The Lay of the Last Minstrel : a Poem
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To wound an antagonist in the thigh, or leg, was reckoned contrary to the law of arms. In a tilt betwixt Gavvain Michael, an English squire, and Joachim Cathore, a Frenchman, "they met at the speare poyntes rudely : the French squyer justed right pleasantly; the Englishman ran too lowe, for he strak the Frenchman depe into the thigh. Wherewith the Erie of Buck- ingham was right sore displeased, and so were all the other lords, and sayde how it was shamefully done." Froissart, vol. i. chap.
',\6...6. — Upon a similar occasion, " the two knyghts came a fote eche against other rudely, with their speares low couched, to stryke eche other within the foure quarters. Johan of Castell- Morant strake the English squyer on the brest in such wyse, that Syr Wyllyam Fermetone stombled and bowed, for his fote a lyttel fayled him. He helde his speare lowe with both his handes, and coude nat amende it, and strake Syr Johan of the Castell-Morant in the thighe, so that the speare went clene throughe, that the heed was sene a handfull on the other syde.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
To wound an antagonist in the thigh, or leg, was reckoned contrary to the law of arms. In a tilt betwixt Gavvain Michael, an English squire, and Joachim Cathore, a Frenchman, "they met at the speare poyntes rudely : the French squyer justed right pleasantly; the Englishman ran too lowe, for he strak the Frenchman depe into the thigh. Wherewith the Erie of Buck- ingham was right sore displeased, and so were all the other lords, and sayde how it was shamefully done." Froissart, vol. i. chap.
',\6...6. — Upon a similar occasion, " the two knyghts came a fote eche against other rudely, with their speares low couched, to stryke eche other within the foure quarters. Johan of Castell- Morant strake the English squyer on the brest in such wyse, that Syr Wyllyam Fermetone stombled and bowed, for his fote a lyttel fayled him. He helde his speare lowe with both his handes, and coude nat amende it, and strake Syr Johan of the Castell-Morant in the thighe, so that the speare went clene throughe, that the heed was sene a handfull on the other syde.
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