You will do quite right," said Don Jeronimo; "and there are other jousts at Barcelona in which Senor Don Quixote may display his prowess.
He came to the duke's castle, and the duke informed him of the road and route Don Quixote had taken with the intention of being present at the jousts at Saragossa.
After he had left the inn he determined to visit, first of all, the banks of the Ebro and that neighbourhood, before entering the city of Saragossa, for the ample time there was still to spare before the jousts left him enough for all.
He replied, to Saragossa, to take part in the harness jousts which were held in that city every year.
Several jousts and tournaments were held here during the reigns of the Scaligers, but the only one deserving of special notice in these pages is the one given in 1382 by Antonio della Scala the illegitimate son of Cansignorio.
For twenty-seven days the revels lasted; and among the jousts which took place in the Arena was one called the "Castle of Love," a joust much in vogue at that period.
I trow thou wouldest sooner be with the rest, hearing of the King's Round Table and the knightly jousts to follow.
At the close of all the jousts the general fray took place.
In the jousts sometimes one or the other knight was badly wounded and sometimes even killed.
Never ere now was I at tournament or jousts but I had the best,' moaned Sir Lancelot to himself, as soon as the Knights had left him and he was alone.
And the Knights in her father's Court bowed down before her, and smote their hardest in the jousts where Guenevere was present, but none dared ask her in marriage till Arthur came.
Why, is he not false and a traitor when, after swearing that for right or wrong he would be my Knight and mine only, he bore the red sleeve upon his helm at the great jousts at Camelot?
Never was I false, and that I have shown in jousts and in tourneys.
She ended, and the cry of a great jousts With trumpet-blowings ran on all the ways From Camelot in among the faded fields To furthest towers; and everywhere the knights Arm'd for a day of glory before the King.
With gay balls at night andjousts and miracle plays by day, the celebration was continued for several days.
She ended, and the cry of a great jousts With trumpet-blowings ran on all the ways From Camelot in among the faded fields To furthest towers; and everywhere the knights Armed for a day of glory before the King.
And Arthur had the jousts Down in the flat field by the shore of Usk Holden: the gilded parapets were crowned With faces, and the great tower filled with eyes Up to the summit, and the trumpets blew.
The armour of parade intended for royal jousts and tournaments is as sumptuous as the wit of man could devise, with time and money unstinted.
No helm was worn over the visored bassinet, which became the battle head-piece of the fourteenth century and part of the fifteenth, the helm being reserved for jousts and tournaments.
Its use was exclusively for mounted combatants, though the great helm continued in use for jousts and tilts during the time of Henry VIII.
Alvaro de Luna, Constable of Castile, delighted in jousts and tournaments, and encouraged the sentiment and exercise of chivalry by all the means in their power.
Here, where the bee hums and the moth alights, were knightly jousts and stubborn contests.
The victors in thejousts at Caerleon that day were rewarded by Arthur in person, and the capital was a blaze of splendour and a scene of unequalled exploits.
When in jousts they had ridden, in ways most true and knightly, Then were pages busy to make the halls for the guests all fair and sightly.
The men best known for bravery, before the fair, in knightly jousts were leading.
We all dined hastily in our chambers, and then repaired to the meadow where the joustswere to be held, and dismounted before the gorgeous pavilions set up around.
Moreover I was blamed by friends, and called recreant, in that I remained so much in retirement, and only frequented jousts and tourneys and feasts which were held near by, and not those at a distance.
By the landing there lay a meadow, where men jousts were wont to ride, And the towers of that stately castle rose fair on the further side.
Inside this outer defence was a recreation and drill-ground of sufficient extent to allow of room for jousts and spectators, as well as trees and vegetable gardens, and a village of wooden huts for soldiery and camp followers.
Jousts were held in all great cities, and it was reckoned part of a courtier's business to be a skillful cavalier.
He is penetrated with aristocratic feeling, treats willingly of arms and jousts and warfare, telling the tales of knights and ladies to a courtly company.
Yet, unwitting, two jousts had I ridden, and two foemen I overthrew, 475 In those days all men gave me honour, nor sorrow nor shame I knew.
As a carpet unrolled his dream, The centre of fairjousts woven, while the edge was with swords agleam.
Jousts and tourneys and attempts to imitate the warlike feats of the heroes of fiction in such works as AmadÃs de Gaula (of which later) formed a part of the chivalric customs of the day.
It had been previously announced that jousts would form part of the festivities, and accordingly, on the 11th of June, these entertainments began in a very spirited manner.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "jousts" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
