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407: 151: 302: 32: 461: 291:. The horse was capable of carrying Rinaldo and his three brothers ("the four sons of Aymon") all at the same time and of understanding human speech. Near the end of the work, Renaud is forced to cede Bayard to Charlemagne who, as punishment for the horse's exploits, has a large stone tied to Bayard's neck and has the horse pushed into the river; Bayard however smashes the stone with his hooves and escapes to live forever more in the woods. 131: 375:": "Though ye prolle ay, ye shul it nevere fynde. Ye been as boold as is Bayard the blynde. That blondreth forth and peril casteth noon." ("Though you search afar, you shall never find it; Be you as bold as Bayard the blind, that blunders forth and perceives no peril.") 361:. As Troilus has been scorning the power of love before seeing Criseyde and falling in love himself, so Bayard, proudly skipping "out of the wey" while he pranced, had to admit "Yet am I but an hors". Chaucer also used "Bayard" in 317:, Rinaldo's acquisition of Bayard is described as follows: a disguised Maugris (who had previously acquired Bayard) tells Rinaldo that a wild horse under an enchantment roams the woods, and that this horse belonged initially to 76:, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Knowledge. 351:
horse (reddish-brown coat with black mane and tail) and lost some of his lustre as a magic heroic horse. The name "Bayard" became associated in English literature with a clownish, blind and foolish horse.
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and can only be won by a knight of Amadis' lineage. Rinaldo eventually subdues the horse by throwing it on the ground, breaking the enchantment.
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Presentation, selection and translation in modern French by Micheline de Combarieu du Grès and Jean Subrenat. Paris: Gallimard, 1983.
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Since the Middle Ages, Bayard has been an important figure in northern French and Belgian folklore, particularly in the
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Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Knowledge article at ]; see its history for attribution.
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stands "Bayard Rock", a large cleft rock formation that was said to have been split by Bayard's mighty hooves. In
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In subsequent chansons de geste, Bayard was said to have been initially won by Renaud's cousin, the magician
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is organized every ten years. In several parts of Dendermonde, located outside of the city walls, namely
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The Bayard legend is also celebrated in other towns in Belgium — most notably in the Flemish city of
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This article is about the magical horse from Medieval and Renaissance poetry. For the racehorse, see
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A similar magical horse named "Blind Byard" is part of Lincolnshire folklore at
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Bayard, by the late 13th century, also acquired common usage as a name for any
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Le diable dans nos campagnes : Wallonie, Champagne, Lorraine, Picardie
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to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is
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linked to the legend of the Four Aymon Brothers and Bayard.
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Chaucer first used "Bayard" in a simile in the epic poem
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D'Épona aux empreintes du Bayart. Charlemagne mythisé
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Enseigner l'Histoire des arts: enjeux et perspectives
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a machine-translated version of the French article.
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the four sons of Aymon
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Maugis
Renaud de Montauban
[bajaʁ]
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bay horse
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The Four Sons of Aymon
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Dendermonde
processional giants

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