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Chapter 12

           Henceitisalwaysmentionedintheoldrecords,astheGentleandJoyousPassageofArmsofAshby.

           ItbeingnowthedutyofPrinceJohntonametheknightwhohaddonebest,hedeterminedthatthehonourofthedayremainedwiththeknightwhomthepopularvoicehadtermed"LeNoirFaineant."ItwaspointedouttothePrince,inimpeachmentofthisdecree,thatthevictoryhadbeeninfactwonbytheDisinheritedKnight,who,inthecourseoftheday,hadovercomesixchampionswithhisownhand,andwhohadfinallyunhorsedandstruckdowntheleaderoftheoppositeparty.ButPrinceJohnadheredtohisownopinion,onthegroundthattheDisinheritedKnightandhispartyhadlosttheday,butforthepowerfulassistanceoftheKnightoftheBlackArmour,towhom,therefore,hepersistedinawardingtheprize.

           Tothesurpriseofallpresent,however,theknightthuspreferredwasnowheretobefound.Hehadleftthelistsimmediatelywhentheconflictceased,andhadbeenobservedbysomespectatorstomovedownoneoftheforestgladeswiththesameslowpaceandlistlessandindifferentmannerwhichhadprocuredhimtheepithetoftheBlackSluggard.Afterhehadbeensummonedtwicebysoundoftrumpet,andproclamationoftheheralds,itbecamenecessarytonameanothertoreceivethehonourswhichhadbeenassignedtohim.PrinceJohnhadnownofurtherexcuseforresistingtheclaimoftheDisinheritedKnight,whom,therefore,henamedthechampionoftheday.

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