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The Knights Of St. Helen's.
elevation was regarded as having achieved the most exalted title that merit could lay claim to . Dark as the middle ages have been called , ancl deeply in arrear as regards the amount of knowledge and education possessed by the people at large , there is yet evidence extant that honours and largesses of all kinds were not profusely scatteredeither as bribes to quiet unruly
, subjects , or presents to gratify the vanity of favourite courtiers . It is wonderful to reflect what was accomplished in the progress of the arts , ancl even in the necessary strategy ancl conduct of war . In the reign of Elizabeth there arose a complete galaxy of honourable men , who attained the distinguished rank of knighthood . One of these heroes is said to have made a solemn
vow to present himself annually before the queen , and there and then to offer himself as her true and leal champion and protector , till age disabled him from putting on . his armour , and from active life . Such is recorded of Sir Henry Lee . But professions of this nature ivere not uncommon , and not by words only , but by deeds , did these gallant spirits win for themselves
the spurs and SAVord of knighthood . Time passes , ancl changes , with the Avand of an enchanter , the scenes of by-gone days ; but grateful as Ave are , and ought to be , for the manifold blessings of peace , and the increasing feeling of refinement groiving amongst us , it may still be permitted to us to cast our fancies for an hour's dreaming on the prowess of the knights of old .
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The Knights Of St. Helen's.
elevation was regarded as having achieved the most exalted title that merit could lay claim to . Dark as the middle ages have been called , ancl deeply in arrear as regards the amount of knowledge and education possessed by the people at large , there is yet evidence extant that honours and largesses of all kinds were not profusely scatteredeither as bribes to quiet unruly
, subjects , or presents to gratify the vanity of favourite courtiers . It is wonderful to reflect what was accomplished in the progress of the arts , ancl even in the necessary strategy ancl conduct of war . In the reign of Elizabeth there arose a complete galaxy of honourable men , who attained the distinguished rank of knighthood . One of these heroes is said to have made a solemn
vow to present himself annually before the queen , and there and then to offer himself as her true and leal champion and protector , till age disabled him from putting on . his armour , and from active life . Such is recorded of Sir Henry Lee . But professions of this nature ivere not uncommon , and not by words only , but by deeds , did these gallant spirits win for themselves
the spurs and SAVord of knighthood . Time passes , ancl changes , with the Avand of an enchanter , the scenes of by-gone days ; but grateful as Ave are , and ought to be , for the manifold blessings of peace , and the increasing feeling of refinement groiving amongst us , it may still be permitted to us to cast our fancies for an hour's dreaming on the prowess of the knights of old .