Yet it is to be understood that the Challengers may win all these prizes against the Defendants.
The Maintainers may take aid or assistance of the noblemen, of such as they shall like best.
[72] Coronal = (a) The head of a tilting lance of iron, furnished with two, three, or four blunt points, which give a good hold on shield or helmet when striking but do not penetrate; (b) the ornamentation on the helmet, to which the plume or crest was usually attached.
[73] The barrier separating the two competitors.
[74] See note on previous page.
[75] Attaint was the technical term for a hit.
A LITTLE PROHEME TO THE BOOK CALLED GRAMMATICA RUDIMENTA, BY DEAN COLET (1527).
Appendix IX. Num. XIII.
Source.—Knight's Life of Colet.