If he comes within so many yards of a prince;
For to tell you true, and in rhyme,
He was foal’d in Queen Elizabeth’s time;
When the great Earl of Lester
In his castle did feast her.
Ben Jonson, Masque of Owls2.
The amusement with which Elizabeth and her court were next day to be regaled was an exhibition by the true-hearted men of Coventry, who were to represent the strife3 between the English and the Danes, agreeably to a custom long preserved in their ancient borough4, and warranted for truth by old histories and chronicles. In this pageant5 one party of the townsfolk presented the Saxons and the other the Danes, and set forth6, both in rude rhymes and with hard blows, the contentions7 of these two fierce nations, and the Amazonian courage of the English women, who, according to the story, were the principal agents in the general massacre8 of the Danes, which took place at Hocktide, in the year of God 1012. This sport, which had been long a favourite pastime with the men of Coventry, had, it seems, been put down by the influence of some zealous9 clergymen of the more precise cast, who chanced to have considerable influence with the magistrates10. But the generality of the inhabitants had petitioned the Queen that they might have their play again, and be honoured with permission to represent it before her Highness. And when the matter was canvassed11 in the little council which usually attended the Queen for dispatch of business, the proposal, although opposed by some of the stricter sort, found favour in the eyes of Elizabeth, who said that such toys occupied, without offence, the minds of many who, lacking them, might find worse subjects of pastime; and that their pastors12, however commendable13 for learning and godliness, were somewhat too sour in preaching against the pastimes of their flocks and so the pageant was permitted to proceed.
Accordingly, after a morning repast, which Master Laneham calls an ambrosial14 breakfast, the principal persons of the court in attendance upon her Majesty15 pressed to the Gallery-tower, to witness the approach of the two contending parties of English and Danes; and after a signal had been given, the gate which opened in the circuit of the Chase was thrown wide to admit them. On they came, foot and horse; for some of the more ambitious burghers and yeomen had put themselves into fantastic dresses, imitating knights16, in order to resemble the chivalry17 of the two different nations. However, to prevent fatal accidents, they were not permitted to appear on real horses, but had only license18 to accoutre themselves with those hobby-horses, as they are called, which anciently formed the chief delight of a morrice-dance, and which still are exhibited on the stage, in the grand battle fought at the conclusion of Mr. Bayes’s tragedy. The infantry19 followed in similar disguises. The whole exhibition was to be considered as a sort of anti-masque, or burlesque20 of the more stately pageants21 in which the nobility and gentry22 bore part in the show, and, to the best of their knowledge, imitated with accuracy the personages whom they represented. The Hocktide play was of a different character, the actors being persons of inferior degree, and their habits the better fitted for the occasion, the more incongruous and ridiculous that they were in themselves. Accordingly their array, which the progress of our tale allows us no time to describe, was ludicrous enough; and their weapons, though sufficiently23 formidable to deal sound blows, were long alder-poles instead of lances, and sound cudgels for swords; and for fence, both cavalry24 and infantry were well equipped with stout25 headpieces and targets, both made of thick leather.
Captain Coxe, that celebrated26 humorist of Coventry, whose library of ballads27, almanacs, and penny histories, fairly wrapped up in parchment, and tied round for security with a piece of whipcord, remains28 still the envy of antiquaries, being himself the ingenious person under whose direction the pageant had been set forth, rode valiantly29 on his hobby-horse before the bands of English, high-trussed, saith Laneham, and brandishing30 his long sword, as became an experienced man of war, who had fought under the Queen’s father, bluff31 King Henry, at the siege of Boulogne. This chieftain was, as right and reason craved32, the first to enter the lists, and passing the Gallery at the head of his myrmidons, kissed the hilt of his sword to the Queen, and executed at the same time a gambade, the like whereof had never been practised by two-legged hobby-horse. Then passing on with all his followers33 of cavaliers and infantry, he drew them up with martial34 skill at the opposite extremity35 of the bridge, or tilt-yard, until his antagonist36 should be fairly prepared for the onset37.
