...Waited, duteous, on them all: They were all knights of metal true, Kinsmen to the bold Buecleuch. " Ten of them were sheathed in steel. With belted sword, and spur on heel : They quitted not the harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night; They lay down to rest, • With corslet laced,...

...Buccleuch. Ten of them were sheathed in steel, Wiih belied sword, and spur on heel: They quitted not the harness bright. Neither by day, nor yet by night; They lay down to rest, Witli corslet laced, Pillowed on buckler cold and hard; They carved at the meed With gloves of steel,...

...warriors of the age, those models of courtesy and bravery, who frequently, upon the battle-field, " Lay down to rest with corslet laced, Pillowed on buckler, cold and hard," would at court be exceptions to the general love of effeminate finery. Quite the reverse. The hero,...

...place. " Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted brand, and spur on heel ; They never quit their harness bright Neither by day, nor yet by night....of steel; And they drank the red wine through the In-hurt barred." This high state of watchfulness against surprise is yet moi d oeauti. fully set forth...

...Waited, duteous, on them all : They were all knights of mettle true, Kinsmen to the bold Buccleugh. IV. Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword,...day, nor yet by night : They lay down to rest, With corselet laced, Pillow'd on buckler cold and hard; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And...

...assembled full seven hundred " knights of fame," who held their estates under the Nevill family. " They quitted not their harness bright Neither by day...night : They lay down to rest With corslet laced, PillowM on buckler cold and hard ; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the...

...heel. They never quit their harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night. They lie down to rest In corslet laced, Pillowed on buckler cold and hard :...they drank the red wine through the helmet barred." In the collection at Goodrich Court, chain armour of the time of Edward HI. may be seen, and also plate-armour...

...quitted not their armor bright, Neither by day oor yet by night ; They ley down to rest With corselet laced, Pillowed on buckler cold and hard. They carved...they drank the red wine through the helmet barred.' THH LAT OF THE LAST UtusTnsi.. LAST summer the wild and lonely banks of the Upper Arkansas beheld for...

...quitted cot their armor bright, Neither by day nor yet by night; They l«y down to reft With corselet laced, Pillowed on buckler cold and hard. They carved...they drank the red wine through the helmet barred.' Till'. I.AT ОГ тнж ЬдаТ MlHSTRBI.. LAST summer the wild and lonely banks of the Upper Arkansas...

...Waited duteous on them all: They were all knights of metal true, Kinsmen to the bold Buccleuch. IV. Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword,...night: They lay down to rest, With corslet laced, Pillow'<! on buckler cold and hard; They carved at the meal With gloves of steel, And they drank the...