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The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armourBerners, Juliana

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The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour

Name: The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour
Author: Berners, Juliana

Berners, Juliana

Falconry -- Early works to 1800; Heraldry -- Early works to 1800; Hunting -- Early works to 1800

First is a gentilman to be made a knyght ī the felde at batiƚƚ ¶ The
secunde is lyuelode of hym to resayue after manhode The .iij. is
cheualry to do by fore his soueren ¶ The .iiij. is ambassatt to be put
in his honde for wisdom. ¶ The .v. is proues of knyghthode done be fore
alioundis ī honor of renowne. ¶ Theys be calde in armys the .v.
autentyke Now folowith the .iiij. endyng stremytallis personaƚƚ ¶ The
first is a poore knyght to be maried to the blode Royaƚƚ ¶ The secunde
is to haue thanke of his souereyn perpetuaƚƚ. ¶ The .iii. is to kepe his
Cote armure vnshamyd in triaƚƚ ¶ And the .iiij. is to kepe aƚƚ poyntis
of is knyghthod as gestys troianorum declarith.


 Knaw ẏe that theis ii. orderis wer. first wedlok & then knẏhthode. and
           knẏhthode was made before Cote armure was ordened.

¶ Ther was non order bot .ij. wedloke first and knyghthod after. A
knyght was made before ony cote armure. and Olybion was the first knyght
that euer was. Asteriali his fader come bi the right lyne of that
gentilman Iafeth and saw the peple multiplie & had no gouerner And the
cursed peple of Sem wered ayenys them Olibion was the stryngest and the
manfullest man in his tyme And the peple cried on̄ Olibion to be theyr
maister and their gou̇ner A thowsand men wer than multiplied of Iafethis
lyne. Asteriaƚƚ made to his son̄ a garlande abowte his hede of .ix.
diueris preciouse stonys in tokenyng of chyualri to be a gou̇ner of a
.M. men. &̄ vnto thys same day y^e kīgꝭ haue his name ī latē y^t is as
moch to sai y^e gou̇ṅ of .i^m. mē Olibion knelyd to Asteryaƚƚ his fader
and askyd his blissyng. Asteryaƚƚ toke Olibions swerde that was Iafethis
fawlchon̄ that Tubaƚƚ made be fore the floode: and smote flatlyng .ix.
tymys vppon the ryght shuldre of Olibion in tokenyng of the ix. vertuys
of the forsayde precious stonys and gaue him his blissing with a charge
to kepe the .ix. vertuys of charyte now foloyng as ye shaƚƚ here.


¶ Theis be the charges or artikelis that euerẏ knẏght shlude kepe bẏ the
     dignẏte of his order & theẏ be ix. v. temꝑall and iiii goostlẏ

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The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armourBerners, Juliana

History

The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour

Berners, Juliana

Falconry -- Early works to 1800; Heraldry -- Early works to 1800; Hunting -- Early works to 1800

First is a gentilman to be made a knyght ī the felde at batiƚƚ ¶ The
secunde is lyuelode of hym to resayue after manhode The .iij. is
cheualry to do by fore his soueren ¶ The .iiij. is ambassatt to be put
in his honde for wisdom. ¶ The .v. is proues of knyghthode done be fore
alioundis ī honor of renowne. ¶ Theys be calde in armys the .v.
autentyke Now folowith the .iiij. endyng stremytallis personaƚƚ ¶ The
first is a poore knyght to be maried to the blode Royaƚƚ ¶ The secunde
is to haue thanke of his souereyn perpetuaƚƚ. ¶ The .iii. is to kepe his
Cote armure vnshamyd in triaƚƚ ¶ And the .iiij. is to kepe aƚƚ poyntis
of is knyghthod as gestys troianorum declarith.


 Knaw ẏe that theis ii. orderis wer. first wedlok & then knẏhthode. and
           knẏhthode was made before Cote armure was ordened.

¶ Ther was non order bot .ij. wedloke first and knyghthod after. A
knyght was made before ony cote armure. and Olybion was the first knyght
that euer was. Asteriali his fader come bi the right lyne of that
gentilman Iafeth and saw the peple multiplie & had no gouerner And the
cursed peple of Sem wered ayenys them Olibion was the stryngest and the
manfullest man in his tyme And the peple cried on̄ Olibion to be theyr
maister and their gou̇ner A thowsand men wer than multiplied of Iafethis
lyne. Asteriaƚƚ made to his son̄ a garlande abowte his hede of .ix.
diueris preciouse stonys in tokenyng of chyualri to be a gou̇ner of a
.M. men. &̄ vnto thys same day y^e kīgꝭ haue his name ī latē y^t is as
moch to sai y^e gou̇ṅ of .i^m. mē Olibion knelyd to Asteryaƚƚ his fader
and askyd his blissyng. Asteryaƚƚ toke Olibions swerde that was Iafethis
fawlchon̄ that Tubaƚƚ made be fore the floode: and smote flatlyng .ix.
tymys vppon the ryght shuldre of Olibion in tokenyng of the ix. vertuys
of the forsayde precious stonys and gaue him his blissing with a charge
to kepe the .ix. vertuys of charyte now foloyng as ye shaƚƚ here.


¶ Theis be the charges or artikelis that euerẏ knẏght shlude kepe bẏ the
     dignẏte of his order & theẏ be ix. v. temꝑall and iiii goostlẏ

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour

The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour

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