The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-08-16
CHAPTER Nv.

The ErIAEH WlkA his f-A%xk%H anu teA@~
con army moved swiftly southwark IN
battle array and Sir Nigel having re-
cr0i1ed his ranks with the TWO hun
dred members of the original White
Company. from ehe woods near Mont
pezard. Joined the army and received
the honorable commission from the
Prince 10 push ahead into Spain and
discover the location and strength OF
the Spanish and French army under
King Henry Of Transtamare- The lit
lie band wound through the passes OF
Navarro ard infs the rugged land OF
Spain
Sir Nigel had with him Sir William
FELTON,. Sir Oliver Ruttesthorn, stout
old Sir Simon Burley. the Scotch knight
errans the Earl of Angus. and Sir Rich
ard Causton. all accounted among the
nravest knights in the army. together
wish sixty veteran men-af.arnis. and
three hundred and twenty archers. Spires
had been sent out In the morning. and
returned after nixhf-faii to say that
the King OF Spain was encamped some
fourteen miles or in the direction or
Hurgos. having with him twenty thou
sand horse and gorty-ffve thousand foot.
A dry-wood FIRE had been lit. and round
ahEs the leaders cronched. the glare
beating upon their rugged faces. while
the hardy arrhers lounged and chatted
amid the sethered horses. while they
munrhed their scanty provisions
s-For rny part said Sir Simon Bur-
ley I am OF the opinion that we have
already done that which we have come
for. For do we not now know where
the king is. and how great Following
he hath. whirs was the end OF cur jour-
nsy.
True answered Sir William FELTON,. /
but 1 have come on this venture be- !
cause IL is a long time since / have |
broken a spear in war. and certes.
shall not so back until i have rum a
course with some cavalier Of SPAIN
7 viii not leave you. Sir William"
returned SIR Simon Burnley: and yet. as 4
an old soldier and one who hath seen
nuch OF war, cannot but think that il /
is an III thing for four hundred men 4
TO find themselves between an arr
OF sixty Thousand the one side and
broad river on the other
Yet said sir Richard Causton. we
cannot for the honor of England go
back without a blow struck
Nor for the honor OF Scotland. +
either. cried the Earl Of Angus
by Saint Paul. you have spoken
very we'll said sir Nigel and have
always heard that there were very
worthy gentlemen among the Scots
and nns skirmishing to he had upon
their border Bethink you- Sir simon
that we have this news from the lips
Of common spies. who can scarce tell
% as much Of the enemy and Of bis
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hear. q
All night they led their horses.
stumbling and cropping through wild
aealex and rugged alleys. following the
guidance OF a frightened peasant who
Was strapped by the wrist to Black 81
mons sxirrup- leather With the early
dawn they found themselves in . dark
ravEne. wfth others sioping away from
fs ON either side. and the bare brown
eragx rising In long blea1 terraces ali
round them
81 Il please you. fair lord said
Sack sfu1or. this man hath misied u.s.
and since there is no tree uron which
ws may hang him. Il miSh. bs well
TO huri him over yonder cliff
The peasant. reading the sc<dier'~ {
knins In his fierce eyss and harsfs
rs dropped upon his knees. scream
How comes 1t, dog7~ asker Sir Will
lam FELTON, In Spanish, Where Is this
amp 70 which you swor-s ven would ,
sead us7"
BY the sect Virgin. BY the blessed
Mother OF Cod cried the trembling
darkness I have myself lost the path,
s--~Af ths instant. there rose the
cream OF a hundred busies- with the
deep rolling Of drums AM the elasnins
81 cymbais AL sounding together in ore
leafenfng uprear Knights and arch
some great host Was upon them; but
the guide dropped upon his knees and
thanked Heaven for It's nercies-
We have found them eabalierosT
ne cried This is their morning call
AZ he spoke he scrambled down one
of the narrow ravines. and. climbing
Dvsr a gow ridge at the further end. be
ed them into a short valley with
stream purlins down the centre Of II. !
and very thick growth Of elder and :
box npon either side Pushing their
sxay through the dense brushwood, they :.
looked upon scene which made their
hearts beat harder and their breath E
come faster
In front Of lem lay broAa plain.
satsred by two winding streams and
covered with grass, stretching away to 8
where In the furfhest distance the
lowers of Burgox bristIed UP against
me light blue morning sky Over all (
mis- vast meadow there lay a great city :
" tents-thousands upon thousands OF !
.hsm. laid out In streets and squares 4
sks a weil-ordered town. High siIken Il
or colored marques, shoot !
"a a. xs5-e ing the crowd OF mean
sF dwellings, E4a4 l.1.- ~nere the great
ordx and barors OF Leon Az= CASTLE n
displayed their standards while - = Il
ne white roofs. as far as eye could Z
reach. the waving of ancients. pavonss 3
,snsslx, and banderoIes. with fash Of b
gold and glow OF coIors, proclaimed q
hat all ths chivairy of Iberia were h
nu<fsred in the plain beneath them s.
Far Of. in the centre Of the camp, d
1Lxs palace OF red and white silk. 4
with tha royal arms Of CASTLE waving
fronn the summit. announced that the Il
rsllant Henry lay there In the midst y
II bis warriors. o
As the English adyenturers. peeping RI
,ut from behind their brushwood :,
cresr, looked down upon this wondrous
light. they could see that the vast army :
n trent Of them was already afoot. The !.
Yrst pink light of this rising sun gilt !,
ers1 upon the steel caps and breast n
,iates OF dense masses of singers and =
who drilled and marched
n rhs spaces which had been left for xs
heir exercise. thousand columns
u smoke reeked up into the pure ~
morning air where the faxgots were =
,iIsd and the eamp-ketties already !
fmmerinw. In the open plain, clouds -
II light horse 9alioped and swooped p
With swsyinx bodies and waving jave- 81
ms. after the fashion which the Span al
sh had adopted from their Moorish en- al
mics All along by the sedgv banks v-
. srs river. long lines Of uaxeg led a,