[From nobody Fri May 29 16:28:12 2015 Return-Path: <magnusm@ncsu.edu> Received: from email2sps.sps.mot.com ([192.55.22.5]) by msgphx1.sps.mot.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA679D for <rsve60@msgphx1>; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 21:07:40 -0700 Date: Thu, 18 Feb 99 21:07:40 MST From: rmhowe <magnusm@ncsu.edu> Subject: [Fwd: Chivalry and Courtly Behavior] Reply-To: magnusm@ncsu.edu To: stefan@texas.net, "Mark.S Harris (rsve60)" <rsve60@email.sps.mot.com> Message-ID: <36CCE3F9.274F@ncsu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: message/rfc822 X-Motorola-Sent-Wireless: 1 Received: from cc01mh.unity.ncsu.edu (cc01mh.unity.ncsu.edu [152.1.1.162]) by cc00mh.unity.ncsu.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA00562 for <rmhowe@cc00mh.unity.ncsu.edu>; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 22:53:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from uni00mr.unity.ncsu.edu (uni00mr.unity.ncsu.edu [152.1.1.163]) by cc01mh.unity.ncsu.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA18618 for <rmhowe@unity.ncsu.edu>; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 22:53:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from adm.csc.ncsu.edu (adm.csc.ncsu.edu [152.1.61.12]) by uni00mr.unity.ncsu.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8/NS28Jan99) with ESMTP id WAA15663 for <magnusm@ncsu.edu>; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 22:53:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by adm.csc.ncsu.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id WAA18918; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 22:55:39 -0500 Received: by adm.csc.ncsu.edu (bulk_mailer v1.5); Thu, 18 Feb 1999 22:54:33 -0500 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by adm.csc.ncsu.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id WAA18827 for atlantia-outgoing; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 22:54:32 -0500 From: SCAEtain@aol.com Message-ID: <d8e79b25.36ccdf88@aol.com> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 22:50:32 EST To: atlantia@atlantia.sca.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Chivalry and Courtly Behavior Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 13 Sender: owner-atlantia@csc.ncsu.edu Reply-To: SCAEtain@aol.com X-Organization: The Merry Rose Tavern at Cheapside Precedence: bulk Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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) ======================================================================= List Archives, FAQ, FTP: http://merryrose.atlantia.sca.org/ Submissions: atlantia@atlantia.sca.org Admin. requests: majordomo@atlantia.sca.org ]