This was no long interval38; for the Danish cavalry and infantry, no way inferior to the English in number, valour, and equipment, instantly arrived, with the northern bagpipe39 blowing before them in token of their country, and headed by a cunning master of defence, only inferior to the renowned40 Captain Coxe, if to him, in the discipline of war. The Danes, as invaders41, took their station under the Gallery-tower, and opposite to that of Mortimer; and when their arrangements were completely made, a signal was given for the encounter.
Their first charge upon each other was rather moderate, for either party had some dread42 of being forced into the lake. But as reinforcements came up on either side, the encounter grew from a skirmish into a blazing battle. They rushed upon one another, as Master Laneham testifies, like rams43 inflamed44 by jealousy45, with such furious encounter that both parties were often overthrown46, and the clubs and targets made a most horrible clatter47. In many instances that happened which had been dreaded48 by the more experienced warriors49 who began the day of strife. The rails which defended the ledges50 of the bridge had been, perhaps on purpose, left but slightly fastened, and gave way under the pressure of those who thronged51 to the combat, so that the hot courage of many of the combatants received a sufficient cooling. These incidents might have occasioned more serious damage than became such an affray, for many of the champions who met with this mischance could not swim, and those who could were encumbered52 with their suits of leathern and of paper armour53; but the case had been provided for, and there were several boats in readiness to pick up the unfortunate warriors and convey them to the dry land, where, dripping and dejected, they comforted themselves with the hot ale and strong waters which were liberally allowed to them, without showing any desire to re-enter so desperate a conflict.
Captain Coxe alone, that paragon54 of Black-Letter antiquaries, after twice experiencing, horse and man, the perilous55 leap from the bridge into the lake, equal to any extremity to which the favourite heroes of chivalry, whose exploits he studied in an abridged56 form, whether Amadis, Belianis, Bevis, or his own Guy of Warwick, had ever been subjected to — Captain Coxe, we repeat, did alone, after two such mischances, rush again into the heat of conflict, his bases and the footcloth of his hobby-horse dropping water, and twice reanimated by voice and example the drooping57 spirits of the English; so that at last their victory over the Danish invaders became, as was just and reasonable, complete and decisive. Worthy58 he was to be rendered immortal59 by the pen of Ben Jonson, who, fifty years afterwards, deemed that a masque, exhibited at Kenilworth, could be ushered60 in by none with so much propriety61 as by the ghost of Captain Coxe, mounted upon his redoubted hobby-horse.
These rough, rural gambols62 may not altogether agree with the reader’s preconceived idea of an entertainment presented before Elizabeth, in whose reign63 letters revived with such brilliancy, and whose court, governed by a female whose sense of propriety was equal to her strength of mind, was no less distinguished64 for delicacy65 and refinement66 than her councils for wisdom and fortitude67. But whether from the political wish to seem interested in popular sports, or whether from a spark of old Henry’s rough, masculine spirit, which Elizabeth sometimes displayed, it is certain the Queen laughed heartily68 at the imitation, or rather burlesque, of chivalry which was presented in the Coventry play. She called near her person the Earl of Sussex and Lord Hunsdon, partly perhaps to make amends69 to the former for the long and private audiences with which she had indulged the Earl of Leicester, by engaging him in conversation upon a pastime which better suited his taste than those pageants that were furnished forth from the stores of antiquity70. The disposition71 which the Queen showed to laugh and jest with her military leaders gave the Earl of Leicester the opportunity he had been watching for withdrawing from the royal presence, which to the court around, so well had he chosen his time, had the graceful72 appearance of leaving his rival free access to the Queen’s person, instead of availing himself of his right as her landlord to stand perpetually betwixt others and the light of her countenance73.
