66 NOTES TO BOOK 1.

Squire, Lieutenant Talbot; device, a burning heart; motto, ‘ Ab- sence cannot extinguish.’

“ Fifth knight, Captain Mathews, in honour of Miss Bond. Squire, Lieutenant Hamilton; device, a winged heart; motto, ‘ Each Fair by Tum.’

“ Sixth knight, Lieutenant Sloper, in honour of Miss S. Shep- pen. Squire, Lieutenant Brown ; device, a heart and sword ; motto, ‘ Honour and the Fair.’

“ After they had made the circuit of the square, and saluted the ladies as they passed before the pavilion, they ranged themselves in a line with that in which were the ladies of their device; and their herald advancing into the centre of the square, after a flourish of trumpets, proclaimed the following challenge :——‘ The Knights of the Blended Rose, by me, their herald, proclaim and assert, that the ladies of the Blended Rose excel in wit, beauty, and every accom» plishment, those of the whole world; and should any knight, o1- knights, be so hardy as to dispute or deny it, they are ready to enter the lists with them, and maintain their assertions by deeds of arms, according to the laws of ancient chivalry.’ At the third repe- tition of the challenge, the sound of trumpets was heard from the opposite side of the square; and another herald, with four trum- peters dressed in black and orange, galloped into the lists. He was met by the herald of the Blended Rose; and, after a short parley, they both advanced in front of the pavilions, when the black herald ordered his trumpets to sound, and then proclaimed defiance to the challenge in the following words :—‘ The Knights of the Burning Mountains present themselves here, not to contest by words, but to disprove by deeds, the vainglorious assertions of the Knights of the Blended Rose, and enter these lists to maintain that the ladies of the Burning Mountains are not excelled 1n beauty, virtue, or accom- plishments, by any in the univerfse

“ He then retu1ned to the port of the barrier through which he had entered ; and shortly after the Black Knights, attended by their squires, rode into the lists in the following order :——Four trumpeters preceding the herald, on whose tunic was represented a mountain sending forth flames, motto, ‘ I bum for ever.’ Captain Watson of the Guards, as chief, dressed in a magnificent suit of black and orange silk, and mounted on a black managed horse, with trappings