passed through il aud struck him
on some OF the strongest plates Of his armor
upon which the spear turned. But, with the
force of the encounter, il shook him so roughly
from the saddle that it rolled him upon the
ground and so shook the helmet as to tear it
off from his head, and thus Esplandian passed
by him very handsomely, without receiving any
stroke himself. The Queen rushed upon Amadis
and be upon her, and before they met. each
pointed lance at the O. her, and they received
the blows upon their shields in such guise that
her spear flew il pieces, while that of Amadis
slipped of and was thrown on one side. Then
they both met. shield TO shield. with such force
that the Queen was thrown upon the ground,
and the horse Of Amadis was 30 wounded that
he fell with lis head cut in Two, and held
Amadis with one leg under him. When Es-
plandian saw this, he leaped from bis horse and
saved him from that peril. Meanwhile, the
Queen, being put to her defense put hand to
her sword and joined herself to the Sultan, who
had raised himself with great difficulty, because
his fall was very heavy. and s'ood there with
his sword and helmet in bis hand. They came
on to fight very bravely, but Esplandlan,
standing, as l told You. in presence Of the
lnfania, whom be prized so much, gave the
Sultan such hard pressure with such heavy
blows, that, although he was one of the bravest
knights Of the Pagans and by his own prowess
bad wen many dangerous battles, aud was very
deXterous il that art. yet all this served him
for nothing; he could neither give nor parry
blows. and constantly lost ground The Qaeer,
wno bad joined fight wlh Amadjs began
giving him many fierce blows, some of which he
received upon his shield, while be let others be
lost: yet be would moi put his hand upon his
sword but instead OF hat. took fragment Of
tbs lance which she had driven through his
shield, and struck her on the top Of the helmet
with il, so that in little while be had knocked
the crest away"
We warned those Of our fair readers who
may have occasion TO deield their rights at the
point If the lance. bat the days Of chivalry or
the cavaliers of chivalry will be very unhand
some 10 applying to them the rules Of the
tourney. Amaj;S, it will be observed here
doeS not condescerd 0 use his sword against a
woman. Aud this Is not from tenderness but
irom contempt. For when the Qlcen saw that
he oaly took the broken iTuncheon Of lis lance
10 Der, she fairly asked him why.
How is this Amadis? p he said do you
consider my force SO Slight that YOU thirk to
cuqaer ne with sticks?
And he SAID to her, Queen. / have always
been in the habit Of serving women and aidis-
t.eIn and d YOU are woman, il | should use
any weapon asaIust you. should deserve to
lose all TIE Louors | have ever gained.
"'What. ibeaN said the Qleen; do You
rank me among them? You shall see.
And taking her sword in both her hands
she struck him with great rage. Amadis raised
his shield ard received the blow upon 1t, which
was 50 brave aud strong that the shield was cut
in two. Then, seeing her joined to him so
closely, he passed the stick into his left hand,
aud seized her by be rim Of her shield, and
pulled her so forcbly that, breaking the great
thongs by which she held upon it, he took it
from her, lifting it up in one hand, and forced
her to kneel with one knee on the ground; and
when she lightly spraug up, Amadis threw
away his own shield. and. seiziBg the other,
took The stick and spraDg to her. saying
"'Queeu, yield yourself NY prisoner, now
that your Sultan is conquered.
She turned her head aud saw that Esplan