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Bayard, horse, in chivalric romanceBayard (bā`ərd), Ital. Baiardo (bäyär`dō), in chivalric romance, a bay horse, remarkable for his spirit and for his unique ability to fit his size to his rider. He appears in the 12th-century French epic Renaud de Montauban and in later tales of Roland Roland (rō`lənd), the great French hero of the medieval Charlemagne cycle of chansons de geste, immortalized in the..... Click the link for more information. by Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso. Bayard swiftest horse in the world. [Medieval and Renaissance Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 86] See : Swiftness How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| `We shall have a day of it to-day, Bayard, my beauty; but we'll do our duty as we have done. In twenty horses for saddle and draught, which I have particularly at my chateau of Pierrefonds, and which are called - Bayard, Roland, Charlemagne, Pepin, Dunois, La Hire, Ogier, Samson, Milo, Nimrod, Urganda, Armida, Flastrade, Dalilah, Rebecca, Yolande, Finette, Grisette, Lisette, and Musette. Bayard Taylor, who could interpret the dim reasonings of animals, and understood their moral natures better than most men, would have found some way to make this poor old chap forget his troubles for a while, but we have not his kindly art, and so had to leave the raven to his griefs. |
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