[Wyewood] Emprise of the Black Lion - Introduction of Guillaume de Garrigues

[azureandermine]

Greetings are sent from Alianora Greymoor, herald of the Emprise of the
Black Lion.

I bid you to hear the words of Spike Zoetaert, herald to Guillaume de
Garrigues...

To the very noble and very powerful judges of the Emprise of the Black Lion
XII:

I, Spike Zoetaert, herald to Guillaume de Garrigues, greet you and want you
to know that my master has charged me to deliver this letter to you, which
you may read whenever it pleases you.

He wishes you to know that he intends to enter into the lists of the very
noble tournament Emprise of the Black Lion XII, on account of the great
chivalry and prowess that he knows is in your very noble persons.  He
intends to take up arms not out of any ill will, but rather in all love and
friendship, to please the judges, and to amuse the ladies.

And you will know that he is come from ancient nobility by the way his
destriers are covered, as is the ancient custom, with his noble arms
argent, an oak tree proper, on a chief gules three Toulouse crosses or.

And if by chance it may happen that my master will, by doing well, get
mercy, grace, or an increase of love from his very gentle lady Annisa
Gabrielli, then he will have done his loyal duty, asking always that she
forgive his mistakes, for if by chance he errs, from which God protect him,
it will be more from innocence than from vice.

And my master, Guillaume de Garrigues, wishes to take the field in such a
way that fame and widespread rumor will go out to sustain nobility and
increase honor, so that, if it pleases God, every gentlemen will wish
henceforth to be dressed and accoutered as prettily as possible and to
practice the exercise of arms more often.