Leicester’s thoughts, however, had a far different object from mere74 courtesy; for no sooner did he see the Queen fairly engaged in conversation with Sussex and Hunsdon, behind whose back stood Sir Nicholas Blount, grinning from ear to ear at each word which was spoken, than, making a sign to Tressilian, who, according to appointment, watched his motions at a little distance, he extricated76 himself from the press, and walking towards the Chase, made his way through the crowds of ordinary spectators, who, with open mouth, stood gazing on the battle of the English and the Danes. When he had accomplished77 this, which was a work of some difficulty, he shot another glance behind him to see that Tressilian had been equally successful; and as soon as he saw him also free from the crowd, he led the way to a small thicket78, behind which stood a lackey79, with two horses ready saddled. He flung himself on the one, and made signs to Tressilian to mount the other, who obeyed without speaking a single word.
Leicester then spurred his horse, and galloped80 without stopping until he reached a sequestered82 spot, environed by lofty oaks, about a mile’s distance from the Castle, and in an opposite direction from the scene to which curiosity was drawing every spectator. He there dismounted, bound his horse to a tree, and only pronouncing the words, “Here there is no risk of interruption,” laid his cloak across his saddle, and drew his sword.
Tressilian imitated his example punctually, yet could not forbear saying, as he drew his weapon, “My lord, as I have been known to many as one who does not fear death when placed in balance with honour, methinks I may, without derogation, ask wherefore, in the name of all that is honourable83, your lordship has dared to offer me such a mark of disgrace as places us on these terms with respect to each other?”
“If you like not such marks of my scorn,” replied the Earl, “betake yourself instantly to your weapon, lest I repeat the usage you complain of.”
“It shall not need, my lord,” said Tressilian. “God judge betwixt us! and your blood, if you fall, be on your own head.”
He had scarce completed the sentence when they instantly closed in combat.
But Leicester, who was a perfect master of defence among all other exterior84 accomplishments85 of the time, had seen on the preceding night enough of Tressilian’s strength and skill to make him fight with more caution than heretofore, and prefer a secure revenge to a hasty one. For some minutes they fought with equal skill and fortune, till, in a desperate lunge which Leicester successfully put aside, Tressilian exposed himself at disadvantage; and in a subsequent attempt to close, the Earl forced his sword from his hand, and stretched him on the ground. With a grim smile he held the point of his rapier within two inches of the throat of his fallen adversary87, and placing his foot at the same time upon his breast, bid him confess his villainous wrongs towards him, and prepare for death.
“I have no villainy nor wrong towards thee to confess,” answered Tressilian, “and am better prepared for death than thou. Use thine advantage as thou wilt89, and may God forgive you! I have given you no cause for this.”
“No cause!” exclaimed the Earl, “no cause!— but why parley90 with such a slave? Die a liar91, as thou hast lived!”
He had withdrawn92 his arm for the purpose of striking the fatal blow, when it was suddenly seized from behind.
The Earl turned in wrath93 to shake off the unexpected obstacle, but was surprised to find that a strange-looking boy had hold of his sword-arm, and clung to it with such tenacity94 of grasp that he could not shake him of without a considerable struggle, in the course of which Tressilian had opportunity to rise and possess himself once more of his weapon. Leicester again turned towards him with looks of unabated ferocity, and the combat would have recommenced with still more desperation on both sides, had not the boy clung to Lord Leicester’s knees, and in a shrill95 tone implored96 him to listen one moment ere he prosecuted97 this quarrel.
“Stand up, and let me go,” said Leicester, “or, by Heaven, I will pierce thee with my rapier! What hast thou to do to bar my way to revenge?”
“Much — much!” exclaimed the undaunted boy, “since my folly98 has been the cause of these bloody99 quarrels between you, and perchance of worse evils. Oh, if you would ever again enjoy the peace of an innocent mind, if you hope again to sleep in peace and unhaunted by remorse100, take so much leisure as to peruse101 this letter, and then do as you list.”
