'Item, each person shall make provision of lances,--but the rondelle, which lies on the hands, shall be only four fingers broad, and no more.[117] 'Item, the lances shall be all of similar length, from the point to the rest. 'Item, for the accomplishment of these feats of arms on horseback, I will supply all who may come without lances, precisely like to my own and to those of my companions. 'Item, these deeds of arms on horseback shall be performed _à la toille_, which shall be six feet high.' FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 117: This article I do not understand. In the original it is _tondelle_,--altered by Du Cange to _rondelle_, which is translated by Cotgrave, 'a small target;' but four fingers wide would be too insignificant for any defence. I have, therefore, left it for better antiquaries to explain.] CHAP. LXI. HERE FOLLOW THE ARTICLES FOR THE DEEDS OF ARMS ON FOOT. 'Those princes, barons, knights and esquires, of the rank before mentioned, who shall rather take their pleasure in performing feats of arms on foot, shall touch the violet shield, and shall perform fifteen courses with battle-axes or swords, as may be most agreeable to them. 'Item, if, during these courses, any champion shall touch the ground with his hand or knees, he shall be bounden to present his adversary with a ruby of whatever value he please. 'Item, each champion shall be armed with the accustomed armour for combating in lists. 'Item, should any person be unprovided with battle-axe or sword, I will furnish him with the same, similar to my own or to those of my companions. These axes and swords are not to have any thing extraordinary in their make, but such as are usual in these kind of combats. 'Item, he that shall have engaged himself to fight with me, or either of us, and shall throw the other to the ground, the person so thrown shall be obliged to surrender himself a prisoner whithersoever the conqueror shall order him. 'Item, the person thus made prisoner shall pay for his immediate ransom, to whomsoever the conqueror shall direct, any sum above five hundred crowns. 'Item, foreigners need not seek for particulars from me, or from my companions, for they will find persons ready to deliver such at the usual hours and places. 'Item, no stranger will be permitted to enter the lists with me or with any one of my companions, for more than one course at arms, namely, once on horseback and once on foot,--and no one can require more of any of us during the present undertaking. 'Item, the aforesaid feats of arms, on horseback and on foot, shall be performed on the following days: those on horseback on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays,--those on foot, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. 'Item, this pass d'armes shall commence on the first-day of July, in the year 1443, and shall last forty days, exclusive of feast-days and Sundays, and the feasts commanded to be kept by the court of Rome.