Chapter D

_Dagger_ of mercy, description of it, I. 92.
Story of its use, 93.

_Dambreticourt_, Lord Eustace, his chivalry inspired by the lady
Isabella, I. 204.
His valour at the battle of Poictiers, II. 44.

_Dames_ and _Damsels_. See _Lady_.

_Degradation_, ceremonies of, I. 60.

_Derby_, Earl of, the sort of death he desired, I. 147.

_Devices_, what they were, I. 78.
Worn in tournaments, 272-275.

_Discipline_, chivalric array not inconsistent with feudal discipline,
I. 145.

_Douglas_, story of the perilous castle of, I. 205.
Generousness of the good Lord James of, I. 206, 402.
His character, ib. note.
The Douglas of the sixteenth century, II. 67.
Wins the pennon of Hotspur, 77.
His heroism and noble death, 80.
Archibald, at Shrewsbury, ib.

_Dress_ of ladies in chivalric times, I. 185.
Importance of modesty of, 186.

_Dub_, meaning of the word, I. 53. note.

_Dynadan_, Sir, a merry knight of the Round Table, his pretended dislike
of women, I. 196. note.

E.

_Edward I._, his chivalric character, I. 395.
A chivalric anecdote of, I. 142.

_Edward II._, state of chivalry in his reign, I. 402. 409.

_Edward III._, state of armour in his time, I. 97. 100.
Chivalry in his reign, II. 4, &c.

_Eloisa_, the Lady, a heroine of chivalry, I. 235.

_England_, antiquity of the sarcasm of its not being the country of
original invention, II. 48. note.
The melancholy of its mirth curiously noticed, ib.

_Errantry_, facts relating to the knight-errantry of the middle ages,
I. 140. 145.
English knights-errant, 225.
General facts and usages, 226, &c.

F.

_Falconry._ See _Hawking_.

_Falcons_, placed on perches above knights at chivalric entertainments,
I. 281.

_Father in chivalry_, the respect which a knight bore to the cavalier
that knighted him, I. 54.

_Festivals_, description of chivalric, I. 176. 379.
At tournaments, 281.

_Fidelity_ to obligations, a great virtue in knights, I. 151.

_Flodden_, chivalric circumstances at battle of, II. 121.

_Flowers_, Romance of, remarks on, I. 315. note.

_Forget-me-not_, romantic story of this flower: joust concerning it,
I. 315.

_France_, state of, after the death of Du Guesclin, II. 203.
Chivalry in baronial castles, II. 169.
Knighthood given to improper persons, 211.
Extinction of chivalry in, 226.
Ridiculous imitation of chivalry by the profligate soldiers of a
profligate king, 228.

_Francis I._, his chivalric qualities, II. 223.
Circumstances which disgraced his chivalry, 224.
Knighted by Bayard, 225.

_Fraternity_, origin and history of the spirit of, I. 4.
Encouraged by the institutions of Arthur, 379.

_Froissart_, character of his history, _Preface_.

_Frojaz_, Don Rodrigo, a Spanish knight, chivalric mode of his death,
I. 71.

_Furs_, fondness of people in the middle ages for them, I. 49. 85.
note.

G.

_Gallantry_, its origin, I. 7-9.
Absurdity of antiquarians respecting, 175. note.

_Garter_, order of the, objects of, I. 360.
Its resemblance to a religious order, 361.
Reasons of its being established, 360.; II. 4.
Commonly ascribed origin a vulgar fable, 6.
Meaning of the motto, 7.
The collar, 8.

_Gawain_, Sir, a knight of Arthur's Round Table, character of, I. 378.

_Generousness_ of knights, high estimation of this quality, I. 153.
Instances, 153-157.

_Gennet_, order of the, I. 374.

_George_, Saint, the person that was understood by this name, II. 9.

_Germans_, superior virtue of German women owned by Tacitus, I. 7.
Instances of this virtue, 7, 8.
Political chivalry had no influence in Germany, II. 303.
German knights quailed before undisciplined troops, 304.
When and where tournaments were held, I. 262.
Heraldic pride of the, 263. note.
Singular matter regarding the, 265. note.
Inferiority of to Italian condottieri, 305.
Intolerance and cruelty of German knights, 306.
Their education, 307.
Cruelty to their squires, 308.
Their avarice, 310.
Little influence of German chivalry, 311.
Singular exception, 312.
Destruction of chivalry, 317.

_Gonfanon_, what it was, I. 67.

_Gonsalez_, Count Fernan de, a fabulous hero of Spanish chivalry,
II. 245.

_Gordon_, Adam, his chivalry, I. 56.

_Graville_, Sir William, loses a fortress out of his love for
chess-playing, I. 165.

_Green-field_, knights of the Fair Lady in the, story of their
chevisance, I. 223.

_Gueldres_, Duke of, story of his regard for knightly honour, I. 138.

_Guesclin_, Bertrand du, his birth, II. 174.
Became a cavalier in opposition to paternal wishes, 175.
His knightly conduct at Rennes, ib.
Amusing interview with the Duke of Lancaster, 177.
His gallant bearing at Cochetel, and the consequent recovery of the
fame of the French arms, 178.
Taken prisoner at Aurai, 180.
Redeemed, 182.
His chivalry in Spain, 184, &c.
Taken prisoner again, 189.
Treated with cruelty by the Black Prince, 191.
Ransomed, 209.
Made Constable of France, 194.
Recovers the power of the French monarchy, ib.
His companionship in arms with Olivier de Clisson, 195.
His death before Randan, 199.
Character, 201.

H.

_Harald_, the valiant, account of, I. 9.

_Hawking_, a knowledge of, a necessary part of a knight's education,
I. 29.
A great chivalric amusement, 161.

_Hawkwood_, Sir John, story of his origin, and allusions to his
battles, I. 23.

_Helmets_, I. 88.
Various sorts of, I. 89.

_Hennebon_, noble defence of, by the Countess of Mountfort, I. 242-246.

_Henry I._ and _II._, state of chivalry in their respective reigns, 387.
389. 395.

_Henry II._, of France, killed in a tournament, account of the
circumstances, II. 226. and note.

_Henry_, Prince, son of James I., his love of chivalric exercises, II.
137.

_Henry IV._, chivalric parley between him and the Duke of Orleans, II.
83.
His unchivalric deportment at Shrewsbury, 88.

_Henry V._, his love of chivalry, II. 85. 96.
His chivalric modesty, 98.

_Henry VIII._, account of his tournaments, II. 104, &c.

_Heroines_, nature of female heroism in days of chivalry, and stories
of, I. 234, &c.

_Hita_, Genez Perez de, nature of his volume on the fall of Grenada, II.
288. note.

_Homildon Hill_, interesting knightly story regarding battle at, I. 55.

_Honour_, curious story of knightly, I. 138.
The knights' pursuit of, I. 144.
See, too, 277. note.

_Horn_, King, romance of, I. 27.

_Horse_ of the knight, I. 111.
What horses were preferred, 112.
The famous horse of the Cid, ib. II. 287.
Armour of the horse, I. 114.
Always very splendidly adorned, 115.

_Horsemanship_, care with which knights were trained to, I. 44.

_Hotspur_ fights with the Douglas, II. 77.
His gallant deportment at Otterbourn, 79.
And at Shrewsbury, 87.

_Humanities_ of chivalric war, I. 129. 135.

_Humility_, a knightly virtue, I. 158.

_Hunting_, young squires instructed in the art of, I. 29.
A part of the amusements of chivalry, 161.

_Huntingdon_, Sir John Holland, Earl of, his skill in jousting, I. 307.