Bayard

PIERRE DU TERRAIL, Seigneurde, (bā'yahr,) named the " knight without fear and reproach," B. 1476, was early devoted to the profe ion of arms. After tak ing part in the invasion of Naples under Charles VIII., he followed Louis XII. in his conquest of the Milanese, and one of his most celebrated exploits was his defence, single-handed, of the bridge over the Garigliano against a large body of Spaniards. B. decided the victory of Agnadello, and further distinguished himself in the "Battle of the Spurs." At the great battle of Marignano, in Italy, B. surpa ed himself, decided the victory, and had the honor of knighting his sovereign, Francis I., on the field. He next succe fully defended Mezières against Charles V., and in 1524 served under Admiral Bonnivet in Italy against the Constable de Bourbon, where he received his mortal wound at the pa age of the Sesia. In B., more perhaps than in any other man, we may see the " realized ideal " of chivalry: the combination of perfect courage with entire unselfishne , the utmost generosity, and a purity of life wonderful in that age-per naps in any age. [s. 80]