Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-15
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The Court of the Queen

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Gree upon a. time in the days Wihe:'
tfefs were sen -shch things as giant;
and ind rfascns, there*ived .greai
4 eiaen. She re3gned over a rsch ami
Seautifnt country, and because she
wassgood and noble every enc loved
her, and tried also to De good. Hen
eo s. e was the most splendid one in
The: world, for all her knights were
brave and gallant, and each one
thSi2Hte crly of.@h;at heroic things he
could do; and how best he could serve
KsIoyal lady. /
The name. Of the Queen was GFori:-
ana and each of her twelve Chief
knights was known as the Champion
,of. some virtue. Thus Sir Guyon was
het-representative of Temperance
SirisssArtegall of Justice, Sir Cai!dore
Of Courtesy, and others took up the
cause of Friendship, Coastancy, and
soon ~
Every year the Queen he'd great
faSst which lasted twelve days.
Opne, on the first day of the feast,
q stranger in poor clothes came to
the court, and, falling before the
Qaeen, begged favour Of her. It
was always the custom at these
fessts that the Queen should refuse
neShing that was asked, 50 she bade
the6sranger say what it was he wish
edaThen he besought that, if any
cease arose which called for knighily
aNsstfle adventure might be entrust-
edo him.
When the Queen had given her
prumise he stood quietly on enc side.
and did not try to mix with the other
guests who were feast;ng at the
splendid tables. Although he was so
1tsve, ne was very gentle and modest
and he had never yet proved his val
our IN fight, therefore ne did net think
RanseE, worthy Of a place among
the: knishts who had already won for
themselves honour and reroWn-
Soon after this there rode into the
city d fair lady on white donkey.
! Behind her came her servant, dwarf.
leading warlike horse that bore the
armour Of a knight. The face of the
lady was lovely. but it was very sor-
roWful-
Maleipg her way to the palace, she
feH before Queen G!oriana, and I'M
pIoIed .her halp. She said that her
name was Una; she was the daughter
of a king and queen who formerly
ruled over a mighty country; but.
many years ago, huge dragon came
and wasted all tine land. and shut the
king and queen up in brazen castle.
from which they might never ccne
ort.:s The Lady Una therefore be-
Sought Queen Glorians to grant her
ors .of her knights to fight and kin
this terrible dragon.
Then the Stranger sprang forward,
ana reminded the Queen of the prom
ise.she had given. At fsrsss she was
unwilling to consent, for the Knight
was young, and, moreover, he had no
armour Of his own to fight with.
Then said the Lady Una to HIM.
..eWiA you wear the armour that !
bring you, for unless you do You will
never succeed in the enterprise, NOT
I'LL the horri.ole monster Of Evil?
The armour is net new, it is scratched
and &nSed with many hardfopght
bstale, but if you wear it rightly no
armour that ever was made will serve
you so we'll"
Then the stranger babe them bring
the armour and put it on him, and
Una said, "Stand, therefore having
your loins GRIT about with truth, and
having on the breastplaHe of righte-
ousnesss, and your feet shod with the
preparation of the gospel Of peace;
above all taking the shield of faith
wherewEh ye shall be aole to quench
all the fiery DARTS Of the wicked. and
take the helmet Of salvatio1l and the
sword oi the Spirit which IS the word
ofGodn
And when the stranger had put off
frss own rough clothes and was cad in
this armour, stra!ghtway he seemed
the goodliest man in all that COM
pany, and the Lady Una was vel
piedsed with her champion; and, be-
cskuse of the red Cross which he wore
on his breastplate and on his s:lve,
shiead, henceforth he was known al
ways as 'sthe Red Cross knight" Blu
ms real name was Holiness. and th'
name of the lady for whom he was t.
do battle was Truth.
so these two rode forth !rito tn
world together, while ht5e way be
hind followed their faithful attendant
Prudence. And now you shall hea
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