While he spoke75 in this eager and earnest manner, to which his singular features and voice gave a goblin-like effect, he held up to Leicester a packet, secured with a long tress of woman’s hair of a beautiful light-brown colour. Enraged102 as he was, nay103, almost blinded with fury to see his destined104 revenge so strangely frustrated105, the Earl of Leicester could not resist this extraordinary supplicant106. He snatched the letter from his hand — changed colour as he looked on the superscription — undid107 with faltering108 hand the knot which secured it — glanced over the contents, and staggering back, would have fallen, had he not rested against the trunk of a tree, where he stood for an instant, his eyes bent109 on the letter, and his sword-point turned to the ground, without seeming to be conscious of the presence of an antagonist towards whom he had shown little mercy, and who might in turn have taken him at advantage. But for such revenge Tressilian was too noble-minded. He also stood still in surprise, waiting the issue of this strange fit of passion, but holding his weapon ready to defend himself in case of need against some new and sudden attack on the part of Leicester, whom he again suspected to be under the influence of actual frenzy110. The boy, indeed, he easily recognized as his old acquaintance Dickon, whose face, once seen, was scarcely to be forgotten; but how he came hither at so critical a moment, why his interference was so energetic, and, above all, how it came to produce so powerful an effect upon Leicester, were questions which he could not solve.
But the letter was of itself powerful enough to work effects yet more wonderful. It was that which the unfortunate Amy had written to her husband, in which she alleged112 the reasons and manner of her flight from Cumnor Place, informed him of her having made her way to Kenilworth to enjoy his protection, and mentioned the circumstances which had compelled her to take refuge in Tressilian’s apartment, earnestly requesting he would, without delay, assign her a more suitable asylum113. The letter concluded with the most earnest expressions of devoted114 attachment115 and submission116 to his will in all things, and particularly respecting her situation and place of residence, conjuring117 him only that she might not be placed under the guardianship118 or restraint of Varney. The letter dropped from Leicester’s hand when he had perused119 it. “Take my sword,” he said, “Tressilian, and pierce my heart, as I would but now have pierced yours!”
“My lord,” said Tressilian, “you have done me great wrong, but something within my breast ever whispered that it was by egregious120 error.”
“Error, indeed!” said Leicester, and handed him the letter; “I have been made to believe a man of honour a villain88, and the best and purest of creatures a false profligate121.— Wretched boy, why comes this letter now, and where has the bearer lingered?”
“I dare not tell you, my lord,” said the boy, withdrawing, as if to keep beyond his reach; “but here comes one who was the messenger.”
Wayland at the same moment came up; and interrogated122 by Leicester, hastily detailed123 all the circumstances of his escape with Amy, the fatal practices which had driven her to flight, and her anxious desire to throw herself under the instant protection of her husband — pointing out the evidence of the domestics of Kenilworth, “who could not,” he observed, “but remember her eager inquiries124 after the Earl of Leicester on her first arrival.”
“The villains125!” exclaimed Leicester; “but oh, that worst of villains, Varney!— and she is even now in his power!”
“But not, I trust in God,” said Tressilian, “with any commands of fatal import?”
“No, no, no!” exclaimed the Earl hastily. “I said something in madness; but it was recalled, fully86 recalled, by a hasty messenger, and she is now — she must now be safe.”
“Yes,” said Tressilian,” she must be safe, and I must be assured of her safety. My own quarrel with you is ended, my lord; but there is another to begin with the seducer126 of Amy Robsart, who has screened his guilt127 under the cloak of the infamous128 Varney.”
“The seducer of Amy!” replied Leicester, with a voice like thunder; “say her husband!— her misguided, blinded, most unworthy husband! She is as surely Countess of Leicester as I am belted Earl. Nor can you, sir, point out that manner of justice which I will not render her at my own free will. I need scarce say I fear not your compulsion.”
The generous nature of Tressilian was instantly turned from consideration of anything personal to himself, and centred at once upon Amy’s welfare. He had by no means undoubting confidence in the fluctuating resolutions of Leicester, whose mind seemed to him agitated129 beyond the government of calm reason; neither did he, notwithstanding the assurances he had received, think Amy safe in the hands of his dependants130. “My lord,” he said calmly, “I mean you no offence, and am far from seeking a quarrel. But my duty to Sir Hugh Robsart compels me to carry this matter instantly to the Queen, that the Countess’s rank may be acknowledged in her person.”
