Harold Lamb

Name: The Snow Driver — I.—The Man-at-Arms
Author: Harold Lamb

The Snow Driver — I.—The Man-at-Arms (1925)

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“The Snow Driver — I.—The Man-at-Arms”, published in 1925, is a work by Harold Lamb. It explores elements such as armiger, Thorne and Stratford.

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Harold Lamb, The Snow Driver — I.—The Man-at-Arms (1925)

“ Edward was coughing, flecks of blood showing on his pallid lips. His eyes closed and he lay voiceless a moment on the couch. When he spoke it was in so low a whisper that nobleman and armiger both bent lower to catch the words—Thorne expecting that the king might have some command for him.
“Nay, Dudley. Of what avail to guard the body when life—itself is leaving me?” With an effort he opened his eyes and made shift to smile. “My lungs are in consumption, the priests say. Good youth, we trust we have not wearied you. Edward will never again rise from his bed.” ”

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Harold Lamb, The Snow Driver — I.—The Man-at-Arms (1925)

“ But Edward lay passive on his couch, forgetful of sentinel or nobleman.
Stratford paced the pavilion, hands thrust into his sword-belt, and came to a stop by Thorne. Seeing that Edward was asleep, he said in a whisper:
“When you are relieved, go to your quarters. Abide there without speaking to anybody of what you have seen or heard in this place. A soldier on duty,” he added bruskly, “may not give out what has come under his eye on his post. Can you do that?” ”

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Harold Lamb, The Snow Driver — I.—The Man-at-Arms (1925)

“ Strict orders had been issued by Stratford and those who had the care of the king's person that no one should approach within arrow flight. For this reason the picked guards had been stationed.
BUT Edward's eyes were on the passing ships wistfully. Here were men faring from the known seas into the unknown. Here were ships built and furnished and manned in England, going forth to discover a new route to the Indies, to bring to England some part of the trade with Cathay and the new world that had swelled the power of Spain and Portugal. ”

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Harold Lamb, The Snow Driver — I.—The Man-at-Arms (1925)

“ And here is the tale of it, justly set down, giving every man his due, and no man more; for it is not the task of the chronicler to praise and dispraise, but to make manifest the truth.
MASTER THORNE walked his post, after receiving signs and orders from my lord, the aforesaid Duke of Stratford. The armiger was not by much the elder of the boy king who lay within the pavilion on a couch covered with a deerskin. He wore the armor of the guards—cuirass and morion—and carried a harquebus on one shoulder. ”

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Harold Lamb, The Snow Driver — I.—The Man-at-Arms (1925)

“ To hear that Edward expected to die was a shock. Few men were victors in the long battle with the white plague. Stratford took no pains to conceal his anger that the sentinel should have heard the words of the king.
"To your post!” he whispered, drawing the youth back from the couch, where Edward was wracked by another fit of coughing. “Keep your ears to yourself, or the provost's knife will e'en trim them to a proper size. Ha—your weapon has been taken.”
The harquebus was not where Thorne had placed it, nor was it to be seen in the pavilion. ”

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Harold Lamb, The Snow Driver — I.—The Man-at-Arms (1925)

“ They were armigers or esquires-at-arms, and the youngest of their company was placed at the entrance of the pavilion nearest the person of the king.
The name of this armiger was Ralph Thorne. He was selected for this post because, of these survivors of a gallant company, he had done the most in battle.
“Because, sire,” explained the politic Dudley, Duke of Stratford, “he has never failed in the execution of a command. Because, being distant from the court and the eye of his sovereign, he has yet performed deeds of hardihood, suffering thereby sore scathe and wounds.” ”

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Harold Lamb, The Snow Driver — I.—The Man-at-Arms (1925)

“ When they became aware of the king they roared out a cheer and pulled the harder. Others climbed up the shrouds to stare and wave a greeting, and a tall man on the poop of the last ship doffed his cap and bowed low. ”

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