The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-03-12

mfnstH IN celebration OF the fact that
he had coaxed good round subsidy
Izout Of parliament
The queen and her ladies had been In
vited over, and it was known that Ma
1 ry would be down from Windsor and
come home with the king and the court
to Greenwich when we should return.
/ So we all went over to Westminster the
] night before the jousts and were up
bright and early next morning to see all
that was to be seen.
Here the editor sees fit to substitute
q description of this tournament taken
from the quaint old chronicler Hail.
i The morrow beyng after dynner. at tvme
commencement, the Quene with her Ladves
repaired to see the Iustes, the trompettea
Drew Vp, and In came many a noble man
and Gentlema, rychely appeareiled. TAX
ynge vp thir horses, after whome followed
certayne lordes appareiled, they and thir
horses, in cloth of Code and russell and
tynsen; Knyghtes in cloth of Code. and
! russell ~Veluet. And create nomber of
Gentlemen on fote in russell satyn and
yealow, and yomen in russell Damaske
and yealow, all the neither parte of emery
mans hosen Skarlet. and yealow cappes
| Then came the kynge vnder a Pauilion
Of golde, and purpul Veluet embroudered
! the compass of the Pauilion about. and
valenced with fiat, gold beaten in wvre
with an Imperial croune in the ton of
Tyne Code, his bases and trapper of cloth
of Golde, fretted with Damask Code. the
! trapper pedant to the TAIL A crane and
chafron of stele, in the front of the chafro
was a goodly plume set full of musers or
trlmbl1ng spangles of golde After fol-
owed his three aydes, query Of them vnder
! Pauilion of Crymosyn Damaske & pur-
pie. The nomber of Gentlemen and women
| tote, appareiled in russell and yealow
was clxv1l1 Then next these Pauilons
came xii chyldren Of honor, sitting euerv
| one of them on create courser, rychelv
trapped, and embroidered in seuerail
deu1ses and facions, where lacked neither
brouderie nor goldsmythes work, so that
query chyd and horse in deuce and
1asclon was contrary to the other, which
was goodly to beholde.
Then on the counter parte entered .
Stranger, FIRST on horseback in = long
robe OF Russet satyne, like a recluse or a
religious, and his horse trapped in the
| same seWte, without dromme or noyse of
mynstrelsye puttinge byll of peticion to
the Quene, the effect whereof was that If
1t would please her to license hymn to
rune In her presence he would do it
gladly, and II not, then he would departe
as he came. After his request was
sraunted, then he put off hys sayd habyte
and was armed at all peces with ryche
bases & horse, also rychely trapped, and
SO did runne his horse to the tylte end,
where dieurs men on fote appareiled in
Russet satyn awaited on him. Thereupon
the Heraulds cryed an Oyer! and the
grownd shoke with the trornpe of rush
ynge stedes Wonder it were to- write OF
the dedes Of Armes which that day toxic
place. where man might haue seen manv
horse raysed on highe with gallon. turne
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slaves were broke and the kynge being
lusty, he and the stranger toxic the
prices.
When the queen had given the stran-
ger permission to run, and as he moved
away, there was great clapping of
hands and waving of trophies among
the ladies, for he was Of such noble
mien and comely face as to attract the
gaze of every one away from even the
glittering person of his majesty the
king.
His hair, worn in it's natural length,
fell in brown curls back from his fore
head almost to the shoulder, q style
Just then new, even in France His
eyes were deep blue, and his COM
-plexion, though Drowned by exposure,
held tnge Of beauty which the sun
could not mar and girl might envy.
He wore neither mustachio nor beard,
as men now disfgure their faces
since Francis l. took a scar on his chin
and his clear cut profile, dilating
nostrils and mobile though firm set
mouth gave pleasing assurance Of
tenderness, gentleness, daring and
strength.
l was standing near the queen, who
called to me, "Who is the handsome
stranger that so gracefully asked our
license to run?"
II cannot inform your majesty. I
never saw him until now. He is the
goodliest knight have ever beheld."
"That he u.s." replied the queen, land
we should like very much to know him.
Should we not, ladies?" There was a
chorus Of assent from a dozen voices,
and I promised, after the running, to
learn all about him and report
It was at this point the heralds cried
their "Oyez!" and our conversation was
at an end for the time.
AS to height, the stranger was full
SAA lCCls WILL 1ApAN Wv AAOuNO VI AUS
Gle, though no great bulk. He was
grace itself, and the king afterward
said he had never seen such strength
of arm and skill in the use Of the lance
"a sure harbinger of favor, if not of
fortune, for the possessor.
After the jousting the Princess Mary
asked me if could yet give her an ac-
count of the stranger, and as I could
not she went to the king. =
| heard her inquire:
"Who was your companion, brother?"
''That is secret, sister. You will
find out soon enough and will be falling
in love with him, no doubt have al
ways looked upon you as full Of trou-
BILE for me in that respect. You will not
SO much as glance at any one choose
for you, but, suppose, would be ready
enough with your smiles for some one
should not want -4r~ 80 =,
'Is the stranger one whom you would