The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-10-31
The KnIghthoOd of Baby Prince.

Ell0t MCCORMICK. IN harpers 1Oung PEOPLE,.
Centuries ago. when countries were at war
all the time, and nearly every man was a SOL
der. the bravest and most distinguished Off
GERS we re called knights These would go
into battle, forming the body guard OF the
King, or attended by their followers and
servants. while in time of peace they would
meet one another in tournaments, or mock
flghtg or travel around the country in search
OF adventures.
In those days adventures were not hard
to find. The country swarmed with robber
bands, who fell upon villages and unprotect-
ed castles and took noble ladies and helpless
children captive; so that. when there
was no war, the knights sword had no.chance
of becoming rusty. Ii was rude and law
less life. and in some things the knight was
rude and lawless himself, but his VOW of
knighthood bound him to respect the limo
cent and helpless, to defend the Christian
faith. and to do all in his power to bring
wrong doors to justice.
One oil the most celebrated knights was
known the Chevelier Bayard. and the
charge which his mother gave him when he
received his sword will show what the true
knight was expected TO be: Serve God" she
said, land He will aid thee; be sweet and
courteous to every gentleman in divesting
thyself OF all pride. Be not a Hatterer or
tale-bearer. for this kind of people come not
to great Perfection be loyal in word and in
deed; keep thy word. be helpful to the poor
and orphan, and God will reward it to thee
One may be knight nowadays if he will
only follow this good advice
Generally the knights were associated to-
gether in brotherhoods or orders some of
which have lasted TO this day, though they
do not any longer serve the purpose for which
they we're intended Thus the Order of the
Garter in England has survived for over SO
years, while that of the Golden Fleece in
Spain and Austria is very nearly as old. 1t
was to the latter that Charles the Fifth, the
Emperor ofGermany, belonged, and he re-
ceIved tue sword stroke, or accolade, as the
ceremony of making a knight was called
when he vas only three months old
He was born on the24th of February 800,
and It was the 18th of June in the same year
when he vas knighted 1t has always been
thought remarkable that the little Duke Of
Cumberland. son of George III. of England
should have been knighted when he was four
years old, but Charles V. began his knightly
career even before he left mis- nurses arms.
As 1t turned ont. the career was a long and
eventual one. No royal child was ever born
to a richer inheritance than little Charles
His father was Philip. Arcbduke of Austria
who was the son of Macmillan, Emperor of
Germany, and Maria. daughter OF Charles the
Bold, Duke of Burgundy; while his mother
Joanna, was the daughter of the great Span
ish King and Queen, Ferdinand and Isabella
The latter you will rememb er as the patron
OF Columbus, through whose generosity he
was able TO make the great voyage that re-
suited in the discovery Of America
At the death OF his grandfather.
Ferdinand, when he was
only sixteen. he became King Of Spain; and
three years later, when his other grandfather
Macmillan. also died, he was elected En-
per0r Of Germany, This was the highest
distinction in the world at that time. Before
he was twenty years old Charles dominions
spread over the Spanish Peninsula. the Meth.
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much Of the American continent as had yet
been discovered. The sun never set it is said
upon liis realms No man on earth was so
powerful as he; few, indeed, 50 powerful have
ever lived.
Nearly all his lifetime was spent in war;
The countries which he governed were 81
widely separated, and included 50 many DIFF