Chapter V

_Valet_, the common title of the page, I. 35.

_Vargas_, Garcia Perez de, a splendid exemplar of Spanish chivalry.
Story of his romantic gallantry, II. 289.

_Vigil_ of arms a necessary preliminary to knighthood, I. 49.

_Vilain_, Sir John, anecdote of his remarkable prowess, I. 69.

_Virtue_, degree of, expected in a knight, I. 149.

_Visconti_, John de, his duel with Thomas de la Marche, II. 22.

_Vows_, knightly, courage incited by, I. 127.
Fantastic, ib., &c. 322.

W.

_Wallop_, Sir John, his men break lances for ladies' love, II. 117.

_Warwick_, an earl of, a famous jouster, I. 301.

_Wells_, Lord, his joust with Sir David de Lindsay, first Earl of
Crawford, I. 290.

_Werner_, fiendlike ferocity and impiety of, II. 328.

_William Rufus_, authors wrong, in calling him a chivalric king, I. 391.
But he promoted the growth of chivalry in England, I. 387.

_Wines_, dislike entertained by the Englishmen of old for the wines of
Spain, I. 143.
Wines drank in chivalric times, 193. and note.
Wines and spices, 169. note.

_Woods_, mystery of, I. 29.

_Worcester_, John, Earl of, Constable. His regulations regarding
tournaments in England, I. 279. note.

_Wordsworth_, his beautiful description of the occupations and life of a
minstrel, I. 171.