Philip Augustus: or, the brothers in arms. The works / Rev. ... by the author. Vol. v.

  • George Payne Rainsford James
Date:
1845
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    be invaded by the caprice of any proud prelate ? Shall I jdeld the lady of my love for the menace of any pope on earth ? You good knights!—you only can judge! and, by Heaven’s throne! you only shall be the judges !” “Life to the King!—life to the King ! Denis Mountjoy!— Denis Mountjoy !'’ shouted the barons, as if they were rallying round the royal standard on the battle field; and, at the same time, the waving of a thousand scarfs, and handkerchiefs, and veils, from the galleries around, announced how deep an interest the ladies of France took in a question where the invaded rights of the Queen came so home to the bosoms of all. “ Break up the sports for to-day!” cried Philip, waving his warder. “ This has disturbed our happiness for the moment; but we trust our fair Queen will be able to thank her loyal knights by the hour of four, when we invite all men of noble birth here present to sup with us in our great hall of the palace. For those who come too late to find a seat in the great hall, a banquet shall be prepared in the tower of the Louvre. Till then, farewell!” The fainting-fit of Agnes dc Meranie lasted so long, that it was found necessary to carry her to the palace in a litter, fol- lowed, sadly and in silence, by the same splendid train which had conducted her, as if in triumph, to the tournament. In the mean while, for a short time, the knights who had come to show their prowess and skill, and those noble persons, both ladies and barons, who had graced the lists as spectators, remained in groups, scattered over the field, and through the galleries, canvassing vehemently what had taken place; and not the most ])ricst-ridden of them all, did not, in the first excitement of the moment, declare that the conduct of both pope and cardinal was daring and scandalous, and that the divorce which had been pro- nounced between Philip and Ingerburge by the bishops of France ought to hold good in the eyes of all Frenchmen. “ Now, by the good Heaven !” cried De Coucy, raising his voice above all the rest, “ she is as fair a queen as ever m3' qjcs rested on; and though I cannot Avear her colours, and proclaim licr the star of my love, because another vow withholds me, yet I will mortally defy any man who says she is not lawfully Queen of France.—Sound, trumpets, sound! and 3*011 heralds, 01*3'—Here stands Guy de Coucy in arms, ready to prove upon the bodies
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