Re: Chivalry and Courtly Behavior

[lp12546@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU]

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What a WONDERFUL story!  Veviat (sp?)!

Slan,
Brighid Ni Chillin

On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 SCAEtain@aol.com wrote:

> 
> Poster: SCAEtain@aol.com
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> There was this guy I know who was attending his first-ever Pennsic as an
> archer.  He was new to the SCA and had only been shooting for a couple of
> months.  He wasn't really that good, but he was pretty enthusiastic about it
> and had managed to get included in the Baroness' Guard for his home Barony.
> The only thing this meant was that he was going to go shoot at the same time
> as the other members of the Guard, with the many of the rest of the
Barony
> looking on for support.
> 
> When the Guard arrived at the Clout shoot, this guy suddenly stopped and asked
> one of the ladies there if he could borrow a pen.  He then pulled six arrows
> from his quiver and proceeded to mark them up.  When asked what he was doing,
> he explained that it occurred to him that there were six ladies who were
> providing him his inspiration that day -- his Queen, the Crown Princess, a
> territorial Princess, his Baroness, his lady at home who could not come to
> war, and a lady from his Barony who had given him her favor when no other Lord
> had offered to bear it to the field for her.  He was going to shoot an arrow
> for each lady, and had marked them with their initials so he could keep them
> straight later.
> 
> The Guard approached the line, and the arrows were loosed.  As he shot each of
> his arrows, he spoke aloud the name of the lady that particular arrow belonged
> to. Those who were looking on thought it was a little corny, but still kinda
> touching.  When they were done shooting, the range was closed as the marshals
> took to the field to tally the scores.  The archers were then released to
> retrieve their arrows.
> 
> Word came down the hill to the Barony that he had shot a six!  And back up the
> hill went a great cheer!  A lord who was present was also member of the King's
> household.  He insisted that this guy present the arrows to each lady for whom
> he had shot, and made arrangements for audiences with each of the Royals.
> Rumor has it that when he presented an arrow to one of the Princesses, she was
> so taken by his simple act of chivalry that she wept.
> 
> In Service,
> Etain ingen Thadgain (of Dun Carraig and Lochmere)
> (that's AY-den)
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