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:Where all the twelve companions with the French rear-guard

:King Marsile will not tarry till he have joined the fray" [BACON 1914]

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*Verse 80

*Verse 82

:"And from their gold wrought helmets a blazing light did dance on shield and broidered hauberk, on '''pennant ''' and on lance." [BACON 1914]

*Verse 92

:"With all his armor on him that became him well indeed. :He bore the good spear in his hand with the point unto the height. :Upon the summit of the spear was laced a '''pennant white'''. " [BACON 1914]

*Verse 95

:"Therewith the shield he shattered, and the hauberk all to-broke. :Through the side the '''pennant-fringes ''' were driven at the stroke." [BACON 1914]

*Verse 110

:"What store of spears were shattered and drenched in the blood! How many '''gonfalons and flags ''' were tattered in the fray." [BACON 1914]

*Verse 113

:"Blazing were all their helmets with precious stones and gold. :'''Pennants ''' and spears and bucklers and broidered coats had they and seven thousand war-horns were bellowing for the fray." [BACON 1914]

*Verse 114a

:"Then '''an embroidered banner''' he gave unto Grandoign

:And therewithal was given to Grandoign the whole command." [BACON 1914]

*Verse 114b:"Down he rode through the valley as swiftly as might be. :His '''gonfalon''' was fastened with three fair nails of gold" [BACON 1914] *Verse 117:"He shattered all the buckler, :through the hauberk did he shear. :He thrust into the body the '''pennant''' of the spear." [BACON 1914] *Verse 120:"He thrust into the body his '''azure battle-flag'''. :And dead he struck Count Gerin beside a mighty crag." [BACON 1914] *Verse 126:"To rally men in battle the Dragon aye he bore." [BACON 1914] *Verse 138:"The Emperor his war-horns forthwith he let them peal. :From the steeds the Franks dismounted and girded on the steel. :The hauberks and the helmets and the great swords of gold, :and splendid shields and lances heavy and strong they hold, :with the '''vermilion gonfalons, and the azure and the white'''. :There mounted on the chargers of the army every knight." [BACON 1914] *Verse 139:"And all the armor of the host was flashing in the sun. :The hauberks and the helmets shone with a mighty glare, :and likewise the good bucklers with flowers painted fair, :and gleaming were the lances and the '''gonfalons of gold'''." [BACON 1914] *Verse 218:"They deem there will be a battle, if they come upon the foe. :Down over their bright helmets the '''gonfalons''' hang low." [BACON 1914] *Verse 223:"Aloft they bore the lances. Laced were the '''flags of war'''" [BACON 1914] **Verse 226

:"And onwards Geoffrey of Anjou bore the great '''Oriflame''' —

:Because it was Saint Peter's, it bore the Roman name." [BACON 1914]

:Note: Oriflame was the name of Charlemagne's banner

*Verse 237

:"Baligant the Amiral was a gallant man of might. He had his '''Dragon borne before, and Termagant's ensign'''" [BACON 1914]

*Verse 239

:"It was Amboire of Olifern who bore his '''gonfalon'''." [BACON 1914]

*Verse 241

:"But when the Emperor Charlemagne the Amiral surveyed, And the '''Dragon and the ensign and the standard''' there displayed." [BACON 1914]

*Verse 244

:"And shattered all the byrnie. And furthermore he ran his '''gonfalon''' right through the midst of the body of the man." [BACON 1914]

*Verse 249

:Without a man to guard it. In his heart he saw it plain

:How wickedness was on his side and the right with Charlemagne" [BACON 1914]

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