, 1874-11-01

| ITO, wrote q work in Latin, ''De arte amanda
OF di reprobatone anoris, which gives the rules
! in which they we're found. This ancient chroni-
cler relates that Breton knight had Travelled
into forest in search of King Arthur, when he
| was met by fair da,nsel who told h11n tbat she
knew the object of hB search, wLich could not
be obtained without hcr aid. She also told him
that his lady had directed him. AZ test
OF his love to her. to find q falcon which
pe1sned ~ On tm. tue summit nI j., OF pole
formed him, it was necessary for him to prove
by some knight!y contest that the lady OF lis
choice WAS the most beautiful of all at Court.
After many romantic adventures, according TO
the worthy chaplain. the knight found the fall
con, but was told that he must also take book
containing the ''Codc OF Love-" which was at
tachea to tho pole, and publish it in the name Of
the King Of Love. The knight did as directed
aud tue thlrty-one rules pronlul gated became
the laws Of the courts OF love. However it uay
be as regards this account of the origin Of the
| code, it Is certain that there we're
| TH1RTG-oSE RULES
| which served aB the basis for tho government OF
these courts and. as they are not easily to bo
found, We givo FREQ Translation of them IN
| their order:
j. Matrlmony is NO legitimate EXCUSE against
love.
2 He who docs not know how to conceal can
not love.
g. No one can love two ut the same time
| 4. Love always either increases or diminishes.
| .. Nlat q lover EahGS lIOm al uuNll1un E1feI
| will not be relished.
G. 4 man should not love except he be Of full
age.
| 7. A surviving lover is obliged to remain un-
married for two years after tho death OF the be-
| loved
8. No one, except for reasonable cause,
ought to be deprived OF love.
8. No one eau be p love unless be is compelled
| By the power of love.
! H. Love flies from the home OF N avaricious
person.
II. It is not fitting to love any one whom it
/ would be shame to marry,
IL. 4 true lover does not desire the embraces
| OF the beloved except from affection.
IS. Love rarely lasts when divu1sed.
II. An easy at4aintnent OF the desires renders
love contemptib!e; difficulty causes it TO be re-
garded highly.
Is. Every lover becomes pale in the presence
Of the beloved.
16. a: sudden appearance Of the beloved the
hear: Of the lover begins to tre1nbe.
II. a now love conpeIs the old to fee.
Is. .Uprshtncss alone makes any one worthy
to be loved.
10. II love grows less, it quickly dies and rarely
returns to life.
20. A lover is always timorous.
21. From true jealousy the feryer Of love al
22. 4 suspicion concerning the beloved once
having been entertained the zeal and passion Of
loving increase.
90. he sleeps aad eats less, whose thoughts
q Every impulse of the lover ends with the
thought OF the beloved
25. A true lover only thinks that pleasant
which will please the beloved.
&C. Love can deny nothing to love.
o. / lover cannot he satiated with the charms
Of the beloved.
2s 4 reasonable s7spicion compels lover to
suspect evil OF the beloved.
%. It ID not patulal to love who is en-
crossed in eeusual pleasure.
80 A true lover is assiluous1y and constantly
engaged with the idea OF the beloved.
81. Nothing prevents one lady from being
loved by two knights, nor knight by two
ladies'.
The tEoubadours, theoretically, regarded love
as passion which WAS only to be gratided as
far consistent with houor. and they de-
clared that those who sought love for carnal
pleasure were blind, and without judgment. anc
ought to be banished from the court OF love.
Andlea II Capel1ano also sad. in his treatise
that no one ought to be i'll lore unless he re-
Garded honor ABOVE all things. This rule he
declared was in TIMES past regarded AZ binding
but that in his day men had SO far degenetatcd
snat they did just the reverse. Unfortunately
this accusation Was only too true, and Andrea
himself ia said, by contemporary writer, to
have been extremely dlasoluta IN his course OF
life.
TIE SUBJECTS on QUESTIONS
! which were the basis Of the contests were very
diverse, nnl ofseutimcs fanciful, aud it seems
| as though the acme of righteousness WAS reach
men attempting to decide which was the most
convincing evidence OF loye-an amorous glance,
8 squeeze OF the hand, or pressure of the foot.
The Countess Of Champagne. In reply to qnes-
band and wife. decided TINT it could not, be-
cause lovers III their relations each other
always governed BY good will for each other,
and never compelled to do anything, while mar
up to each other. in every respect.
There could. moreover, be no jealousy between
them, without which no love could exist, accord
ing to the old rule OF love- He who 's not jeal-
ous cannot lore. The same judge had proto-
type Of Longfenow's Miles Standlsh, upon whom
to pass Judgments secretary, who, having been
employed as messenger between lover and his
lady, broke faith, and succeeded in winning the
lady for himself, and the decision that the
false lover, who had found lady so suited to
him,-one who Was not ashamed to be q party to
such treachery,-ahou1d keep the lady, II ha
pleased, and she him, but that neither should
ever have any other lover, nor ever enjoy the
privileges Of the Court. nor title Of Knight or
tady-since be had dsgraccd ths honor Of
chivalry, and she had ahainefully declined to enc
who was only messenger.
ANOTHER QUESTION
possessing more immediate interest in the
present day. decided bv the same Countess, was,
What things could Indy lawfully receive from
her husband2 70 this the reply was that she |
could accept bodkins to part the hair. love-knots,
wreaths made OF gold or silver: buckles, or belts,
puAetn. 4iHpoAAo NoAA4pof 6Aosuss AA05ot
spices and pretty little vases, ,and, generally speak
ing, any small gifts which we're adapted for ths |
adornment Of the person. the enhancement OF |
the beauty Of the face, or which serve as . Keep"
sake and meuento Of the lover. But no gift was !
to be accepted which raised a suspicion OF |
ayarice IN the part Of the giver.
THE vIscorSTEss OF SARBoNSE
was asked the rather delicate question as to |
whether,if lady. having. been honorably attached
to knight should marry. she would be obliged |
to deny her frat lover his accustomed fayors, 10 |
which she replied that the superyentlon OF the
nuptal bond did not rightly exclude the first at
tachment, unless the lady deared to wholly re-
nounca love-
ANOTHER AAUsIE6 DECISION
depending Oh Que already mentioned ia the fol-
loving: 4 knight deeply in love with
lady who WEE, however. engaged to another:
che promised TO return his affection II she should
cease to love the first Shortly after. however,
she married this first lover. The rejected suitor
demanded the favor, winch abe refused. on the |
ground that she had not lost the love Of her first
lover, and subsequent husband Queen Eleanor,
to whom the perplexing question was referred: