Excerpt from De Foix, or Sketches of the Manners and Customs of the Fourteenth Century, Vol. 2 of 3: An Historical Romance The public functionaries of the various towns in'the vicinity, and the monks and nuns of cer tain convents, were all busily preparing to join the procession that was to follow the consecrated banner of the Virgin to her shrine at St. Mary's. And although Eustace'had observed the vigil of arms in the church of the Friars Minor, on account of its proximity to the castle, it was in the great church of the Benedictines, that he was destined on this memorable day, to receive the honour of knighthood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.