The Taill of Rauf Coilyear (About 1475 A. D.) (From the Unique Copy of Lekpreuik's Edition of 1572): With the Fragments of Roland and Vernagu, and ... Ms., About 1330 A. D.) (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Herrtage, Sidney John Hervon

 
9780331662634: The Taill of Rauf Coilyear (About 1475 A. D.) (From the Unique Copy of Lekpreuik's Edition of 1572): With the Fragments of Roland and Vernagu, and ... Ms., About 1330 A. D.) (Classic Reprint)

Inhaltsangabe

Excerpt from The Taill of Rauf Coilyear (About 1475 A. D.) (From the Unique Copy of Lekpreuik's Edition of 1572): With the Fragments of Roland and Vernagu, and Otuel (From the Unique Auchinleck Ms., About 1330 A. D.)

These ugly troops were also provided with numberless bells and other sonorous instruments, which, added to the hideous shouts and yells with which they advanced to the attack, produced a discord truly diabolical. It will readily be believed that the valorous knights, who formed the van of the Christian army, were very little disturbed either by the abominable features, or by the grotesque gesticulations, or by the dissonant noises Of these uncouth antagonists: but their horses, who were perfectly unprepared for an encounter with such musicians in masquerade, utterly refused to approach them, and, when roused by the Spur from the lethargy of astonishment into which they had been plunged by the unexpected sight, suddenly dispersed in all directions, and, charging the French infantry with the rapidity of lightning, threw them into confusion after which, communicating the panic to the body of reserve, they hurried the astonished Charle magne, together with his twelve peers, several miles from the field of battle.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Weitere beliebte Ausgaben desselben Titels