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Updated: August 14, 2024

'Bear my standard, said he, 'for I would not but do you right; by right and by ancestry your line are standard-bearers of Normandy, and very good knights have they all been. But Raol said that he would serve the Duke that day in other guise, and would fight the English with his hand as long as life should last. Then the Duke bade Galtier Giffart bear the standard.

Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy - The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo

Then the Duke said fiercely, 'By the splendour of God, my lords, I think you mean to betray and fail me in this great need. 'Sire, said Giffart, 'not so! we have done no treason, nor do I refuse from any felony towards you; but I have to lead a great chivalry, both hired men and the men of my fief.

Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy - The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo

Edmund Gosse recognises Ramsay the Ruthven slayer as author of a Century of English Sonnets , of which Lord Cobham possesses a copy apparently unique. The book was published at Paris, by Réné Giffart. The Scottish name, Gifford, was at that time spelled 'Giffart, so the publisher was of Scottish descent.

Andrew Lang - Historical Mysteries

Gautier Giffart, Sire de Longueville, to thee is the gonfanon." "Beau Sire," answered Gautier; "par Dex, Merci. But my head is grey and my arm weak; and the little strength left me I would spend in smiting the English at the head of my men." "Per la resplendar De," cried William, frowning; "do ye think, my proud vavasours, to fail me in this great need?"

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete

Then the Duke said fiercely, 'By the splendor of God, my lords, I think you mean to betray and fail me in this great need. 'Sire, said Giffart, 'not so! we have done no treason, nor do I refuse from any felony toward you; but I have to lead a great chivalry, both hired men and the men of my fief.

- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 : (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa)

Gautier Giffart, Sire de Longueville, to thee is the gonfanon." "Beau Sire," answered Gautier; "par Dex, Merci. But my head is grey and my arm weak; and the little strength left me I would spend in smiting the English at the head of my men." "Per la resplendar De," cried William, frowning; "do ye think, my proud vavasours, to fail me in this great need?"

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 12