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 of songs, excelled in the tournament and the dance, could write and draw with ease and elegance; and, what is esteemed a principal accomplishment in a squire of high degree, he was worthy to carve at table before his father. Courteous, humble, and dutiful was this fair young man; and withal so devoted to his lady-love, that he would outwatch the doting nightingale.

One other attendant, and no more, had our Knight upon the present occasion; a, dressed in a green coat and hood. He had a head like a nut, and a face of the same colour. In his hand he carried a sturdy bow, and at his side under his belt a sheaf of bright sharp arrows, winged with peacock feathers. His arm was defended by a bracer; on one side hung