Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-10
THE COURTS OF LOVE.
LAWS THAT WIRE EADB To RJLB THE
TENDER PASSION.
Trl-ras o. Women Wtss Lips Were Worth lo
Grave 20 Ea-TLa Formal CODE ci Love.
Interesting Qi.st,-s CT Dispute
Ds ial


was man. int1e cte.ubin Wss Cupid
The c--sade7, fsiiiag ire Isam, had msd
men coDqu,5ois Of taum elses. Tn P'sc
oftte basba1ill was tie pllai'D, whst.
the boor had bcea tsd coue the knight
Worship was q fender dialcs-e. AID msn
ners wersgente a1d rs6asd. In accord
ing individuality o. wcms1, the churel
had lowered ler wits a conscience; il
giving hsr duties. it gave lerrighis. A1d
woman hi.herto unyeeed ia the subt'cl
science. fou-d m.a1s In hsr new Iqaip
msnt TO take Che f-1is from passion aad
make /. The divine. Sae made her cwu
tribunal, too, Ter .tstates, her paadect.
and her rule. IN losing Ler BINDS sh-
gained q sc5rte. Where she had been
ssrvnt now she reigned. VIXEN the
prisca cperes thsIe eilerg q IS iudIe. Tn
Provence, in the u.dai1 ages, her coce
was .aN.
o. the prove-a1cc 81 ths- code a word
may not bs am's1. 4 was Ar-purian and
rs such r-ot'i.r sD3rg sG and riGgel with
myth According ,c NostraiEmus, vaya.
sour -q1iisn uiles-y7ut5.u-, courteous
and far -1 cee. ln short the price Of iha
fairy raic. alyelturct Crce upon time
amorg che L18crs alt ls-us o. he iogest
of Brcc5 iarde waerc, es every O1e kroTs,
the palace of the Biaueicss kiog Teered It's
enchanted turre.s 90 The cky. AID m that
forest he encountered % Eaid of surprising
charm 0ruosa puol,c-Eoun'ed on s.
milk white s-eed OF know ycur quest,
she lsred Tie lady Of yoar choice eXscts
that yo1 bring h-r Che .allO1 chat dreamed
in Arteur's couIt Take TIE puffy, none
other car lad yea there" Tee cavalier
tock sle ua'fly, q KITS as well, and jour
neyS6 OF. After days and nights a. esca-
psdes. each uose marvellous than the
Other, % Last tie magic domain wss
reached, tie .a'cOl bearing In its claws
the holy wit or love battered 20 hiswTist,
eni tbe cavsi.r returned % ths lady Of
his choice. who. after raWsrding his va
Hence, cJlvCbad O. la.lamsut Of lord ana
daues ta whom with the voluhility pscU-
liar 30 her SIX she communicated the can
ons of The sacred code and behold, q ccit.-
enc Of pure courtesy was given TO the
world
A. exactly WRIST hsur this occurred
chronology is dumb. Presumably i. hap
psued about the tine when Roland was
ding bis ivory trumpet fron SlrGg0ssa
TO Toulouse. In any event N,slr3da mus
testits thai Courts of Love d0urishcd be-
Tor Saiahaddin did. and Master Andrews
AYERS that they lasted till the paPscy
moved TO AvignaD; ia fact, to toe days
when Petrarcl was besisg NJ L2ure. Ia q
matter Of this kind 10 we're pedaaiic TO be
more precise.
Bot To- return TO the paint TIE code so
neatly flched by Arthur was promulgated
through the length a1d breadth of mereii-
anal France Its articles, 81 iu number,
met with instant approval o. them the
following may be cited:
Whose is indiscrete i3 unworthy Of be-
ing loved. No one can be constrained 20
love two people Love should constantly
increase o. constantly diminish.
Without exceeding gocd reason no one
should re forbidden 20 love. Ia yhs a6-
sence Of an irresistible impulsiOn, there
can be no sincerity. Love never hnger.
in the neghborhoOd of greed Ii is not
seemly TO make love to one whom it would
he unseemly 20 marry. A lover should
have hesr; for Eothing which might dis
please his dame. True affection is height
ened By the memory Of ths beloved. Mar
risee is not an obstacle TO love.
These articles However joylut ttey may
seem to-day, were pertinent to the mo
ment Love was beginning to be. Il was
not 80 much that previously it had been
IL bondsge; it was That it had not existed
at all. Wbos0 reviews the parade Of an-
tiQuity viii not meet o heroine 10 il.
Helen, whose name runs of the point OF
the pen, was the pers0nihc3ilOn Of passive
beauty Her ewes set the world en- FIRE,
her lips were ice. Tia DIDO, Vigil put some
forerunner Of tie sentiment of later ages,
bat history desc5uds t0 HelOiss before il
can point % q w0msn who could havs sn-
swe-ed Cherubin0'5 question. After the
renaissance lcve was superseded by gel.
lsntry. To-day. II we are 60 believe the
critics, 10 hiss become purely platoric.
But during the middle agesi il. reached the
altitude of q scisnce-exact as that. The
toctcr3 ia its Jurisprudence were peer
esse7 If France.
ia ordinary cases CT tort tie lord Of the
fef. surrounded by bis chief vas5als, dis
ponses Justice from bis own halls. Ia the
same manner, over the more delicate con-
troversies of private life, the wives Of mag
mates, assisted bv the foremost ladies of the
country, and wespo1ed with the ArthUJiau
Cole, erected tribunals of their own. Their
strength was iu their weakness. CulpJits
uusummoned sought a sentence at their
la H.H o. kr7rr fRsrf
had given them authority, their sex &C.
creed respect They were not venerable,
perhaps, blt they were adorable and
ado-ed.
The principal courts were those essab-
hshed in Aquitaine, in Champaine, in Az
jon sid Provence Over the FIRST presided
Ahsnor. mother of Richard Of the Lion
hear. She was so rich in beauty tba.
VIXEN she 1urueyed she was waylaid not
by robbers, bat by kings Over the see
oud presided Marie, her daughter, Taught
Ter han her own closed crown of state.
Ermergade, who was 20 fair and yet 50
tan that you would have said that e fairy
on stills, ruled In AT iou- and IN Provence
was D0ulCc whose eyes reelected para
dise-0tleudtd by gentlemen whose names
ora music, Mablle. fsosrie, Briande,
Adal5ue ard JaUsserande gar
mented according to the season, now in
Samite, now in Ziblle, their trains up
held BY paces. Taeir hair gaTlandei vito
violets and with rose, nc stated intervals,
amid th blsIe Of lsnf,res and the swirl OF
plumes these ladies opened court Behind
them were the insignia oi office. pedes 81
Ercs. gold and blue. crowned with Q tiara
of cglantue ana Wi 0w. Before them
were attentive groups, chatelaines and
tronbldours, damsels aud youth Of rsnk,
knights Of high gree ard danes whose
lips were worth lhe grave TO kiss. Some
times q clerk happened there, sometimes q
king.
The dispute over which the Indication al
these courts was recognized 50 comp tent
were nume-O Gus and quaint To Marie OF
Champagne and Ter assistant councillors
tho q, lowinE 75sts was submitted: A lady
forbade Der ioyec To- praise her in public
OBJ e cay, hoWeve-. when the l1ver was in
ucuie,0us CoUpuv 81. SO happened that
ihe rome Cf the 'a3r wcs lightly taker
At frst b. contained himself, bat at last,
unable ,o resist t1e temptation OF defend