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Chapter 12

           Ontheotherhand,manyotherknights,bothEnglishandNorman,nativesandstrangers,tookpartagainstthechallengers,themorereadilythattheoppositebandwastobeledbysodistinguishedachampionastheDisinheritedKnighthadapprovedhimself.

           AssoonasPrinceJohnobservedthatthedestinedQueenofthedayhadarriveduponthefield,assumingthatairofcourtesywhichsatwelluponhimwhenhewaspleasedtoexhibitit,herodeforwardtomeether,doffedhisbonnet,and,alightingfromhishorse,assistedtheLadyRowenafromhersaddle,whilehisfollowersuncoveredatthesametime,andoneofthemostdistinguisheddismountedtoholdherpalfrey.

           "Itisthus,"saidPrinceJohn,"thatwesetthedutifulexampleofloyaltytotheQueenofLoveandBeauty,andareourselvesherguidetothethronewhichshemustthisdayoccupy.Ladies,"hesaid,"attendyourQueen,asyouwishinyourturntobedistinguishedbylikehonours."

           Sosaying,thePrincemarshalledRowenatotheseatofhonouroppositehisown,whilethefairestandmostdistinguishedladiespresentcrowdedafterhertoobtainplacesasnearaspossibletotheirtemporarysovereign.

           NosoonerwasRowenaseated,thanaburstofmusic,half-drownedbytheshoutsofthemultitude,greetedhernewdignity.Meantime,thesunshonefierceandbrightuponthepolishedarmsoftheknightsofeitherside,whocrowdedtheoppositeextremitiesofthelists,andheldeagerconferencetogetherconcerningthebestmodeofarrangingtheirlineofbattle,andsupportingtheconflict.

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