It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear.

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse.

If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation.

Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces or plates of solid iron, adapted to the different parts of the body.

Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.

The word "Chivalry" is derived from the French Cheval, a horse.