For several hours the field was gallantly maintained by the four challengers against every knight who was ambitious to prove his prowess in the presence of so illustrious an assembly.
Cloth of Gold, where he was one of the challengers against all gentlemen, who were to exercise feats of arms on horseback or on foot for thirty days.
France, where all feats of arms were performed between Ardres and Guisnes for thirty days, he was one of the challengers on the part of England.
They'll find two challengers each much like Almo in build and appearance.
Two challengers were brought forward," she said, "and they fought each other.
Grove, after years as its priest, having become King late in life, the last of a long series of challengers whom the Emperor Caligula had suborned against an insufferable and all but invincible hierophant.
One dark night Almo will slip off in charge of the men I delegate for that duty; the two challengers will be guided so that each thinks he is fighting the King of the Grove.
Two challengers fought each other that time also," she allowed.
But the challengers must yield to Beauty, whose princely voice is their ample guerdon; and on the following day were the tourney and the barriers "courageously tried.
The four illustrious challengers were, the Earl of Arundel, Lord Windsor, Sir Fulke Greville, and Sir Philip Sidney.
The big boy challengers obeyed the little leader's command; and as they departed on their mission Napoleon ordered his soldiers to quietly drop the stones they carried in their pockets, in a line where they stood.
The challengers came rushing back, followed by the jeers and sticks of the hill boys.
Let the challengers go forward again," he directed.
So far, there was little to choose betwixt challengers and challenged.
The five challengers styled themselves the Knights of Glory.
The Constable and the marshal descended from their stand and advanced to that of the King and Queen; and the Constable said: ‘Madame, the challengers demand the camp which I have promised them by your Majesty’s order.
The champions for the god drew themselves up in the west, while their challengers occupied the east of the arena.
The people were delighted, and cheered the challengers with scarcely less heartiness than their own champions.
The challengers might not behold their "land of bread" again; nevermore for them was hammock by the stream or echo of tambour amongst the hills.
Next, the Othmies and Tlascalans, dignified into common challengers of the proudest chiefs of Tenochtitlan, were conducted into the arena.
The challengers are afterwards called the gentlemen within.
For an actual historical example of the tournament in which a number of knights challengers undertake to hold the field against all comers, we will take the passage of arms at St. Inglebert's, near Calais, in the days of Edward III.
These things thus all in readiness, the challengers approached, and came down the stable toward the tilt-yard.
This politic selection did not alter the fortune of the field: the challengers were still successful.
I saw it when King Richard himself and five of his knights held a tournament after the taking of Sir John-de-Acre, as challengers against all comers.
The laws of the tournament, proclaimed by the heralds, were briefly: First, the five challengers were to undertake all comers.
This politic selection did not alter the fortune of the field: the challengers 20 were still successful.
This daring act excited a second burst of applause, and the astonished challengers appeared at the castle in a mood of mixed perplexity and indignant pride.
The five challengers next presented themselves, and a desperate encounter was anticipated.
As soon as the challenge had been pronounced, the heralds retired to their posts; when the trumpets sounded again, the gates of the castle were thrown open, and the five challengerscame forward.
The colour of the spirited chargers of these challengers was snow white.
He then desired a herald to proclaim that he was willing to encounter the rest of the challengers in the order in which they pleased to advance against him.
As the prince assumed his throne, he gave signal to the heralds to proclaim the laws of the tournament, which were briefly as follows: First: The five challengers were to undertake all comers.
A fourth combat followed; and here, too, the challengerscame off victorious.
This politic selection did not alter the fortune of the field; the challengers were still successful.
But none shared the general feeling of dissatisfaction so keenly as Cedric the Saxon, who saw in each adventure gained by the Norman challengers a repeated triumph over the honor of England.
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