Item, whoso hitteth the toil twice, for the second time shall be abased three.
Item, whoso breaketh a spear within a foot of the coronall, shall be judged as no spear broken, but a good attempt.
For the Price.
First, whoso beareth a man down out of the saddle, or putteth him to the earth, horse and man, shall have the price before him that striketh coronall to coronall two times.
Item, he that striketh coronall to coronall two times shall have the price before him that striketh the sight three times.
Item, he that striketh the sight three times shall have the price before him that breaketh the most spears.
Item, if there be any man that fortunately in this wise shall be deemed he bode longest in the field helmed, and ran the fairest course, and gave the greatest strokes, helping himself best with his spear.
Antiquarian Repertory, l. 145, &c.
[310] Olivier de la Marche, a hero of Burgundy in the fifteenth century, thus describes a warder:—“Et tenoit le Duc de Bourgogne un petit blanc baton en sa main pour jetter et faire séparer les champions, leurs armes achivees, comme il est de coustume en tel cas.” Memoires, p. 71.
[311] Walsingham, p. 8. In early times, in England, those tournament festivals were held about a round table, and therefore the tournaments themselves were often called round tables. Walter Hemingford, vol. i. p. 7. ed. Hearne.