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    MEDIAEVAL TRAITS. 49

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    work Irreligious would . settle The fact the of question a Dragon so as having to leave * published no doubt a controversial about the

    matter , ; but though no work of this sort is in existence , an incident in the history of i 6 The Knight of Curtesy and the fayre Ladye

    of FaguelL" seems to settle it so as to leave very little . The Lord of Faguell having become unjustifiably jealous of the _Knig-ht of

    Curtesy , in consequence of some slight attentions paid by that gentleman to his Lordship ' s Ladye , gave him a gentle hint that he had

    better get engaged on foreign service . u Me thynke it is fyttinge for a knyglit ,

    For aventures to enquyre , At And home not thus to so , journ bothe b da y the y and fyre . ght

    " Therefore Syr Knyglit of Curtesie , T This o ry thing de and wy go ll t I hroug you h counse the countre yll , , for le

    To seke aventures your avay . " As The unto christen Hodes fayth for to for fyg to hte mayntayne , ht

    In To Lumberdye showe by armes , Port , yngale your force , and and Spayne myg . " , Perhaps the kniht took the hint the quicker that ( as shewn in

    the first verse ) he was g not allowed a bed-room in the castle , but was obliged to sleep on the hearth rug with the cats . Or it may be

    that his ambition was roused by the encyclopedic enumeration of laces where a warrior miht signalise himself . Certain it is that

    he p lied with readiness g and also that he set out with the intention comp of destroying the enemies , of the Pope . This is shewn

    subsequently . Towarde # * the * Rodes * * for « < to he f dy lite d departe yg

    In bataile as he had , undertake The For his fayth promesse to susteyne lie wil with not , all breke h , ys . " might ,

    But in the course of a rapid journey to Rodes ( which is * it seems , a misprint for Acre ) he had to pass through Lombardy , possibly in

    consequence of the main thoroughfare having been stopped by repair .

    " There So when was he a came dragon to theraboute Lumberdye , Both "Which man dyd and great beste hurt of and hym vy had lanye doubte ; . "

    Now , being in a hurry , there was no reason to turn aside to annihilate a mere vulgar Dragon . The fact , therefore , of his encountering

    it , seems to shew that it was an antagonistic heathen . He went to meet it too with considerable eagerness . As he was riding in

    company with his page , he heard the Dragon bawling at him from the top of a hill .

    " Towarde Then as he a h loked ll that hym was aboute so h Of this dragon y he harde a shmite ye , , "

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    Mediaeval Traits. 49

    _MEDIAEVAL TRAITS . 49

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1858, page 49, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091858/page/49/