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No
sooner
was
Rowena
seated
,
than
a
burst
of
music
,
half-drowned
by
the
shouts
of
the
multitude
,
greeted
her
new
dignity
.
Meantime
,
the
sun
shone
fierce
and
bright
upon
the
polished
arms
of
the
knights
of
either
side
,
who
crowded
the
opposite
extremities
of
the
lists
,
and
held
eager
conference
together
concerning
the
best
mode
of
arranging
their
line
of
battle
,
and
supporting
the
conflict
.
The
heralds
then
proclaimed
silence
until
the
laws
of
the
tourney
should
be
rehearsed
.
These
were
calculated
in
some
degree
to
abate
the
dangers
of
the
day
;
a
precaution
the
more
necessary
,
as
the
conflict
was
to
be
maintained
with
sharp
swords
and
pointed
lances
.
The
champions
were
therefore
prohibited
to
thrust
with
the
sword
,
and
were
confined
to
striking
.
A
knight
,
it
was
announced
,
might
use
a
mace
or
battle-axe
at
pleasure
,
but
the
dagger
was
a
prohibited
weapon
.
A
knight
unhorsed
might
renew
the
fight
on
foot
with
any
other
on
the
opposite
side
in
the
same
predicament
;
but
mounted
horsemen
were
in
that
case
forbidden
to
assail
him
.
When
any
knight
could
force
his
antagonist
to
the
extremity
of
the
lists
,
so
as
to
touch
the
palisade
with
his
person
or
arms
,
such
opponent
was
obliged
to
yield
himself
vanquished
,
and
his
armour
and
horse
were
placed
at
the
disposal
of
the
conqueror
.
A
knight
thus
overcome
was
not
permitted
to
take
farther
share
in
the
combat
.
If
any
combatant
was
struck
down
,
and
unable
to
recover
his
feet
,
his
squire
or
page
might
enter
the
lists
,
and
drag
his
master
out
of
the
press
;
but
in
that
case
the
knight
was
adjudged
vanquished
,
and
his
arms
and
horse
declared
forfeited
.
The
combat
was
to
cease
as
soon
as
Prince
John
should
throw
down
his
leading
staff
,
or
truncheon
;
another
precaution
usually
taken
to
prevent
the
unnecessary
effusion
of
blood
by
the
too
long
endurance
of
a
sport
so
desperate
.
Any
knight
breaking
the
rules
of
the
tournament
,
or
otherwise
transgressing
the
rules
of
honourable
chivalry
,
was
liable
to
be
stript
of
his
arms
,
and
,
having
his
shield
reversed
to
be
placed
in
that
posture
astride
upon
the
bars
of
the
palisade
,
and
exposed
to
public
derision
,
in
punishment
of
his
unknightly
conduct
.
Having
announced
these
precautions
,
the
heralds
concluded
with
an
exhortation
to
each
good
knight
to
do
his
duty
,
and
to
merit
favour
from
the
Queen
of
Beauty
and
of
Love
.
This
proclamation
having
been
made
,
the
heralds
withdrew
to
their
stations
.
The
knights
,
entering
at
either
end
of
the
lists
in
long
procession
,
arranged
themselves
in
a
double
file
,
precisely
opposite
to
each
other
,
the
leader
of
each
party
being
in
the
centre
of
the
foremost
rank
,
a
post
which
he
did
not
occupy
until
each
had
carefully
marshalled
the
ranks
of
his
party
,
and
stationed
every
one
in
his
place
.
It
was
a
goodly
,
and
at
the
same
time
an
anxious
,
sight
,
to
behold
so
many
gallant
champions
,
mounted
bravely
,
and
armed
richly
,
stand
ready
prepared
for
an
encounter
so
formidable
,
seated
on
their
war-saddles
like
so
many
pillars
of
iron
,
and
awaiting
the
signal
of
encounter
with
the
same
ardour
as
their
generous
steeds
,
which
,
by
neighing
and
pawing
the
ground
,
gave
signal
of
their
impatience
.
As
yet
the
knights
held
their
long
lances
upright
,
their
bright
points
glancing
to
the
sun
,
and
the
streamers
with
which
they
were
decorated
fluttering
over
the
plumage
of
the
helmets
.
Thus
they
remained
while
the
marshals
of
the
field
surveyed
their
ranks
with
the
utmost
exactness
,
lest
either
party
had
more
or
fewer
than
the
appointed
number
.
The
tale
was
found
exactly
complete
.
The
marshals
then
withdrew
from
the
lists
,
and
William
de
Wyvil
,
with
a
voice
of
thunder
,
pronounced
the
signal
words
--
"
Laissez
aller
!
"
The
trumpets
sounded
as
he
spoke
--
the
spears
of
the
champions
were
at
once
lowered
and
placed
in
the
rests
--
the
spurs
were
dashed
into
the
flanks
of
the
horses
,
and
the
two
foremost
ranks
of
either
party
rushed
upon
each
other
in
full
gallop
,
and
met
in
the
middle
of
the
lists
with
a
shock
,
the
sound
of
which
was
heard
at
a
mile
's
distance
.
The
rear
rank
of
each
party
advanced
at
a
slower
pace
to
sustain
the
defeated
,
and
follow
up
the
success
of
the
victors
of
their
party
.
The
consequences
of
the
encounter
were
not
instantly
seen
,
for
the
dust
raised
by
the
trampling
of
so
many
steeds
darkened
the
air
,
and
it
was
a
minute
ere
the
anxious
spectator
could
see
the
fate
of
the
encounter
.
When
the
fight
became
visible
,
half
the
knights
on
each
side
were
dismounted
,
some
by
the
dexterity
of
their
adversary
's
lance
,
--
some
by
the
superior
weight
and
strength
of
opponents
,
which
had
borne
down
both
horse
and
man
,
--
some
lay
stretched
on
earth
as
if
never
more
to
rise
,
--
some
had
already
gained
their
feet
,
and
were
closing
hand
to
hand
with
those
of
their
antagonists
who
were
in
the
same
predicament
,
--
and
several
on
both
sides
,
who
had
received
wounds
by
which
they
were
disabled
,
were
stopping
their
blood
by
their
scarfs
,
and
endeavouring
to
extricate
themselves
from
the
tumult
.
The
mounted
knights
,
whose
lances
had
been
almost
all
broken
by
the
fury
of
the
encounter
,
were
now
closely
engaged
with
their
swords
,
shouting
their
war-cries
,
and
exchanging
buffets
,
as
if
honour
and
life
depended
on
the
issue
of
the
combat
.
