"And at their second charge the noble men rode with all the strength of their steeds; and so stern was this onset, that the Spaniard's charger could not sustain the shock, so fell to the ground; and swiftly horseman and horse were raised, but from this fall the Spaniard's harness was so bent and forced that he was quite disarmed; and they must needs put off those arms unto another day. Within a few days after that the term of six weeks that this noble meeting should last was past and expired, and the following day (which was on a Sunday, a little before the Great Mass) the kings-at-arms and the heralds assembled from all parts further to honour the mystery; and, having put on their coats of arms, they brought by order and with great magnificence, the two shields which for six weeks had been hung and fastened to the tree of Charlemagne, and on which was founded the meeting aforesaid. Then they entered the Church of Notre Dame de Dijon, and all kneeling offered and presented the aforesaid shields to the glorious Virgin Mary; which shields are still in the said church, in a chapel on the right hand as you come to the choir." [Illustration: End of chapter XIV; Arbre Charlemagne] FOOTNOTES: [168] I should add that there is a good replica of the Puits de Moïse, which gives you an opportunity to study that work at leisure. [169] The demolition was begun in 1870, to give work to the unemployed at the time of the war. [170] At Péronne. [171] Kleinclausz, "Histoire de la Bourgogne." [172] De Barante states that the body was found by a washerwoman, who was attracted by the sparkle of a ring on the Duke's finger. I have followed Michelet. [173] Olivier de Marche, "Mémoires." [174] De Barante, Tome XI; pp. 156-158. [175] Kleinclausz. [176] The classical orders are five: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, Composite. [177] The Tour de Bar was named after Renée of Anjou (Duke of Bar), known as good king Renée, who was imprisoned there after the battle of Buligneville in 1431, the year in which Joan of Arc was burned. [178] The western portion was rebuilt under Louis XIII. [Illustration: Heading, chapter XV; The Three Huntsmen] CHAPTER XV THE DEVIL'S PIT By a curious coincidence--by a real coincidence, reader, not by design--it was on a morning of Easter-day that we rode out from Dijon to Lux--on just such an Easter morning as that about which I am going to tell; the air fresh and fragrant, the larks in full song, and the sun shining so strongly in the deep, blue sky, that I had to make a Sunday purchase of a broad-brimmed straw hat. So that, you see, in one sense, I began the day badly, and perhaps deserved the trouble that befell me later.