om-pany. Lydgate describes himself as being clad— In a cope of black, and not of grene,On a palfray, slender, long, and lene,With rusty bridle, made not for the sale,My man to-forne with a void male. The host of the Tabard receives him into the company, and jokes with himupon his lean appearance :—… … On their road, the poet is obliged to conform to the rule, and tell his tale,which is the tragedy of Thebes. The history of Thebes, with that of Troy, the wanderings of Eneas, andthe conquests of Alexander, were the four stories of Antiquity which figuremost among the Middle-Age Romances. The first…
Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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