_Guesclin_, Bertrand du, his birth, II. 174. Became a cavalier in opposition to paternal wishes, 175. His knightly conduct at Rennes, ib. Amusing interview with the Duke of Lancaster, 177. His gallant bearing at Cochetel, and the consequent recovery of the fame of the French arms, 178. Taken prisoner at Aurai, 180. Redeemed, 182. His chivalry in Spain, 184, &c. Taken prisoner again, 189. Treated with cruelty by the Black Prince, 191. Ransomed, 209. Made Constable of France, 194. Recovers the power of the French monarchy, ib. His companionship in arms with Olivier de Clisson, 195. His death before Randan, 199. Character, 201. H. _Harald_, the valiant, account of, I. 9. _Hawking_, a knowledge of, a necessary part of a knight's education, I. 29. A great chivalric amusement, 161. _Hawkwood_, Sir John, story of his origin, and allusions to his battles, I. 23. _Helmets_, I. 88. Various sorts of, I. 89. _Hennebon_, noble defence of, by the Countess of Mountfort, I. 242-246. _Henry I._ and _II._, state of chivalry in their respective reigns, 387. 389. 395. _Henry II._, of France, killed in a tournament, account of the circumstances, II. 226. and note. _Henry_, Prince, son of James I., his love of chivalric exercises, II. 137. _Henry IV._, chivalric parley between him and the Duke of Orleans, II. 83. His unchivalric deportment at Shrewsbury, 88. _Henry V._, his love of chivalry, II. 85. 96. His chivalric modesty, 98. _Henry VIII._, account of his tournaments, II. 104, &c. _Heroines_, nature of female heroism in days of chivalry, and stories of, I. 234, &c. _Hita_, Genez Perez de, nature of his volume on the fall of Grenada, II. 288. note. _Homildon Hill_, interesting knightly story regarding battle at, I. 55. _Honour_, curious story of knightly, I. 138. The knights' pursuit of, I. 144. See, too, 277. note. _Horn_, King, romance of, I. 27. _Horse_ of the knight, I. 111. What horses were preferred, 112. The famous horse of the Cid, ib. II. 287. Armour of the horse, I. 114. Always very splendidly adorned, 115. _Horsemanship_, care with which knights were trained to, I. 44. _Hotspur_ fights with the Douglas, II. 77. His gallant deportment at Otterbourn, 79. And at Shrewsbury, 87. _Humanities_ of chivalric war, I. 129. 135. _Humility_, a knightly virtue, I. 158. _Hunting_, young squires instructed in the art of, I. 29. A part of the amusements of chivalry, 161. _Huntingdon_, Sir John Holland, Earl of, his skill in jousting, I. 307. I. _Inauguration_, ceremony of, into knighthood, when and where performed, I. 50. Its circumstances, 50-54. _Ingelbertes_, Saint, joust at, I. 302-314. _Ipomydon_, romance of, I. 28. _Isabella_, the Lady, a heroine of chivalry, I. 235.