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The Lion of Flanders; Or the Battle of the Golden Spurs
The Lion of Flanders Or the Battle of the Golden Spurs Author:Hendrik Conscience General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1855 Original Publisher: Lambert Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary History / Europe / Western Travel / Europe / Benelux Countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has n... more »o illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VIL The Lilyards had made unusual preparations for giving a magnificent reception to their new prince, whose favour they hoped by this means to earn. No cost had been spared; the fronts of the houses were hung with the richest stuffs the shops could furnish; the streets were turned into green avenues, by means of trees brought iu from the neighbouring woods and fields, and all the journeymen of the different companies had been employed in erecting triumphal arches. On the following day, by ten o'clock in the morning, all was in readiness. In the middle of the great square stood a lofty throne, erected by the Carpenters' Company, and covered with blue velvet, its double seat adorned with gold fringe, and furnished with richly worked cushions; two figures, Peace and Power, stood by, which with united hands were to place crowns of olive and laurel on the heads of Philip the Fair and Joanna of Navarre. Hangings of heavy stuffs descended from the canopy, and the very ground of the square was covered with costly carpets for some distance round. At the entrance of the Stone Street stood four columns painted in imitation of marble, and on each of them a trumpeter, dressed as a figure of Fame, with long wings and flowing purple robes. Over against the great shambles, at the beginning of the Lady Street, was erected a magnificent triumphal arch with Gothic pillars. Above, at the apex of the arch, hung the sh...« less