...Montfort fouad nuans to efcape from I wifh now to return to the countefs of Montfort, who poffeffed the courage of a man, and the heart of a lion. She was in the city of Refines when fhe heard of the feizure of her lord ; and, notwithftanding the great grief...

...Froissart, that courteous chronicler. '• I wish," he says, " now to return to the countess, who possessed the courage - of a man, and the heart of a lion. She was in the city of Rennes when she heard of the seizure of her lord ; and, notwithstanding the great grief...

...But the most interesting of all the heroines of Tale ° f chivalry was Jane Countess of Mountfbrt, who, as Froissart says, had the courage of a man and...descendant of those German women whom Tacitus describes as mixingwith the warriors, administering refreshment, and exhorting them to valour. About the year 1341,...

...interesting of all the heroines of Tale of Jane of chivalry was Jane Countess of Mountfbrt, who, Mountfort as Froissart says, had the courage of a man and the...descendant of those German women whom Tacitus describes as mixingwith the warriors, administer*ing refreshment, and exhorting them to valour. About the year 1341,...

...interesting of all the heroines of Tale °f Jane of chivalry was Jane Countess of Mountfort, who, Mountfort as Froissart says, had the courage of a man and the...descendant of those German women whom Tacitus describes as mixingwith the warriors, administering refreshment, and exhorting them to valour. About the year 1341,...

...England, and by b; of his arrest, contrary to King Philip's orders. This lady, who, says Froissart, " had the courage of a man and the heart of a lion," being in the city of Renne! when her lord was taken, scorned to yield to the grie! with which that...

...arrived too late. This remarkable woman, who was sister to the earl of Flanders, is described as having had the courage of a man and the heart of a lion. When her husband was made prisoner, she lost none of that courage, but went about to all the fortresses...

...wife of. the imprisoned earl, and sister to the Earl of Flanders. This lady, who, says Froissart, " had the courage of a man and the heart of a lion," being in the city of Rennes when her lord was taken, scorned to yield to the grief with which that...

...prisoner, and conveyed to the Louvre. But the countess de Montfort, who, in the words of Froissart, " had the courage of a man and the heart of a lion," presented her infant son to her followers, and promised that he would prove a generous prince to them,...

...wife of the imprisoned Earl, and sister to the Earl of Flanders. This lady, who, says Froissart, " had the courage of a man and the heart of a lion," being in the city of Rennes when her lord was taken, scorned to yield to the grief with which that...