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At the same time, the horsemen whom De Langurant had left in the wood, and who had been watching the combat from their place of ambush, seeing their master unhorsed, began to put themselves in motion to come to his rescue. Bernard, who was a man of prodigious strength, reached down from his horse as he rode over his fallen enemy, and seized hold of his helmet.
But forsomuch as the lords, Pomiers, Mucident, Duras, Landuras, Copane, Rosem, & Langurant, were minded to continue still English, those cities durst not without them turne to the French obeisance, for they could not haue stirred out of their gates, but those lords would haue béene readie at their elbowes, to haue caught them by the sléeues.
"I wish you to go and find him, and tell him that Lord De Langurant is at the gates of the town, and wishes to have a tilt with him. I dare him to come and fight with me, since he pretends that he is such a valiant man. Tell him that if he does not come, I will proclaim him every where as a coward that did not dare to come out and meet me."
"I am going on alone before the town, to see if I can not find some body to come out to fight me in single combat." The object of De Langurant in this plan was to show his daring, and to perform a brave exploit which he might have to boast of, and glory over afterward among his brother soldiers. The men did as he had commanded them, and concealed themselves in the wood.
Interview between John Lamb and the governor of the castle. The knights loved fighting for its own sake. Their love of glory. Story of De Langurant. His men. He challenges the governor of the castle to single combat. Encounter of the knights. Use of lances. Manner in which such combats were fought. Result of the combat between De Langurant and Bernard. De Langurant refuses to surrender. His fate.
The name of the captain whom De Langurant thus challenged was Bernard Courant. It happened that one of Bernard's servants was upon the gate, near the sentinel, at the time this challenge was given. He immediately called out to De Langurant, saying, "I have heard what you have said, Sir Knight, and I will go immediately and inform my master.
"Surrender this instant, or you are a dead man." The men in ambush were coming on, and De Langurant hoped they would be able to rescue him, so he did not reply.
The gate was opened, the drawbridge let down, and he sallied forth. De Langurant was waiting for him on the plain. They are each well protected with a helmet, a shield or buckler, and other armor of iron, and are provided with lances and other weapons. These lances were very long, and were made of the toughest wood that could be obtained.
As soon as Bernard could rein in his horse again and bring him round, he galloped up to the spot where De Langurant had fallen, and found him attempting to raise himself up from the ground.
They were also greatly influenced by a love for the praise and glory which they acquired by the performance of any great or brilliant feat of arms. This led them often to engage in single personal combats, such, for example, as this. There was a certain French knight, named De Langurant: he was making an incursion into the English territories in the neighborhood of Bordeaux.
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