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TRAVELS 
“ where, in conjunction with a number of knights, counts, 
“ barons, and other gentlemen of name and arms, we will niain- 
tain and defend againft all who {hall lawfully be admitted to 
“ thefe exercifes, and fhall prefent themfelves at the barriers of the 
11 circus, and in the prefence of judges eleCted for the occafion, as 
“ well againft all collectively as againft aach individually, that the 
“ laws of honour, enlivened by thofe of love, acquire double force in 
“ the hearts of valorous knights ; which opinion we and our knights, 
C( armed at all points, will defend on horfeback againft all the 
“ knights who fhall oppofe it, by joufts and alternate combats, 
“ with halberd, javelin, fword, and piftols ; in which combat the 
“ laws lhall be obferved which we now prefcribe.” (Here the laws 
were recited.) Thefe laws or conditions were accepted by the 
knights, who promifed to preftnt themfelves on this honourable ap¬ 
peal, and to maintain. That the laws of honour have fufficient power 
of themfelves in the hearts of valorous knights, and that,fo far from 
receiving any additionalforce from love, it is, on the contrary, by unit¬ 
ing with chivalry, that love obtains its fplendour and duration ; and 
thereupon they craved liberty to appoint, as judges on their part, 
one who was named in their declaration or deed of acceptance. As 
to the particulars of this fete, which lafted feveral days, it w T ill be 
fufficient to fay, that every thing was attended to which we read 
of in the accounts of ancient tournaments, and that the prizes were 
diftributed on the laft day, under the direClion of the queen, ac^ 
cording to the fentence of the appointed judges. By one of the 
jaw s it was granted that the knights might wear upon their armour 
the 
