"Nay, nay, this is too much!" cried the queen, advancing; "see, the poor girl faints! My good lord, indeed this must not be to-day. It has been too much for her already. Some day before the two courts part we will pray my good lord cardinal to speak a blessing on their love. Bear her into the sacristy, Sir Osborne. Katrine Bulmer, giddy namesake! help your friend, while I pray their graces both to return into the hall."
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 1]: One of those rare but pleasant little towns which are fortunate enough to stand upon no high-road, but which, on looking into Cary's Itinerary, will be found to have a way of their own. It is near Ashford.
[Footnote 2]: This sentence, I am inclined to think, deserves another inverted comma to denote that it is borrowed from some of the writers of that day. I forget from whom.
[Footnote 3]: A maker of arrows was so called when the good strong bow was the weapon of the English yeoman.
[Footnote 4]: A maker of arrows.
[Footnote 5]: Armour and trappings of his horse.
[Footnote 6]: It will be found in the description of Britain by Holingshed, that even in his days it was held that any man possessing land producing an annual rent of forty pounds (called a knight's fee) could be called upon to undergo the honour of knighthood, or to submit to a fine. This was sometimes enforced, and the consequence was often what Lady Katrine insinuated, as few of the more powerful nobles of the day did not entertain more than one poor knight in their service. These, however, were looked upon in a very different light from those whose knighthood had been obtained by military service.
[Footnote 7]: The road from the Temple Bar to the City of Westminster was flanked on one side by noblemen's houses and gardens, producing an effect not unlike that of Kensington Gore; as far, at least, as we can judge from description.
[Footnote 8]: Every knight of that day had his soubriquet, or nickname; thus the famous Bayard was generally called Piquet.