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Title: Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
Subjects: Literature Allusions Fiction.
Publisher: New York,: E. Hess
Contributing Library: University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries
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once belonged to Amadis of Gaul. The Chevalier Bayard Lariviere, Artist A. Lefevre, Engraver ft ¥~\ lERRE DE TERRAIL, chevalier de Bayard, the chevalier sans peurA. et sans reproche, -was born in 1473. He began his career by serving as page to the Duke of Savoy, and was knigloted in 1494 for hisbravery in capturing a standard at the battle of Fornova. Many incidentsare related of his bravery. He is said to have defended single-handed thebridge over the Garigliano against a troop of Spaniards. In 1^12, he led astorming party at the siege of Brescia and was the first to mount the ram-part. He was wounded in the attacli. The exploit forms the subject of theillustration. In i^i^, after the victory of Marignano, he had the honor of knightinghis king, Franci^ I, at the tatters own request. Bayard was mortallywounded at the passage of tl)e Sesia, in 1524. He asked to be seated with hisback against a tree, that he might die facing his enemies, and repeated the Miserere just before his death.
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THE CHEVALIER BAYARD. BAYAEDO 107 BEATON It was found, in a grotto by the wizardMalagigi, along with the swoid Fusberta,both of which he gave to his cousin Ri-naldo. His color bay, and hence his name he drew—Bayardo called. A star of silver hueEmblazed his front. Tasso, Binaldo, ii. 220 (1562). Bayes (1 syl.), the chief character of TJwRehearsal, a farce by George Villiers, dukeof Buckingham (1671). Bayes is repre-sented as greedy of applause, impatient ofcensure, meanly obsequious, regardless ofplot, and only anxious for claptrap. Thecharacter is meant for John Dryden. *** C. Dibdin, in his History of the Stage,states that Mrs. Mountf ord played Bayes with more variety than had ever beenthrown into the part before. No species of novel-writing exposes itself to aseverer trial, since it not only resigns all Bayespretensions to elevate the unagiuation, . . .but places its productions within the rangeof (general) criticism.—Encyc. Brit. Art. Ro-mance. Bayiiard (Mr.), introduced in an

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