The Buke of the Order of Knyghthood: Translated from the French by Sir Gilbert Hay, KnightLlull, Ramon
Philosophy
The Buke of the Order of Knyghthood: Translated from the French by Sir Gilbert Hay, Knight
Llull, Ramon
Chivalry
Et pour dire aulcun bon notable auquel ieunes Roys puissent prendre
plaisir. Roy qui veult estre bon guerroyer sur saige fier et couraigeux, et
de se gens il soit seigneur, comme de quaille espreuier, et soit misericors
et rigoureux quant est besoing, et que au besoing soit le premier se darmes
veult estre eureux. Pour retourner a nostre propos, &c.
MOULT daultres belles et notables choses appartenans a tous bons Roys et
Princes pourroye encores dire et assez trouuer. Mais pour le present ie ne
pense plus riens a escripre en ce liure, car ien suis tout lasse.
Toutesfoys le temps viendra se Dieu me donne espace de viure que ie
escripray aulcunes choses sur les contenances de toutes personnes soyent
ecclesiasticques ou seculiers, hommes ou femmes ce qui leur est necessaire
dauoir au plus pres que ie pourray de la Saincte Escripture et du droict
escript selon les dignites de leur offices. Et ie prie humblement et
deuotement a nostre Seigneur, que par sa saincte grace vous doint en telle
maniere gouuerner vostre Royaulme et la Saincte Couronne quil vous a
commise que apres la fin il vous maine et conduyse a la saincte gloire de
Paradis qui iamais ne fauldra. Amen.
¶ CY FINE LE LIURE INTITULE LARBRE DES BATAILLES.
In the Preface to the edition printed by Anthony Verard, at Paris, on the
8th of June 1493, there are several variations; and the sentence in which
the name of the Author occurs runs thus--"Mon tres hault et redoubte
Seigneur souvent j'ay eu voulente de faire ce present livre," omitting the
name altogether. The last Chapter of the work is numbered cxxxxii in
Verard's edition, and ends in the same manner as the other.
Of the original Work there are numerous Manuscript copies, and also several
early printed editions; but these, as an eminent French Antiquary remarks,
are "toutes rares, toutes fautives et defecteuses." In Verard's edition,
for instance, the name of Charles VI., to whom the Author dedicated the
work, is changed to Charles VIII., in order to pay a compliment to the
reigning Sovereign; and in these editions the Author's name is given as
Honoré Bonner, instead of Bonnet. The terms of the Author's dedication,
(says M. Paulin Paris,) carry us naturally to the first years of the
arrival of Louis II. of Anjou to the Sovereignty of Provence, that is to
say, from 1384 to 1390. Charles VI., the conqueror of Rosbec, was still
young, and the schism of the Church had reached its point of the greatest
violence.
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