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 232 ILLUSTRATIONS OF knowlache uii-to alle Gentille men of name and of armus, That ther ben vj Gentilmen of name and of armus, that for the gret desire and worschippe that the sayde. vj. Gentilmen hath taken up-pon them to be the .iij. day of May nex comyng', be-fore the hy and myghtty redowttyd ladys and Gen- tylle wymmen, in thys hey and most honorabulle Court. And in thayre presens the sayde .vj. Gentihnen there to a-pere at .ix. of the belle, be-fore noone, and to Juste a-yens alle comers with-oute, on the sayd day, un-to j, of the belle at after noon. And then, be the a-vise of the sayde ladys and Gentille wymmen, to yeue un-to the best Juster with-oute A Diamunde of .xl. li. And un-to the nexte the best Juster a rube of .xx. li. And un-to the thyrde welle Juster a sauffer of .x. li. And on the sayde day, there beyng ofFecers of armis schuyng thayre mesure of thayre speris garnyst, That ys, Cornalle, wamplate, and grapers i, alle of a syse, that they schalle Juste with, and that the sayde Comers may take the lengthe of the sayde speris, with the a-vise of the sayde offecers of armys, that schalle be in-defferant un-to alle parteys on the sayde day, ^ The comyng in-to the felde. ^ The .vj. Gentilmen most com in-to the felde vn-helmyd ■■, and theyre helmus borne be-fore tham, and thayre servantis on horsbake, beryng eyther of tham a spere garniste, that is the sayde .vj. speris, the wheche the sayde servantis schalle ride be-fore them in-to the felde. And as the sayde .vj. Gentilmen ben com be-fore the ladyys^and Gentilwimmen, Then schalle be sent an harawde of armus up un-to the ladys and Gentille wimmen, sayyng in this wise. Hey and rayghtti, redowtyd and ryghte worschypfuUe ladys and Gentylwymmen, these .vj. Gentille men ben come in-to yowre presens, and recommaundit ham alle un-to yowr goode grace, in as lowli wyse as they can, be-sechyng yow for to gyffe un-to .iij., the best Justei-s with-owte, a Diamownd, and a Rube, and a sauffer, un-to them that ye thenk best can deserve hit. ^ Thenne this message is doon : then the .vj. Gentille men goythe un-to the tellws^ and do on theyr helmus. And when the hariawdis cri, a lostelle, a lostelle, then schalle alle the ,vj. Gentille men with-in un-helme them be- fore the sayde ladyys, and make theyre a-beisans, and go hom un-to ther loggyngus, and chaunge them. ^ Now be com the Gentylle men withe-oute in-to the presens of the ladyys. ^ Then comyth forthe a lady, be the a-vise of alle the ladijs and Gentille wymmen, and yevis the Dyamund un-to the beste Juster with-oute, sayyng in this wise, sei-e, these ladijs and Gentille wymmen thank yow for yowre 1 " Rampicone, a graper, or a claspe of consisted chiefly of a sloping roof, in old iron." — W. Thomas, Ital. Grammar, 1348. rrencli, teil, or tauUsse, the sides being " Unhernsyd. — Lansd. MS. closed by curtains or blinds. It seems s "Tilt-house?" Douce, and Mey rick. to have served the same purpose as the Trobably a kind of shed or stall, for the "chayer" in Johan Hill's curious treatise, convenience of the combatants, such as is to which the combatant retired, to " cover seen in the vifoodcut here given : it may hym and his counsaille whanne he is corn- have been so called from its having men into the feelde."