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Show i The King's I j! Scapegoat !. i " ', '. An Account of a Duel Fought ; ; : : In (he Sixteenth Century. ', ', :: :: By r. A. MITCHEL '. . ' - (Tills Mory Is more than n story. It Is n hbitnrlcul account of n duel that occurred -100 years ago mid n fine Illustration Il-lustration of the difference between the method of cettllng affair of lion, or among men In the otden time miJ the lHglnn1ng of the nineteenth cen tury, when mortal combat to settle difficulties dif-ficulties between IndlilduaN may be mM to have received Its quietus In the new world lit the death of Alexander HttUlton at tho hands of Aaron llutr ) "How comes It, Oulchot, thnt you nro able to ninko so ttravn n show with the revenues which you havo, for I know that they nro not excessive?" Tho question was nuked of Ouy Clm-hot Clm-hot Blcur do Jaruac by tho dauphin, who nftcrwanl became Henry II., king of Frauce. Jnrnac, embarrassed at such it question, ques-tion, was unfortunate in the choice of words used In his reply. Ho said thnt his stepmother kept him, giving him everything ha required. Henry deliberately delib-erately misconstrued tho Mntcmeut and reported to tncmbeni of the court that Jnrnac had lmnstcd of n love affair af-fair with hi stepmother. Horrified, Indignant nt such nn accusation, ac-cusation, the young man publicly de dared thnt whoever had iiinda the assertion as-sertion was "a malicious villain and bad Wickedly lied." Then, hastening to his father's chntenu, he threw him self nt his feet and protested that he was Innocent of the charge. Having convinced his father, he returned In court Intent uimii avenging tho Injury dona him. The dnuphlu found himself Itifl very unpleasant K)sltlon. When princes err there must be a scnegont. Francis Vlvowne, Kleur de t'hatngmrlc, n cour tier In favor both with King Francis and the dnuphlu, a young warrior of grent prow ens. though a friend of Jar-line, Jar-line, seeing Hint ho would confer n grent fnor on the futiiro king by doing do-ing so, took up tho quarrel In his lc-half, lc-half, declaring that It was to him and him nlono thnt Jnmnc had mnde his boast. Duels nt this lime were a nrt of tho feudal tradition and law of France, requiring the consent of tho klug. Francis referred tho matter to the privy council, which after n long debute recommended that iermUston to fight bo refined. Hut no sooner had tbn king died nnd tho dnuphln ascended tho throne than Chatagiurle mldr?scd a letter to the new ktng, repeating hU accusntloii, whereupon Jnrnac made a request that the duel x permitted to tako place. The king consented, and arrangements for tho contest were forthwith mado. Chatagncrlo was twenty-six years old, while his adversary wps thirty six. Tho former was also of great strength and cry ready with his sword. He was continually boasting of his feats of arms and ever rendy to pick n quarrel. quar-rel. In short, he wns Just the man to vindicate his roynl muster In his con-teniptlblo con-teniptlblo charge. At that time the same rule of the code, thnt tho chnllcnged party should have the cholco of anus, existed as It has since. Jnrnac had accused his adversary ad-versary of n lie and hud been challenged; challeng-ed; therefore ho was rmlltcd to fight In any way he pleased. Uon the advice ad-vice of his fencing master ho demand ed the heavy armor and long double edged swords In vogue a century before. be-fore. Tho reason fur this was that his oppontut hnd been wounded In battle In the right arm and had never regained re-gained iwrfrct use of It, nnd the heaty Iron gauntlet mid sword would naturally hamper tho movements of this arm. Chatagtierlo's great strength gavo him an ndvantago In closing with bis enemy, downing him and stabbing him while prostrate. The armor In tb' cate would 1k to hli dhmdantag Janiac also stipulated far hcav; shields, which would m an advantage to the wenker party, who would nm urully lo on the defensive. riiatngtierlo seemed to havo no fenr whatever of making an insy conquest of his adversary. As ha was accus tnmed to Itoust of tho deeds ho hnd performed, ho now hoisted of tho deed he wns about to Krform. He ordcre I n bnnqiut to be served In his tent i the Held, tn which he Invited tho com to relebrnto his v Ictory, Naturally the affair wns the sensa tlon of the day, Tho coiirtlenv were largely on the side of the king's scape-I'oat. scape-I'oat. nnd Henry did not dt ny that his iiwii H,r.iMtlilon wore with Chain-gncrle Chain-gncrle The provincial nolillltj. of whom It. Jnrnac family wcro mem hern, regarded Jarnne as the defon ler of their honor nnd looked upon him m their champion Ono of the powerful flu I o family was to nit as setund for the roj ill Kcnpekoat. and tho Duki- de Vendnme of n rival family to the fiulsi'H nuked the kind's Krmtsoii to act for Jui line He wus nifiiMd nnil. disgusted dis-gusted at the king's favoritism with drew, followed by the otlur prince of the blood The conxtnhlo of France then filled the position The king having announced bin In tentlon to preside nt the encounter, the constable made nrriingeiuents In accordance ac-cordance with tho dignity of tho occa slot) Tho Meld having been selected, a spaco for the combat was marked out nnd suitable accommodations provided fm the king, court nnd nobility, the king and his tribune in the iciiler, the trllwae being the constable and mar shaM of France, who were the Judse Tin' day of the duel was n beautiful morning In midsummer. Crowds from Parts betnn