"First knight, Hon. Captain Cathcart,[19] in honor of Miss N. White.--'Squire, Captain Peters.--Device, a heart and sword; motto--'_Love and Honor_.' "Second knight, Lieutenant Bygrove, in honor of Miss Craig.--'Squire, Lieutenant Nichols.--Device, Cupid tracing a circle; motto--'_Without End_.' "Third knight, Captain André, in honor of Miss P. Chew.[20]--'Squire, Lieutenant André.[21]--Device, two game-cocks fighting; motto--'_No rival_.' "Fourth knight, Captain Horneck, in honor of Miss N. Redmond.--'Squire, Lieutenant Talbot.--Device, a burning heart; motto--'_Absence can not extinguish_.' "Fifth knight, Captain Mathews, in honor of Miss Bond.--'Squire, Lieutenant Hamilton.--Device, a winged heart; motto--'_Each fair by turns_.' "Sixth knight, Lieutenant Sloper, in honor of Miss M. Shippen.[22]--'Squire, Lieutenant Brown.--Device, a heart and sword; motto--'_Honor and the fair_.'" [Illustration: The Joust at the Tournament.] After they had made the circuit of the square, and saluted the ladies as they passed before the pavilion, they ranged themselves in a line with that in which were the ladies of their device; and their herald (Mr. Beaumont) advancing into the center of the square, after a flourish of trumpets, proclaimed the following challenge: "The Knights of the Blended Rose, by me, their herald, proclaim and assert that the Ladies of the Blended Rose excel in wit, beauty, and every accomplishment, those of the whole world; and should any knight or knights be so hardy as to dispute or deny it, they are ready to enter the lists with them, and maintain their assertions by deeds of arms, according to the laws of ancient chivalry." At the third repetition of this challenge, the sound of trumpets was heard from the opposite side of the square; and another herald, with four trumpeters, dressed in black-and-orange, galloped into the lists. He was met by the Herald of the Blended Rose, and, after a short parley, they both advanced in front of the pavilions, when the black herald (Lieutenant Moore) ordered his trumpets to sound, and thus proclaimed defiance to the challenge in the following words: "The Knights of the Burning Mountain present themselves here, not to contest by words, but to disprove by deeds, the vainglorious assertions of the Knights of the Blended Rose, and enter these lists to maintain that the Ladies of the Burning Mountain are not excelled in beauty, virtue, or accomplishments, by any in the universe." He then returned to the part of the barrier through which he had entered, and shortly afterward the Black Knights, attended by their 'squires, rode into the lists in the following order: "Four trumpeters preceding the herald, on whose tunic was represented a mountain sending forth flames; motto--'_I burn forever_.'