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YE HISTORIE OF YE ORYGYNAL KNYGHT OF YE GOOSE , AVYTH HYS DEEDES OE DAEYNGE AND EAYEE EEWAEDE BY YE KYNG ETJEUS .
BY SAVARICTJS . THIS celebrated , venerable and MgHy aristocratic order of Knyghts Avas established during the crusade agabist the Saracens , as this Mstory Avill SIIBAV . King Rufus ( William II . ) being short of Knyghts , sent for his breaches , ( or breeches ) makerancl ordered Mm to forthwith get ready and join the Knight Templarsancl others
, , going to the Holy Land . To this the breeches maker objected , ancl as an excuse , pleaded his lameness , ( for ho Avalked Avith a crutch ) , and bis Avant of a broken Avinded horse , pony , or Ass , AvhereAvith to carry him on so expeditious and venturesome a journey . " Never Mind , " said the King ( Rufus ) , " My Jerusalem shall be your Jerusalem . " xlnd the King ordered one of Ms long-eared friends to be brought from the royal stables .
The KnygM of ye Goose Avas soon mounted , and commanded to speed to the longtailed animal ' s native clime . Hereupon the valiant KnygM Avaxed mighty Avith his tongue , and declared " that no human being , be he ever so brave , could fight Avithout weapons . " " Go home , and get your OAVU , " said the King . " So be it 1 " exclaimed the KnygM , ancl aAvay he sped at a donkey ' s gallop , shouting- — " thrice is he doubly armed , AVIIO hath Ms quarrel just . " The Knyght soon returned fully equipped , and desired an audience of the King ;
Avhich was granted . "Your Majesty . My King . Sire ! . Behold here ami , " said the Knyght . " And my " shears shall be my SAvord , my goose shall be my mace , my sleeve-board my shield , ancl " my crutch shall be my all-in-all , a mock gun in the distance , a maul in effect , a skull " cracker , and a quarter staff that shall give no quarter . " "Bravo ! " quoth the king . " Henceforth my valiant Knyghts of the Geese , upon then
" return from Holy Land , shall be honoured above all men , age , and above all Knyghts . " From this time , henceforth , let it be knoAvn that all Knyghts of the Geese who return " laden Avith honours from this our holy Avar , shall be entitled , by virtue of the Kings " Letters Patent , to erect , to build , to have ancl to hold , and to possess the pOAver ot " using , our Royal Insignia and Coat of Arms . And hereby lot it further be knoAvn " that it is our Royal will ancl leasurethat all criled ( Avouncled in battle ) Knyg hts of
p , pp " the Geese , shall be entitled above all others to erect , or have erected over then shop" fronts , house doors , castle entrances , or Baronial Halls , our Royal Coat of Arms , viz : — " A Lion rampant , a Unicorn , rampant , supporting a device and quartered Avith the " Royal Arms—Lions listenbig to the celestial music of the harp , ancl croAvned Avithal by " our Royal Crown of England , or , in other Avords , " a Lion and a Unicorn a-fighting & 1 "theCroAvn . "
" Ordered to be done under my hand and seal in tliis year of grace 1090 . " Signed "RUFUS R . The Knyght proceeded to the seat of Avar , and was among the bravest of the brave . After making a breach in the Avails of Jerusalem , or Jericho , Avith Ms crutch—no . ¦ —quarter staffhe entered thereinand chasing a Saracen Chief round and arouiut
, , the holy city , he hooked Mm witli his quarter staff—no!—crutch , and made a breach , with one snip of Ms shears , in the posterior of the Chief's copious breeches , and lo 1—the 11 the captive made his escape . The next day , Avhen tbe Knyght Avas taking a constitutional ride round the p lace , li ° encountered the Saracen Chief Avho had suffered from Ms bravery , or Ma shears , the day
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YE HISTORIE OF YE ORYGYNAL KNYGHT OF YE GOOSE , AVYTH HYS DEEDES OE DAEYNGE AND EAYEE EEWAEDE BY YE KYNG ETJEUS .
BY SAVARICTJS . THIS celebrated , venerable and MgHy aristocratic order of Knyghts Avas established during the crusade agabist the Saracens , as this Mstory Avill SIIBAV . King Rufus ( William II . ) being short of Knyghts , sent for his breaches , ( or breeches ) makerancl ordered Mm to forthwith get ready and join the Knight Templarsancl others
, , going to the Holy Land . To this the breeches maker objected , ancl as an excuse , pleaded his lameness , ( for ho Avalked Avith a crutch ) , and bis Avant of a broken Avinded horse , pony , or Ass , AvhereAvith to carry him on so expeditious and venturesome a journey . " Never Mind , " said the King ( Rufus ) , " My Jerusalem shall be your Jerusalem . " xlnd the King ordered one of Ms long-eared friends to be brought from the royal stables .
The KnygM of ye Goose Avas soon mounted , and commanded to speed to the longtailed animal ' s native clime . Hereupon the valiant KnygM Avaxed mighty Avith his tongue , and declared " that no human being , be he ever so brave , could fight Avithout weapons . " " Go home , and get your OAVU , " said the King . " So be it 1 " exclaimed the KnygM , ancl aAvay he sped at a donkey ' s gallop , shouting- — " thrice is he doubly armed , AVIIO hath Ms quarrel just . " The Knyght soon returned fully equipped , and desired an audience of the King ;
Avhich was granted . "Your Majesty . My King . Sire ! . Behold here ami , " said the Knyght . " And my " shears shall be my SAvord , my goose shall be my mace , my sleeve-board my shield , ancl " my crutch shall be my all-in-all , a mock gun in the distance , a maul in effect , a skull " cracker , and a quarter staff that shall give no quarter . " "Bravo ! " quoth the king . " Henceforth my valiant Knyghts of the Geese , upon then
" return from Holy Land , shall be honoured above all men , age , and above all Knyghts . " From this time , henceforth , let it be knoAvn that all Knyghts of the Geese who return " laden Avith honours from this our holy Avar , shall be entitled , by virtue of the Kings " Letters Patent , to erect , to build , to have ancl to hold , and to possess the pOAver ot " using , our Royal Insignia and Coat of Arms . And hereby lot it further be knoAvn " that it is our Royal will ancl leasurethat all criled ( Avouncled in battle ) Knyg hts of
p , pp " the Geese , shall be entitled above all others to erect , or have erected over then shop" fronts , house doors , castle entrances , or Baronial Halls , our Royal Coat of Arms , viz : — " A Lion rampant , a Unicorn , rampant , supporting a device and quartered Avith the " Royal Arms—Lions listenbig to the celestial music of the harp , ancl croAvned Avithal by " our Royal Crown of England , or , in other Avords , " a Lion and a Unicorn a-fighting & 1 "theCroAvn . "
" Ordered to be done under my hand and seal in tliis year of grace 1090 . " Signed "RUFUS R . The Knyght proceeded to the seat of Avar , and was among the bravest of the brave . After making a breach in the Avails of Jerusalem , or Jericho , Avith Ms crutch—no . ¦ —quarter staffhe entered thereinand chasing a Saracen Chief round and arouiut
, , the holy city , he hooked Mm witli his quarter staff—no!—crutch , and made a breach , with one snip of Ms shears , in the posterior of the Chief's copious breeches , and lo 1—the 11 the captive made his escape . The next day , Avhen tbe Knyght Avas taking a constitutional ride round the p lace , li ° encountered the Saracen Chief Avho had suffered from Ms bravery , or Ma shears , the day