early to iour forth toward to-ward the battleground The archers of the gunnl took the plnco of mod crn po"eemen ln keeping the crowd from breaking through the barrier -nnd invading the Held of battle The king arrived, attended by his MMcr. princes I of the blood nnd many nobles. A sin gular feature was nn executioner nnd I his assistants, who wcro intended to lake charge of the coric of the van quMicd, in case he wns killed, for hnnglng on a gibbet. As soon ns the king wns sealed the herald advanced nnd proclaimed the comtwit, asserting thnt no ono should interfere with either of the combat ants on peril of his life Chnlagnerlo left his tent, accompanied by some W) of his friends Jarnne next appeared, escorted by the grand equerry and 120 gentlemen wearing his colors Tho shields of tho combatants were hung on either side of tho king Then came the circtnony of the presentation of the arms, which was principally a testing test-ing of the weapons This having lieen accomplished, there wns another long proclamation from the herald, and the combatants having paraded around the field, preceded by their arms, after a religious ceremony In which each affirmed af-firmed his cause to be a Just one, they were conducted to their ntnllons. and the herald, adrnncliiff. shouted, "Ivits sex nllcr les lions combatants." which means In plain American. "I t 'cm cor Huch Is a condensation of the preliminaries prelim-inaries to n duel In high life during the middle of the sixteenth century. The fight was by no tnrnns commensurate with the preparation, for It was decided de-cided quickly. Tho duelists advanced. Janiac slowly, protecting himself with his shield; Chatagtierlo rapidly and full of confidence. As soon as they met tho latter sprang upon tils opponent, oppo-nent, aiming a crushing blow at his head. Jaruac. Instead of warding off tho blow with his sword, ns was to lc exected, received It on his shield and, ducking, made n thrust for his op;o-nent's op;o-nent's legs. Ho stnick Chntngncrlo In the hollow of the knee. Ilcfore tho latter lat-ter could recover himself Janiac repeated re-peated tho thrust nt tho same itolnt and cut tho tendons, giving a new phrase to dueling tliu coup do Janiac. which In those dnys wns not n foul, but lerfeetly legitimate. Chntngnerto stnggcrod, dropiHHl his sword nnd fell, tho blood flowing from his wound. A cry of nmnxcincut greeted this conquest con-quest of the champion svvurdsmnu of Franco within a few seconds by one who had no cspcclnl reputation as n man at arms. Hy the code of thnt day three courses were o;ien to tho vktor-ho might kill his opponent nnd hand his body orcr to the executioner to be banged; bo might sjxiro hU llfo after exacting u restoration of his honor by the van qulshcd loufesstng himself to bo ln error, er-ror, or ho might surrender him to the king. Janiac called upon his enemy to restore him his honor. Chatagnerio's reply was an attempt to rise, hut it failed. Janiac, thru advancing to the king, said. "Hire, 1 entreat you to esteem me n man of honor. I give you Chata-gne Chata-gne lie's life. It U our youth alone which Is tho cnuso of Ibis trouble. I.ct no Imputation rest either on his family or upon him on account of his offense, for I surrender hint to jou." Hut tho king, not realizing that bis MaMgont was unable to continue the fight, mado no answer. Janiac raised his cjis to lumen. "I.ord, I am not worthy, for It U not to mjstlf. hut to thee, that I owe the victory," Then, retuniltg to Chatngnerle. he tagged him to surrender. Hut the scapegoat, mining himself on one knee nnd regaining re-gaining his lost sword, endeavored to strike. Jarnac stepped liack. saying, "Do not move or I will kill you." "Kill me," replied tho vnnqulshtdiuan and fell buck exhausted from loss of blood. Again Janiac went to the king and Implored him to give him the victor)', n victory which condemned the king himself, but Henry refused. Jarnuc, expecting that his former friend would bleed to death, cried: "Hire, be is dying. dy-ing. For tho luve of heaven, aciept his llfo at my hands!" Henry, refusing to pronounce his own condemnation, still refused till the constable Joined his entreaties en-treaties to those of Janiac. Then Henry, seeing that the sympathies of the assembly were against him, said to Jarnac, "You have done jour duty, and your honor should be restored to you." And hn ordered that Chata-guerle Chata-guerle lie removed. Jnrnnc had tho right to bo escorted from the field by his followers to tho hound of martial music, but he declined the honor Whin he refused the king, having hnd time to curb his disappointment, call od him to the tribune and. us the vic tor wns nltout to kneel to him. im-braced im-braced hlui. sajlng thut he hnd fought llko Citcxar mid npoken like Aristotle Never wnH thoro such multlpllilt) of prostration for so brhf a contest, never nev-er a more flagrant case of a limn guilty or n contemptible net net opting the do fciise of iiuotlur mid being Judge of the Issue, withholding the verdkt tin ' til forced b opinion to pronounce It At the conclusion of tho tournament I the brilliant assembly broko up nud, tho klug loading tho wnj. all returned to Paris. Jm line's vlifurj fell no hiw heavily on tho Khirf than on his defender. Cbatngiierlo fc.lt his fall so kecnl) thnt ho refused to live nfter it. The surgeons sur-geons bound his knee with bandnges. but he tore them ofT Again the) put them on, nnd again tho miserable' man tore them off repealing the act till at last ho bled tn death |