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Updated: May 16, 2025
It is true, that two clowns, who drove before them a herd of cattle one or two village wenches, who seemed bound for some merry-making a strolling soldier, in a rusted morion, and a wandering student, as his threadbare black cloak and his satchel of books proclaimed him passed our travellers without observation, or with a look of contempt; and, moreover, that two or three children, attracted by the appearance of a dress so nearly resembling that of a pilgrim, joined in hooting and calling "Out upon the mass-monger!"
The King received a copper coal-scuttle right over his eyes, and a mahogany wardrobe was discharged at his morion, which would have felled an ox, and would have done for the King had not Ivanhoe warded it off skilfully. Still they advanced, the warriors falling around them like grass beneath the scythe of the mower.
We were sold by their negligence who are now angry with us." On the 5th August Parma entered the city. Roger Williams with his gilt morion rather battered, and his great plume of feathers much bedraggled-was a witness to the victor's entrance.
Lewis Gunther, with eight squadrons of picked cavalry, including his own company, Maurice's own, Frederic Henry's own, with Batenburg's arquebus-men, and other veterans, was first to place himself in battle order on the beach. His squadrons in iron corslet and morion, and armed with lances, carbines, and sabres, stretched across from the water to the downs.
Henrica recognized in the speaker the musician Wilhelm, but only by his voice, for the morion on his curls and the blood-stained coat of mail gave the unassuming artist a martial, nay heroic air. He had advanced a long way in his story, when Henrica unseen became a listener.
Nevertheless, before he had reached the redoubt, a bullet from the town struck him between the fold of his morion and the edge of his buckler and he fell dead without uttering a sound. Here again was a great loss to the king's service.
The blue sky outside was so great a distraction to him that Lady Eleanor had turned his back to the window, and set before him an old steel morion of the time of Queen Elizabeth; and with this to inspire him, Dick was struggling with the ballad of the Brave Lord Willoughby. "Come, Dick," Lady Eleanor was saying, "we can do better than that. Try again. 'For seven hours to all men's view "
Of the two upper angles, one bent to the left and curled back upon itself like the turned down corner of a page of an old book; the other, which curled upward, bore at its extremity an immense and magnificent morion in profile, the chinpiece of which protruded further than the visor, making the helm look like a horrible head of a fish.
He has a beauteous Spanish leathern coat, and a belt with silver bosses and a morion that Phil Smallbones saith to be of Milan, but I say it is French." Stephen had no sooner gathered the import of this intelligence than he sprang down almost as rapidly as his little boy, with his welcome. Nor did Giles Headley return at all in the dilapidated condition that had been predicted.
"And still Madame von Morion asserts that it is intended for her," cried Louise, wickedly. "And Mademoiselle von Schwerin declares it belongs to her," said Madame von Morien, casting a furious look on Louise. "I implore your royal highness to be the judge," said Louise. "How can I decide to whom the letter belongs, as it bears no name?" said the princess, smiling.
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