“You shall not need, sir,” replied the Earl haughtily131; “do not dare to interfere111. No voice but Dudley’s shall proclaim Dudley’s infamy132. To Elizabeth herself will I tell it; and then for Cumnor Place with the speed of life and death!”
So saying, he unbound his horse from the tree, threw himself into the saddle, and rode at full gallop81 towards the Castle.
“Take me before you, Master Tressilian,” said the boy, seeing Tressilian mount in the same haste; “my tale is not all told out, and I need your protection.”
Tressilian complied, and followed the Earl, though at a less furious rate. By the way the boy confessed, with much contrition133, that in resentment134 at Wayland’s evading135 all his inquiries concerning the lady, after Dickon conceived he had in various ways merited his confidence, he had purloined136 from him in revenge the letter with which Amy had entrusted137 him for the Earl of Leicester. His purpose was to have restored it to him that evening, as he reckoned himself sure of meeting with him, in consequence of Wayland’s having to perform the part of Arion in the pageant. He was indeed something alarmed when he saw to whom the letter was addressed; but he argued that, as Leicester did not return to Kenilworth until that evening, it would be again in the possession of the proper messenger as soon as, in the nature of things, it could possibly be delivered. But Wayland came not to the pageant, having been in the interim138 expelled by Lambourne from the Castle; and the boy, not being able to find him, or to get speech of Tressilian, and finding himself in possession of a letter addressed to no less a person than the Earl of Leicester, became much afraid of the consequences of his frolic. The caution, and indeed the alarm, which Wayland had expressed respecting Varney and Lambourne, led him to judge that the letter must be designed for the Earl’s own hand, and that he might prejudice the lady by giving it to any of the domestics. He made an attempt or two to obtain an audience of Leicester; but the singularity of his features and the meanness of his appearance occasioned his being always repulsed139 by the insolent140 menials whom he applied141 to for that purpose. Once, indeed, he had nearly succeeded, when, in prowling about, he found in the grotto142 the casket, which he knew to belong to the unlucky Countess, having seen it on her journey; for nothing escaped his prying143 eye. Having striven in vain to restore it either to Tressilian or the Countess, he put it into the hands, as we have seen, of Leicester himself, but unfortunately he did not recognize him in his disguise.
At length the boy thought he was on the point of succeeding when the Earl came down to the lower part of the hall; but just as he was about to accost144 him, he was prevented by Tressilian. As sharp in ear as in wit, the boy heard the appointment settled betwixt them, to take place in the Pleasance, and resolved to add a third to the party, in hope that, either in coming or returning, he might find an opportunity of delivering the letter to Leicester; for strange stories began to flit among the domestics, which alarmed him for the lady’s safety. Accident, however, detained Dickon a little behind the Earl, and as he reached the arcade145 he saw them engaged in combat; in consequence of which he hastened to alarm the guard, having little doubt that what bloodshed took place betwixt them might arise out of his own frolic. Continuing to lurk146 in the portico147, he heard the second appointment which Leicester at parting assigned to Tressilian; and was keeping them in view during the encounter of the Coventry men, when, to his surprise, he recognized Wayland in the crowd, much disguised, indeed, but not sufficiently so to escape the prying glance of his old comrade. They drew aside out of the crowd to explain their situation to each other. The boy confessed to Wayland what we have above told; and the artist, in return, informed him that his deep anxiety for the fate of the unfortunate lady had brought him back to the neighbourhood of the Castle, upon his learning that morning, at a village about ten miles distant, that Varney and Lambourne, whose violence he dreaded, had both left Kenilworth over-night.
While they spoke, they saw Leicester and Tressilian separate themselves from the crowd, dogged them until they mounted their horses, when the boy, whose speed of foot has been before mentioned, though he could not possibly keep up with them, yet arrived, as we have seen, soon enough to save Tressilian’s life. The boy had just finished his tale when they arrived at the Gallery-tower.
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honourable
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accomplishments
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