The Story of the Chevalier Bayard, from the Fr. of M. de Berville, and Others, by E. Walford - Softcover

Berville, Guillaume Francois

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ISBN 10: 1230389512 ISBN 13: 9781230389516

Verlag: TheClassics.us, 2013

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ... Lansquenet. Lansquenet was a common German foot-soldier. The word is derived either from lame, lance; or from land, land; and hnichte, knight. Bayard's Ancestry. Aymond du Terrail, father of the chevalier, was noted for his great stature and strength. He received four wounds, and lost an arm, in the battle of Guiguegarte, iu Picardy, between Louis XI. and the Archduke of Austria, in 1479. Pierre du Terrail, grandfather of the good knight, whom he so much resembled, was renowned for his feats of arms, and was surnamed, "the sword of Terrail," Ttpte Terrail. He was killed in battle at Montlhery in 1465. Bayard's great-grandfather was, when aged sixty, killed at Agincourt, fighting against the English. It is evident that the Terrails were not people accustomed to die in their beds. His great-great-grandfather, Pierre du Terrail, distinguished himself in various battles against the Flemish and English, and in 1356 fell by the side of the French King John, at the battle of Poictiers. His great-great-great-grandfather, Robert du Terrail, after a life spent in battles, was killed in action against Anne V. de Savoie in 1337. And the father of Robert's grandfather, fighting most valiantly with his son at the battle of Tarey, was so wounded that he died in 1325. Bayard's sword. The sword of Bayard is in possession of Sir John P. Boileau, Bart. On it are two legends: "Soli Deo Gloria," and "Vixceke Aut Mors." Edward Cockburn Kindersley engraves the arms, but ignorantly places over them a squire's helmet. They are, Azure, a chief argent, charged with a lion issuant gules, over all a filet or bend or. A shield given by the knight to Henry VIII. at the field of the cloth of gold is in the Guards' Chamber at Windsor Castle. Men-at-arms. Each company...

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• Verlag: TheClassics.us
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1230389512
• ISBN 13: 9781230389516
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 72